# The Eight Strokes of the Clock — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Eight Strokes of the Clock by Maurice Leblanc.

- [Author's Note](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eight_strokes_of_the_clock_se/chapters/author-s-note.md): The author recounts that these adventures were originally told to him by Arsène Lupin, who attributed them to a friend named Prince Rénine. The author speculates that Lupin and Rénine may be the same person, given the si
- [The Eight Strokes of the Clock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eight_strokes_of_the_clock_se/chapters/the-eight-strokes-of-the-clock.md): This chapter likely serves as an introductory or framing narrative for a series of adventures involving Prince Rénine and Hortense Daniel, setting the stage for their collaborative investigations and romantic tension.
- [I: On the Top of the Tower](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eight_strokes_of_the_clock_se/chapters/i-on-the-top-of-the-tower.md): Rénine confronts the Comte d’Aigleroche with a detailed accusation of double murder from twenty years ago, forcing him to sign a deed restoring Hortense's squandered fortune. Afterward, Rénine proposes a pact with Horten
- [The Water-Bottle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eight_strokes_of_the_clock_se/chapters/ii-the-water-bottle.md): Four days after settling in Paris, Hortense meets Prince Rénine in the Bois. He reveals he has dueled Rossigny, who was wounded. They encounter a distraught young man, Gaston Dutreuil, who has just learned that his child
- [The Case of Jean Louis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eight_strokes_of_the_clock_se/chapters/iii-the-case-of-jean-louis.md): Geneviève Aymard seeks Prince Rénine's help to understand why her beloved Jean Louis d'Imbleval (also known as Jean Louis Vaurois) has suddenly broken off their engagement. Rénine and Hortense travel to the Manoir d'Else

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- [IV: The Telltale Film](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eight_strokes_of_the_clock_se/chapters/iv-the-telltale-film.md)
- [V: Thérèse and Germaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eight_strokes_of_the_clock_se/chapters/v-th-r-se-and-germaine.md)
- [The Lady with the Hatchet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eight_strokes_of_the_clock_se/chapters/vi-the-lady-with-the-hatchet.md)
- [Footprints in the Snow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eight_strokes_of_the_clock_se/chapters/vii-footprints-in-the-snow.md)
- [At the Sign of Mercury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eight_strokes_of_the_clock_se/chapters/viii-at-the-sign-of-mercury.md)

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