# The Lodger — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The chapter opens with a biblical epigraph from Psalm 88:18, foreshadowing themes of isolation, loss, and abandonment.
- [The Lodger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/the-lodger.md): The Buntings, facing financial ruin, take in a mysterious lodger named Mr. Sleuth, whose peculiar habits and nighttime wanderings soon arouse suspicion. Meanwhile, a series of murders by a figure known as 'The Avenger' t
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/i.md): Mr. and Mrs. Bunting sit in their carefully maintained sitting-room, which outwardly projects an image of respectability and comfort. In reality, they are on the brink of financial ruin, having sold or pawned most of the
- [The Arrival of the Lodger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/ii.md): Mrs. Bunting, nervous and in the dark, answers a hesitant double knock at the door. She finds a tall, gaunt man in an Inverness cape and top hat, who introduces himself as Mr. Sleuth and seeks lodgings. Despite initial m
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/iii.md): Mrs. Bunting attends to the lodger's peculiar requests, including turning pictures to the wall and borrowing a Bible. She recalls a similar incident from her youth, which reassures her. Mr. Sleuth reads aloud from the Bi

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- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/iv.md)
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [The Black Museum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/x.md)
- [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [Chapter XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lodger_se/chapters/xxvii.md)

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