# The Crystal Stopper — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Crystal Stopper by Maurice Leblanc.

- [The Arrests](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/i-the-arrests.md): Arsène Lupin orchestrates a burglary at the Villa Marie-Thérèse, the home of Deputy Daubrecq, with his accomplices Gilbert and Vaucheray. The plan goes awry when the manservant Léonard is killed, and Vaucheray is wounded
- [II: Eight from Nine Leaves One](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/ii-eight-from-nine-leaves-one.md): Lupin reflects on the organization of his gang and the danger facing Gilbert and Vaucheray, who are accused of murder during the Enghien burglary. He investigates the mysterious crystal stopper, which was stolen from his
- [The Home Life of Alexis Daubrecq](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/iii-the-home-life-of-alexis-daubrecq.md): Lupin installs his former wet-nurse Victoire as a cook in Daubrecq's house to search for the crystal stopper, which is crucial to saving Gilbert and Vaucheray from execution. While observing Daubrecq, Lupin witnesses a m
- [IV: The Chief of the Enemies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/iv-the-chief-of-the-enemies.md): Lupin reflects on Gilbert's plight and his own obsession with the crystal stopper. Victoire unexpectedly finds the stopper in Daubrecq's house, but it later reappears in the drawer. Lupin discovers a panel cut into Daubr
- [V: The Twenty-Seven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/v-the-twenty-seven.md): Clarisse Mergy reveals to Lupin the tragic story of her husband Victorien Mergy, whose name was on the infamous list of the Twenty-Seven, leading to his suicide after Daubrecq blackmailed him. She explains how Daubrecq s

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- [VI: The Death-Sentence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/vi-the-death-sentence.md)
- [VII: The Profile of Napoleon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/vii-the-profile-of-napoleon.md)
- [VIII: The Lovers’ Tower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/viii-the-lovers-tower.md)
- [IX: In the Dark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/ix-in-the-dark.md)
- [X: Extra-Dry?](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/x-extra-dry.md)
- [The Cross of Lorraine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/xi-the-cross-of-lorraine.md)
- [XII: The Scaffold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/xii-the-scaffold.md)
- [The Last Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/xiii-the-last-battle.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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