# The Hollow Needle — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Hollow Needle by Maurice Leblanc.

- [The Shot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hollow_needle_se/chapters/i-the-shot.md): The chapter opens at the Château d'Ambrumésy after a burglary and murder. The examining magistrate, M. Filleul, arrives with officials to investigate the death of Jean Daval, the Comte de Gesvres' secretary. The scene is
- [II: Isidore Beautrelet, Sixth-Form Schoolboy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hollow_needle_se/chapters/ii-isidore-beautrelet-sixth-form-schoolboy.md): Isidore Beautrelet, a schoolboy detective, is celebrated by the press for his insights into the Lupin case. He plans to investigate during the Whitsuntide holidays, but on the journey to Dieppe he receives a threatening 
- [The Corpse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hollow_needle_se/chapters/iii-the-corpse.md): Isidore Beautrelet reveals that the chapel's statues and high altar are plaster casts, proving Lupin's gang stole the originals. He deduces the existence of a hidden crypt beneath the chapel where Lupin's body lies. Afte
- [IV: Face to Face](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hollow_needle_se/chapters/iv-face-to-face.md): Five weeks after the Ambrumésy mystery, the public is obsessed with the case, believing Arsène Lupin dead. Isidore Beautrelet, recovering from his wound, has deduced the truth: Lupin is alive, having been nursed by Mlle.
- [On the Track](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hollow_needle_se/chapters/v-on-the-track.md): Isidore Beautrelet learns of his father's mysterious disappearance from the naval arsenal at Cherbourg, despite tight security. He receives Lupin's letter confessing his love for Mlle. de Saint-Véran and seeking peace. B

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- [VI: An Historic Secret](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hollow_needle_se/chapters/vi-an-historic-secret.md)
- [VII: The Treatise of the Needle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hollow_needle_se/chapters/vii-the-treatise-of-the-needle.md)
- [From Caesar to Lupin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hollow_needle_se/chapters/viii-from-caesar-to-lupin.md)
- [IX: Open, Sesame!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hollow_needle_se/chapters/ix-open-sesame.md)
- [X: The Treasures of the Kings of France](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hollow_needle_se/chapters/x-the-treasures-of-the-kings-of-france.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hollow_needle_se/chapters/endnotes.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_hollow_needle_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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