# The Lerouge Case — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Lerouge Case by Émile Gaboriau.

- [The Lerouge Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/the-lerouge-case.md): The chapter introduces the discovery of Widow Lerouge's murder and the initial investigation, with Tabaret arriving at the crime scene and beginning his deductions.
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter opens with the discovery of Widow Lerouge's murder at her cottage in Bougival. The commissary and gendarmes arrive at the scene, finding her body with her face in the ashes and two stab wounds between the sho
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/ii.md): M. Daburon and old Tabaret collaborate on the investigation of Widow Lerouge's murder. Tabaret meticulously examines the crime scene, deducing the murderer's actions: a well-dressed young man who wore lavender kid gloves
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/iii.md): Old Tabaret, obsessed with the Widow Lerouge murder, returns home late and forgets to eat as he wrestles with the case. He suddenly deduces that a child is involved. Later, he visits Noel Gerdy, who is distraught over Ma
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/iv.md): Noel Gerdy reveals to M. Tabaret that he is not Madame Gerdy's son, but the illegitimate son of Count Rheteau de Commarin and his mistress Valerie. He reads letters from the Count detailing a conspiracy to switch infants

> 15 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_lerouge_case_se_1214kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lerouge_case_se/chapters/xx.md)

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