Lesson learned about story titles

My second story, The Duchess of Arad, was very well received, and that made me very happy! Like many obsessive-compulsive people, I have quirks, and one of those quirks is data, patterns, and figuring out the WHY in things.

I noticed an odd trend in the story stats for Duchess. Chapters 9 and 11 were bypassed quite a bit. I wondered why. It could not be that people hated those chapters, because once you click, love it or hate it, the click was registered as a "hit" regardless.

I figured it out, I think. Chapter 9 is entitled "The Battle of Dubois Manor". Chapter 11 is entitled "Funeral for an Old Friend". Both of these are negative, or downer titles. I think some people saw the title and decided that it wasn't for them?

If I am correct, it might be a good lesson in choosing chapter titles.

Anyways, that's my theory and I'm sticking to it, till something better comes along!