"The Hope Chest of Arabella King"

"The Hope Chest of Arabella King", also known as "The Blue Chest of Arabella King", is the twelfth episode of Season 1 of Road to Avonlea and the twelfth episode overall.

SummaryEdit

The King’s Aunt Arabella passes away and Alec and Janet receive a key to unlock a blue chest that has been in the attic for fifty years. Arabella put the chest there when she left Avonlea for good after her fiancé committed suicide the day before their wedding.

PlotEdit

CastEdit

Main cast

Recurring cast

Elva Mai Hoover as Mrs. Lawson

Guest cast

R.H. Thomson as Jasper Dale
Ron White as Mr. Tyler

Co-starring

Helen Beavis as Mrs. Simpson
Jane Dingle as Old Lady's Daughter
Gordon Masten as Pat Frewen
Gladys O'Connor as Older Lady
Philip Wynne as Banker

QuotesEdit

Sara Stanley: How tragically romantic.

Hetty King: All I ever can see on Jasper Dale's face is hopeless and utter confusion.

Olivia King: Honestly, Hetty, sometimes I think you could wither buds on the vine.

Behind the scenesEdit

Production notes

It was released on home video and DVDs under the title "The Blue Chest of Arabella King".
Based on Chapter 32 of The Story Girl, "The Opening of the Blue Chest."

GalleryEdit

Anne of Green Gables Wiki has 2 images from The Hope Chest of Arabella King (view category).

VideosEdit

External linksEdit

See alsoEdit

Sullivan Entertainment live-action universe
Works
Anne of Green Gables (1985) (gallery) · Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987) (gallery) Road to Avonlea: The Movie (1990) · Road to Avonlea (1990–1996) (episodes · gallery) Happy Christmas, Miss King (1998) (gallery) · Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) (gallery · soundtrack) Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (2008) (gallery)
Road to Avonlea Season 1 episodes
"The Journey Begins" (gallery) · "The Story Girl Earns Her Name" (gallery) · "The Quarantine at Alexander Abraham's" (gallery) "The Materializing of Duncan" (gallery) · "Old Lady Lloyd" (gallery) · "Proof of the Pudding" (gallery) · "Conversions" (gallery) "Aunt Abigail's Beau" (gallery) · "Malcolm and the Baby" (gallery) · "The Witch of Avonlea" (gallery) · "Felicity's Challenge" (gallery) "The Hope Chest of Arabella King" (gallery) · "Nothing Endures But Change" (gallery)
Road to Avonlea Season 2 episodes
"Sara's Homecoming" (gallery) · "How Kissing Was Discovered" (gallery) · "Aunt Hetty's Ordeal" (gallery) "Of Corsets and Secrets and True, True Love" (gallery) · "Old Quarrels, Old Love" (gallery) "May the Best Man Win" (gallery) · "Family Rivalry" (gallery) · "Sea Ghost" (gallery) · "All That Glitters" (gallery) "Dreamer of Dreams" (gallery) · "It's Just a Stage" (gallery) · "A Mother's Love" (gallery) · "Misfits and Miracles" (gallery)
Road to Avonlea Season 3 episodes
"The Ties That Bind" (gallery) · "Felix and Blackie" (gallery) · "Another Point of View" (gallery) "But When She Was Bad... She Was Horrid: Part 1" (gallery) · "But When She Was Bad... She Was Horrid: Part 2" (gallery) "Aunt Janet Rebels" (gallery) · "A Dark and Stormy Night" (gallery) · "Friends and Relations" (gallery) "Vows of Silence" (gallery) · "After the Honeymoon" (gallery) · "High Society" (gallery) "The Calamitous Courting of Hetty King" (gallery) · "Old Friends, Old Wounds" (gallery)
Road to Avonlea Season 4 episodes
"Tug of War" (gallery) · "The Lady and the Blade" (gallery) · "Incident at Vernon River" (gallery) · "Boys Will Be Boys" (gallery) "Moving On" (gallery) · "Evelyn" (gallery) · "The Dinner" (gallery) · "Heirs and Graces" (gallery) · "Hearts and Flowers" (gallery) "Felicity's Perfect Beau" (gallery) · "The Disappearance" (gallery) · "Home Movie" (gallery) · "Hearth and Home" (gallery)
Road to Avonlea Season 5 episodes
"Fathers and Sons" (gallery) · "Memento Mori" (gallery) · "Modern Times" (gallery) · "A Friend in Need" (gallery) "Strictly Melodrama" (gallery) · "The Great Race" (gallery) · "Stranger in the Night" (gallery) "Someone to Believe In" (gallery) · "Thursday's Child" (gallery) · "Best Laid Plans" (gallery) "Otherwise Engaged" (gallery) · "Enter Prince Charming" (gallery) · "The Minister's Wife" (gallery)
Road to Avonlea Season 6 episodes
"The Return of Gus Pike" (gallery) · "Lonely Hearts" (gallery) · "Christmas in June" (gallery) · "Fools and Kings" (gallery) "Comings and Goings" (gallery) · "The Trouble with Davey" (gallery) · "Great Expectations" (gallery) · "A Fox Tale" (gallery) "The More Things Change" (gallery) · "Home is Where the Heart Is" (gallery) · "What a Tangled Web We Weave" (gallery) "A Time to Every Purpose" (gallery) · "Homecoming" (gallery)
Road to Avonlea Season 7 episodes
"Out of the Ashes" (gallery) · "Love May Be Blind... But the Neighbours Ain't" (gallery) · "Davey and the Mermaid" (gallery) "Woman of Importance" (gallery) · "Secrets and Sacrifices" (gallery) · "Ah... Sweet Mystery of Life" (gallery) "King of the Great White Way" (gallery) · "Total Eclipse" (gallery) · "From Away" (gallery) · "After the Ball is Over" (gallery) "Return to Me" (gallery) · "The Last Hurrah" (gallery) · "So Dear to My Heart" (gallery)

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