# The Cask — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Cask by Freeman Wills Crofts.

- [Part I: London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/part-i-london.md): The chapter introduces the discovery of a mysterious cask in the hold of a ship, which is taken by a black-bearded man. Constable Walker spots the dray transporting the cask, and the investigation begins to unfold in Lon
- [A Strange Consignment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/i-a-strange-consignment.md): A young clerk, Broughton, discovers a damaged cask containing sovereigns and a woman's hand. He suspects a crime and, with the help of his foreman Harkness, secures the cask. The consignee, Mr. Felix, arrives to claim it
- [II: Inspector Burnley on the Track](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/ii-inspector-burnley-on-the-track.md): Inspector Burnley interviews the foreman Harkness and clerk Broughton about the cask, examines the forged letter from Felix, and investigates the Bullfinch. He questions the crew and reviews shipping papers, concluding t
- [III: The Watcher on the Wall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/iii-the-watcher-on-the-wall.md): Constable Walker, a keen young policeman, spots a dray matching the description of a wanted vehicle. He follows it through London to a secluded house, where he secretly observes two men hoist a cask into a coach-house us
- [IV: A Midnight Interview](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/iv-a-midnight-interview.md): Inspector Burnley and his team stake out the house of Mr. Felix, St. Malo, late into the night. When Felix returns home, Burnley confronts him about the cask from the Bullfinch, revealing discrepancies about its contents

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- [Felix Tells a Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/v-felix-tells-a-story.md)
- [VI: The Art of Detection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/vi-the-art-of-detection.md)
- [VII: The Cask at Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/vii-the-cask-at-last.md)
- [VIII: The Opening of the Cask](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/viii-the-opening-of-the-cask.md)
- [Part II: Paris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/part-ii-paris.md)
- [IX: M. le Chef de la Sûreté](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/ix-m-le-chef-de-la-s-ret.md)
- [X: Who Wrote the Letter?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/x-who-wrote-the-letter.md)
- [XI: Mm. Dupierre Et Cie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xi-mm-dupierre-et-cie.md)
- [At the Gare St. Lazare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xii-at-the-gare-st-lazare.md)
- [XIII: The Owner of the Dress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xiii-the-owner-of-the-dress.md)
- [XIV: M. Boirac Makes a Statement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xiv-m-boirac-makes-a-statement.md)
- [XV: The House in the Avenue de l'Alma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xv-the-house-in-the-avenue-de-l-alma.md)
- [Inspector Burnley Up Against It](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xvi-inspector-burnley-up-against-it.md)
- [A Council of War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xvii-a-council-of-war.md)
- [XVIII: Lefarge Hunts Alone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xviii-lefarge-hunts-alone.md)
- [XIX: The Testing of an Alibi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xix-the-testing-of-an-alibi.md)
- [XX: Some Damning Evidence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xx-some-damning-evidence.md)
- [Part III: London and Paris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/part-iii-london-and-paris.md)
- [XXI: A New Point of View](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xxi-a-new-point-of-view.md)
- [XXII: Felix Tells a Second Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xxii-felix-tells-a-second-story.md)
- [XXIII: Clifford Gets to Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xxiii-clifford-gets-to-work.md)
- [Mr. Georges La Touche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xxiv-mr-georges-la-touche.md)
- [Disappointment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xxv-disappointment.md)
- [A Clue at Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xxvi-a-clue-at-last.md)
- [XXVII: La Touche’s Dilemma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xxvii-la-touche-s-dilemma.md)
- [XXVIII: The Unravelling of the Web](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xxviii-the-unravelling-of-the-web.md)
- [A Dramatic Dénouement](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xxix-a-dramatic-d-nouement.md)
- [XXX: Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/xxx-conclusion.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cask_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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