# Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Arsène Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc.

- [Lottery Ticket No. 514](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/chapters/i-lottery-ticket-no-514.md): Professor Gerbois buys a writing desk for his daughter Suzanne, which is soon stolen. The desk contains a lottery ticket worth a million francs. Arsène Lupin orchestrates the theft and later returns the ticket to Gerbois
- [The Blue Diamonds](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/chapters/ii-the-blue-diamonds.md): The chapter details the investigation into the murder of Baron d'Hautrec, where Ganimard suspects Antoinette Bréhat (the 'blonde Lady') of the crime, linking her to Arsène Lupin. The famous blue diamond ring is discovere
- [Herlock Sholmes Opens Hostilities](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/chapters/iii-herlock-sholmes-opens-hostilities.md): Herlock Sholmes and Wilson are lured to an empty house on Avenue Henri-Martin by a forged letter from Lupin, where they are locked in overnight. The next morning, Sholmes discovers chalk marks and figures left by Lupin, 
- [Light in the Darkness](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/chapters/iv-light-in-the-darkness.md): Herlock Sholmes, after a near-miss with a falling sandbag, decides to abandon open confrontation with Arsène Lupin and instead work in the shadows. He infiltrates the home of architect Lucien Destange under the alias Sti
- [An Abduction](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/chapters/v-an-abduction.md): Herlock Sholmes attempts to capture Arsène Lupin by following Clotilde Destange, but she cleverly alerts Lupin via a prearranged signal. Lupin replaces the chauffeur and abducts Sholmes in a high-speed automobile chase. 
- [Second Arrest of Arsène Lupin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/chapters/vi-second-arrest-of-ars-ne-lupin.md): Herlock Sholmes confronts Arsène Lupin in his apartment, having escaped from captivity and surrounded the building with police. Sholmes reveals his true goal is to recover the blue diamond, not just arrest Lupin. After a
- [VII: The Jewish Lamp](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/chapters/vii-the-jewish-lamp.md): Herlock Sholmes is summoned by the Baron and Baroness d'Imblevalle to investigate the theft of a Jewish lamp containing a hidden jewel. Through careful examination of the scene and reasoning, Sholmes deduces that the the
- [The Shipwreck](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/chapters/viii-the-shipwreck.md): Herlock Sholmes presents his complete chain of circumstantial evidence to Monsieur and Madame d'Imblevalle, accusing Alice Demun of stealing the Jewish lamp and revealing that Bresson committed the second theft. After a 
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/ars_ne_lupin_versus_herlock_sholmes_se/chapters/endnotes.md): This chapter contains the endnotes for the book, providing citations and references for the preceding narrative.

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