# The Golden Triangle — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Golden Triangle by Maurice Leblanc.

- [I: Coralie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/i-coralie.md): On the evening of April 3, 1915, crippled soldiers gather in a square near the Musée Galliéra. Captain Patrice Belval, disguised as an officer with a wooden leg, observes a nurse, Coralie, leaving a hospital. She is foll
- [II: Right Hand and Left Leg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/ii-right-hand-and-left-leg.md): Patrice Belval and Ya-Bon dispose of Mustapha's body after his murder by accomplices. Belval declares his love for Coralie, who reveals she is married and insists they must not meet again. A rosary with amethyst beads sp
- [III: The Rusty Key](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/iii-the-rusty-key.md): Patrice Belval recounts his childhood and military service, his love for Coralie, and his determination to protect her. He witnesses a brutal torture of Essarès Bey by Bournef and others, and discovers Coralie also watch
- [Before the Flames](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/iv-before-the-flames.md): Patrice Belval witnesses the torture of Essarès Bey by Colonel Fakhi and his accomplices in Essarès's own home, while Coralie secretly observes from a gallery. Fakhi attempts to force Essarès to share his fortune, but Es
- [V: Husband and Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/v-husband-and-wife.md): Coralie, driven by hatred and a desire for revenge, nearly stabs her bound husband Essarès Bey but ultimately spares him and cuts his bonds. Essarès immediately telephones an accomplice named Grégoire, instructing him to

> 15 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_golden_triangle_se_1128kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Nineteen Minutes Past Seven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/vi-nineteen-minutes-past-seven.md)
- [VII: Twenty-Three Minutes Past Twelve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/vii-twenty-three-minutes-past-twelve.md)
- [Essarès Bey’s Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/viii-essar-s-bey-s-work.md)
- [IX: Patrice and Coralie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/ix-patrice-and-coralie.md)
- [X: The Red Cord](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/x-the-red-cord.md)
- [On the Brink](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/xi-on-the-brink.md)
- [XII: In the Abyss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/xii-in-the-abyss.md)
- [XIII: The Nails in the Coffin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/xiii-the-nails-in-the-coffin.md)
- [A Strange Character](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/xiv-a-strange-character.md)
- [XV: The Belle Hélène](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/xv-the-belle-h-l-ne.md)
- [The Fourth Act](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/xvi-the-fourth-act.md)
- [Siméon Gives Battle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/xvii-sim-on-gives-battle.md)
- [XVIII: Siméon’s Last Victim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/xviii-sim-on-s-last-victim.md)
- [XIX: Fiat Lux!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/xix-fiat-lux.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_golden_triangle_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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