# The Mystery of Orcival — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Mystery of Orcival by Émile Gaboriau.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/i.md): The chapter introduces the setting of Orcival and its mayor, M. Courtois, who is awakened early by the poachers Jean and Philippe Bertaud to report a possible murder at the château of Count de Trémorel. The mayor summons
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/ii.md): The mayor and M. Plantat investigate the château after the discovery of the countess's body. They find the house in disarray with signs of a violent struggle, bloodstains, and evidence that the murderers ransacked the ro
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/iii.md): Judge Antoine Domini arrives at Valfeuillu to investigate the disappearance of Count Hector de Trémorel. M. Plantat recounts the backstory of Bertha Lechaillu's marriage to Clement Sauvresy, their happy life, and the arr
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/iv.md): Judge Domini interrogates Guespin, who protests his innocence but refuses to explain his whereabouts or the source of his money. Guespin recounts his past as a once-prosperous man who fell into dissipation and crime, but
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/v.md): The chapter depicts the aftermath of the murder at the Château de Trémorel, with the local authorities and officials gathered in the dining room. M. Domini, the judge, organizes his notes while M. Plantat and Dr. Gendron

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- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Logic of Guilt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xxiii.md)
- [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xxiv.md)
- [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xxv.md)
- [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xxvi.md)
- [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xxvii.md)
- [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/xxviii.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mystery_of_orcival_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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