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  1. Chapter 1

    Dedication

    The book is dedicated to Rosalind.

  2. Chapter 2

    The Murder at the Vicarage

    The chapter introduces the murder of Colonel Protheroe in the vicarage study, with Lawrence Redding and Anne Protheroe each confessing to the crime. Miss Marple provides key timeline evidence, and the curate Hawes shows a morbid interest in the case.

  3. Chapter 3

    I

    At the Vicarage luncheon, the Narrator jokingly remarks that anyone who murdered Colonel Protheroe would be doing the world a service. The conversation reveals tensions with the Colonel over church accounts and a missing pound note. Griselda teases her husband about his detective story reading and threatens to have an affair with the artist. The afternoon tea party is announced, with Miss Marple among the guests.

  4. Chapter 4

    II

    The chapter centers on a tea party at the vicarage where the ladies of St. Mary Mead gossip about Dr. Stone and his secretary Miss Cram, Lawrence Redding's relationship with Lettice Protheroe, and the mysterious Mrs. Lestrange. The narrator reflects on the dangers of gossip and his own observations of the village's social dynamics.

  5. Chapter 5

    III

    The narrator accidentally discovers Lawrence Redding and Anne Protheroe in a passionate embrace in the studio, leading to a private conversation with Anne who confesses her unhappiness in her marriage. Later, the narrator visits the mysterious Mrs. Lestrange, observing her enigmatic nature and feeling she has something urgent to convey. Back at the Vicarage, Griselda jokes about the village gossip and defends herself against any suspicion of an affair with Lawrence.

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  1. Chapter 6IV
  2. Chapter 7V
  3. Chapter 8VI
  4. Chapter 9VII
  5. Chapter 10VIII
  6. Chapter 11IX
  7. Chapter 12Chapter X
  8. Chapter 13XI
  9. Chapter 14XII
  10. Chapter 15XIII
  11. Chapter 16XIV
  12. Chapter 17XV
  13. Chapter 18XVI
  14. Chapter 19XVII
  15. Chapter 20XVIII
  16. Chapter 21XIX
  17. Chapter 22XX
  18. Chapter 23XXI
  19. Chapter 24XXII
  20. Chapter 25XXIII
  21. Chapter 26XXIV
  22. Chapter 27XXV
  23. Chapter 28XXVI
  24. Chapter 29XXVII
  25. Chapter 30XXVIII
  26. Chapter 31XXIX
  27. Chapter 32Miss Marple's Revelation
  28. Chapter 33XXXI
  29. Chapter 34XXXII
  30. Chapter 35List of Illustrations