# The Mystery of a Hansom Cab — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hume.

- [The Mystery of a Hansom Cab](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/the-mystery-of-a-hansom-cab.md): The opening chapter sets the scene in Melbourne, introducing the discovery of a murder in a hansom cab. The victim is identified as Oliver Whyte, and the investigation begins with Detective Gorby taking on the case.
- [What the Argus Said](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/i-what-the-argus-said.md): The chapter presents a newspaper report from the Argus detailing the discovery of a murder in a hansom cab in Melbourne. The cabman Malcolm Royston describes picking up a drunken man and a mysterious gentleman in a light
- [II: The Evidence at the Inquest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/ii-the-evidence-at-the-inquest.md): At the inquest on the body found in the hansom cab, evidence is presented from cabman Malcolm Royston, Dr. Robert Chinston, and cabman Clement Rankin. Royston describes the mysterious man in a light coat who initially de
- [One Hundred Pounds Reward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/iii-one-hundred-pounds-reward.md): The chapter presents the official government notice offering a £100 reward for information leading to the conviction of the murderer of an unknown man found dead in a hansom cab. The notice describes the deceased's appea
- [Mr. Gorby Makes a Start](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/iv-mr-gorby-makes-a-start.md): Detective Gorby, alone with his mirror, contemplates the hansom cab murder case. He methodically examines the victim's clothes, discovers a secret inner pocket torn open, and deduces the murderer stole a flat, valuable p

> 32 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se_1207kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Mrs. Hableton Unbosoms Herself](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/v-mrs-hableton-unbosoms-herself.md)
- [VI: Mr. Gorby Makes Further Discoveries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/vi-mr-gorby-makes-further-discoveries.md)
- [VII: The Wool King](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/vii-the-wool-king.md)
- [Brian Takes a Walk and a Drive](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/viii-brian-takes-a-walk-and-a-drive.md)
- [Mr. Gorby Is Satisfied at Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/ix-mr-gorby-is-satisfied-at-last.md)
- [X: In the Queen's Name](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/x-in-the-queen-s-name.md)
- [XI: Counsel for the Prisoner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xi-counsel-for-the-prisoner.md)
- [She Was a True Woman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xii-she-was-a-true-woman.md)
- [Madge Makes a Discovery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xiii-madge-makes-a-discovery.md)
- [XIV: Another Richmond in the Field](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xiv-another-richmond-in-the-field.md)
- [A Woman of the People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xv-a-woman-of-the-people.md)
- [Missing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xvi-missing.md)
- [XVII: The Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xvii-the-trial.md)
- [Sal Rawlins Tells All She Knows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xviii-sal-rawlins-tells-all-she-knows.md)
- [The Verdict of the Jury](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xix-the-verdict-of-the-jury.md)
- [The Argus Gives Its Opinion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xx-the-argus-gives-its-opinion.md)
- [Three Months Afterwards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxi-three-months-afterwards.md)
- [XXII: A Daughter of Eve](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxii-a-daughter-of-eve.md)
- [Across the Walnuts and the Wine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxiii-across-the-walnuts-and-the-wine.md)
- [XXIV: Brian Receives a Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxiv-brian-receives-a-letter.md)
- [What Dr. Chinston Said](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxv-what-dr-chinston-said.md)
- [XXVI: Kilsip Has a Theory of His Own](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxvi-kilsip-has-a-theory-of-his-own.md)
- [Mother Guttersnipe Joins the Majority](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxvii-mother-guttersnipe-joins-the-majority.md)
- [Mark Frettlby Has a Visitor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxviii-mark-frettlby-has-a-visitor.md)
- [XXIX: Mr. Calton’s Curiosity Is Satisfied](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxix-mr-calton-s-curiosity-is-satisfied.md)
- [Nemesis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxx-nemesis.md)
- [XXXI: Hush-Money](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxxi-hush-money.md)
- [XXXII: De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxxii-de-mortuis-nil-nisi-bonum.md)
- [XXXIII: The Confession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxxiii-the-confession.md)
- [The Hands of Justice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxxiv-the-hands-of-justice.md)
- [The Love That Lives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/xxxv-the-love-that-lives.md)
- [List of Illustrations](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_a_hansom_cab_se/chapters/list-of-illustrations.md)

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