# Epigraph explained — The Chink in the Armour

> Chapter companion for The Chink in the Armour by Marie Belloc Lowndes.

## What happens

The epigraph quotes The Spectator, noting that civilized society assumes murder will not be committed, highlighting a vulnerability in social order.

## Themes in this chapter

### Danger and Vulnerability

The epigraph suggests that society's assumption against murder leaves a chink in its armor, implying underlying danger.

## Key lines

> But there is one chink in the chain armour of civilized communities. Society is conducted on the assumption that murder will not be committed.

Civilized society has a weak spot: it operates on the belief that murder won't happen.

_Sets a tone of hidden threat beneath civilized surface._

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