# The Footsteps at the Lock — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald A. Knox.

- [The Footsteps at the Lock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/the-footsteps-at-the-lock.md): Miles Bredon and Angela investigate the lock where the canoe was found empty, discovering footprints and clues that suggest foul play rather than an accidental drowning.
- [I: Two Cousins](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/i-two-cousins.md): This chapter introduces the two Burtell cousins, Derek and Nigel, who are both students at Simon Magus College, Oxford. Derek is dissolute in a conventional, unimaginative way, while Nigel is an affected aesthete who cul
- [II: Shipcote Lock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/ii-shipcote-lock.md): The Burtell cousins, Derek and Nigel, canoe down the upper Thames, indifferent to the natural beauty around them. Nigel disembarks at Shipcote Lock to catch a train, leaving Derek to continue alone. The chapter provides 
- [III: The Canoe Adrift](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/iii-the-canoe-adrift.md): Nigel Burtell, having returned to Oxford, discovers his viva examination is not until the next day. He travels to Eaton Bridge and waits at the Gudgeon Inn for his cousin Derek, who is overdue from a canoe trip. Growing 
- [IV: The Indescribable Has Its Doubts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/iv-the-indescribable-has-its-doubts.md): Miles Bredon, the Indescribable Insurance Company's private detective, is summoned to investigate the disappearance of Derek Burtell. In a meeting with Sholto and Dr. Tremayne, he learns the details of the case: Derek's 

> 22 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se_984kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Mr. Burgess Expands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/v-mr-burgess-expands.md)
- [VI: The Archimedes Touch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/vi-the-archimedes-touch.md)
- [VII: The Camera Cannot Lie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/vii-the-camera-cannot-lie.md)
- [A Common-Room Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/viii-a-common-room-dinner.md)
- [IX: Nigel Goes Down](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/ix-nigel-goes-down.md)
- [X: Discordant Notes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/x-discordant-notes.md)
- [Mr. Erasmus Quirk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xi-mr-erasmus-quirk.md)
- [XII: The Secret of the Island](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xii-the-secret-of-the-island.md)
- [XIII: Pursued](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xiii-pursued.md)
- [XIV: The Man in the Punt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xiv-the-man-in-the-punt.md)
- [XV: A New Legacy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xv-a-new-legacy.md)
- [XVI: Bredon Plays Patience](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xvi-bredon-plays-patience.md)
- [XVII: Mr. Quirk Disappears](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xvii-mr-quirk-disappears.md)
- [XVIII: In Undisguise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xviii-in-undisguise.md)
- [XIX: The Story Nigel Told](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xix-the-story-nigel-told.md)
- [XX: A Reconstruction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xx-a-reconstruction.md)
- [XXI: A Walk in the Dark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xxi-a-walk-in-the-dark.md)
- [XXII: Another Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xxii-another-story.md)
- [XXIII: Bredon Plays Patience Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xxiii-bredon-plays-patience-again.md)
- [XXIV: Backed Both Ways](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xxiv-backed-both-ways.md)
- [XXV: A Postscript](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/xxv-a-postscript.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_footsteps_at_the_lock_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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