# The Murder at the Vicarage — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie.

- [The Murder at the Vicarage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/the-murder-at-the-vicarage.md): 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 
- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/i.md): 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
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/ii.md): 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. Les
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/iii.md): 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 narrato
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/iv.md): The narrator hosts Lawrence Redding for dinner, where he appears distracted. After the meal, Lawrence confesses his affair with Anne Protheroe to the narrator, who urges him to leave St. Mary Mead to avoid scandal. Lawre

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- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/v.md)
- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxix.md)
- [Miss Marple's Revelation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxx.md)
- [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxxi.md)
- [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/xxxii.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_murder_at_the_vicarage_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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