# The Square Emerald — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Square Emerald by Edgar Wallace.

- [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/i.md): Lady Raytham, awaiting guests in her Berkeley Square home, receives a telegram from her husband extending his travels. Princess Anita Bellini and Mrs. Greta Gurden visit for tea. The conversation turns to Peter Dawlish, 
- [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/ii.md): Leslie Maughan, a woman detective from Scotland Yard, visits Lady Raytham to investigate a withdrawal of twenty thousand pounds from her bank account. Lady Raytham is visibly shaken and defensive, refusing to explain the
- [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/iii.md): Leslie Maughan encounters Peter Dawlish on the Thames Embankment with Chief Inspector Coldwell. She invites him to visit her, revealing she knows his motive for murdering Druze.
- [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/iv.md): Leslie Maughan explains to Chief Inspector Coldwell her theory that Druze will be killed because he dislikes children, and reveals her past discovery in Cumberland. Later, Peter Dawlish is attacked by three Javanese men 
- [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/v.md): Leslie Maughan receives a letter from Peter Dawlish and reflects on her growing involvement in the Dawlish case. She visits Lady Raytham again, where Princess Bellini is present, leading to a tense confrontation. Later, 

> 18 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=the_square_emerald_se_1071kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/vi.md)
- [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/vii.md)
- [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/viii.md)
- [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/ix.md)
- [The Planted Gun and the Powder Burn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/x.md)
- [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/xi.md)
- [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/xii.md)
- [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/xiii.md)
- [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/xiv.md)
- [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/xv.md)
- [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/xvi.md)
- [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/xvii.md)
- [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/xviii.md)
- [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/xix.md)
- [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/xx.md)
- [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/xxi.md)
- [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/xxii.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_square_emerald_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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