# The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers.

- [Prologue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/prologue.md): The prologue introduces Lord Peter Wimsey through a formal biographical entry, detailing his birth, education, military service, publications, and personal interests, establishing his aristocratic background and eccentri
- [I: Old Mossy-Face](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/i-old-mossy-face.md): At the Bellona Club, Lord Peter Wimsey meets Captain George Fentiman, who is struggling with war-related health issues and financial troubles. Their conversation is interrupted when Colonel Marchbanks discovers that Gene
- [II: The Queen Is Out](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/ii-the-queen-is-out.md): General Fentiman is found dead in his armchair at the Bellona Club. Dr. Penberthy examines the body and determines he died several hours earlier from heart failure. The body is moved to a spare room, and Colonel Marchban
- [III: Hearts Count More Than Diamonds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/iii-hearts-count-more-than-diamonds.md): Lord Peter Wimsey is visited by Mr. Murbles, the family solicitor, who reveals the complex inheritance dispute arising from the simultaneous deaths of General Fentiman and his sister Lady Dormer on Armistice Day. The tim
- [Lord Peter Leads a Club](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/iv-lord-peter-leads-a-club.md): Lord Peter Wimsey, dressed in a carefully chosen lounge suit to appear approachable, begins his investigation at the Bellona Club. He interviews the cloakroom attendant Williamson, who notes that General Fentiman's hat a

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- [V: —And Finds the Club Suit Blocked](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/v-and-finds-the-club-suit-blocked.md)
- [VI: A Card of Reentry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/vi-a-card-of-reentry.md)
- [VII: The Curse of Scotland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/vii-the-curse-of-scotland.md)
- [Lord Peter Leads Through Strength](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/viii-lord-peter-leads-through-strength.md)
- [IX: Knave High](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/ix-knave-high.md)
- [X: Lord Peter Forces a Card](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/x-lord-peter-forces-a-card.md)
- [XI: Lord Peter Clears Trumps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xi-lord-peter-clears-trumps.md)
- [XII: Lord Peter Turns a Trick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xii-lord-peter-turns-a-trick.md)
- [XIII: Spades Are Trumps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xiii-spades-are-trumps.md)
- [Grand Slam in Spades](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xiv-grand-slam-in-spades.md)
- [XV: Shuffle the Cards and Deal Again](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xv-shuffle-the-cards-and-deal-again.md)
- [XVI: Quadrille](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xvi-quadrille.md)
- [XVII: Parker Plays a Hand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xvii-parker-plays-a-hand.md)
- [Picture-Cards](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xviii-picture-cards.md)
- [XIX: Lord Peter Plays Dummy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xix-lord-peter-plays-dummy.md)
- [XX: Ann Dorland Goes Misère](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xx-ann-dorland-goes-mis-re.md)
- [XXI: Lord Peter Calls a Bluff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xxi-lord-peter-calls-a-bluff.md)
- [XXII: The Cards on the Table](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xxii-the-cards-on-the-table.md)
- [XXIII: Postmortem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_unpleasantness_at_the_bellona_club_se/chapters/xxiii-postmortem.md)

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