# The Red Thumbmark — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Red Thumbmark by R. Austin Freeman.

- [The Red Thumbmark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/the-red-thumbmark.md): Dr. Jervis reunites with his old friend Dr. Thorndyke and is introduced to the case of Reuben Hornby, who is accused of theft based on a thumbprint found at the scene. Thorndyke begins his meticulous examination of the t
- [My Learned Brother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/i-my-learned-brother.md): Dr. Christopher Jervis, a struggling medical practitioner, unexpectedly reunites with his old friend Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke in the Inner Temple. Thorndyke, now a barrister and lecturer in medical jurisprudence, invite
- [II: The Suspect](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/ii-the-suspect.md): Mr. Lawley presents the case against Reuben Hornby to Thorndyke and Jervis, detailing how a thumbprint found in the safe was identified as Reuben's via a Thumbograph. Reuben vehemently protests his innocence, and Thorndy
- [III: A Lady in the Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/iii-a-lady-in-the-case.md): Thorndyke instructs Jervis in the proper approach to fingerprint evidence, emphasizing that a fingerprint is merely a fact to be weighed, not a magical proof. He assigns Jervis four notebooks to collect data on Reuben, W
- [IV: Confidences](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/iv-confidences.md): Jervis visits Mrs. Hornby and Juliet Gibson to request the Thumbograph for Thorndyke's examination. Mrs. Hornby expresses her distress over Reuben's arrest and her distrust of the police. Jervis and Juliet arrange to bri

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- [V: The “Thumbograph”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/v-the-thumbograph.md)
- [Committed for Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/vi-committed-for-trial.md)
- [Shoals and Quicksands](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/vii-shoals-and-quicksands.md)
- [A Suspicious Accident](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/viii-a-suspicious-accident.md)
- [IX: The Prisoner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/ix-the-prisoner.md)
- [X: Polton Is Mystified](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/x-polton-is-mystified.md)
- [The Ambush](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/xi-the-ambush.md)
- [XII: It Might Have Been](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/xii-it-might-have-been.md)
- [XIII: Murder by Post](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/xiii-murder-by-post.md)
- [A Startling Discovery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/xiv-a-startling-discovery.md)
- [XV: The Fingerprint Experts](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/xv-the-fingerprint-experts.md)
- [XVI: Thorndyke Plays His Card](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/xvi-thorndyke-plays-his-card.md)
- [At Last](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_red_thumbmark_se/chapters/xvii-at-last.md)

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