# The Crystal Stopper — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Crystal Stopper by Maurice Leblanc.

- [The Arrests](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/i-the-arrests.md): Arsène Lupin orchestrates a burglary at the Villa Marie-Thérèse, the home of Deputy Daubrecq, with his accomplices Gilbert and Vaucheray. The plan goes awry when the manservant Léonard is killed, and Vaucheray is wounded
- [II: Eight from Nine Leaves One](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/ii-eight-from-nine-leaves-one.md): Lupin reflects on the organization of his gang and the danger facing Gilbert and Vaucheray, who are accused of murder during the Enghien burglary. He investigates the mysterious crystal stopper, which was stolen from his
- [The Home Life of Alexis Daubrecq](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/iii-the-home-life-of-alexis-daubrecq.md): Lupin installs his former wet-nurse Victoire as a cook in Daubrecq's house to search for the crystal stopper, which is crucial to saving Gilbert and Vaucheray from execution. While observing Daubrecq, Lupin witnesses a m
- [IV: The Chief of the Enemies](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/iv-the-chief-of-the-enemies.md): Lupin reflects on Gilbert's plight and his own obsession with the crystal stopper. Victoire unexpectedly finds the stopper in Daubrecq's house, but it later reappears in the drawer. Lupin discovers a panel cut into Daubr
- [V: The Twenty-Seven](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/v-the-twenty-seven.md): Clarisse Mergy reveals to Lupin the tragic story of her husband Victorien Mergy, whose name was on the infamous list of the Twenty-Seven, leading to his suicide after Daubrecq blackmailed him. She explains how Daubrecq s
- [VI: The Death-Sentence](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/vi-the-death-sentence.md): The chapter details the trial and sentencing of Gilbert and Vaucheray for murder, with the prosecution using them to attack Lupin indirectly. Lupin, disguised as Dr. Vernes, confronts Daubrecq at his home, revealing his 
- [VII: The Profile of Napoleon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/vii-the-profile-of-napoleon.md): Prasville investigates Daubrecq's kidnapping. Clarisse Mergy introduces her companion, M. Nicole (Lupin in disguise), who deduces from a broken ivory piece that the Marquis d'Albufex is behind the abduction. Prasville ag
- [VIII: The Lovers’ Tower](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/viii-the-lovers-tower.md): Lupin observes Daubrecq being tortured by the Marquis d'Albufex and Sébastiani in a dungeon. Daubrecq eventually reveals the hiding place of the crystal stopper under duress. D'Albufex leaves to retrieve the document, pl
- [IX: In the Dark](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/ix-in-the-dark.md): Lupin recovers from his wound in an Amiens hotel, tended by Clarisse Mergy and the Masher. He learns that Daubrecq escaped during the struggle at Mortepierre, and that eighteen days have passed, worsening Gilbert's situa
- [X: Extra-Dry?](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/x-extra-dry.md): Clarisse Mergy, having tracked Daubrecq to a hotel in Nice, secretly enters his room in search of the crystal stopper. Daubrecq catches her and attempts to force her into a bargain for her son Gilbert's life, but Lupin, 
- [The Cross of Lorraine](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/xi-the-cross-of-lorraine.md): Lupin, having secured the crystal stopper and the list of the Twenty-Seven, orchestrates a plan to save Gilbert and Vaucheray from execution. He transports Daubrecq in a trunk, meets with Clarisse Mergy, and arranges an 
- [XII: The Scaffold](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/xii-the-scaffold.md): Lupin frantically tries to save Gilbert from execution, first by seeking to buy Vorenglade's letters, then by orchestrating a daring rescue at the guillotine. Despite his efforts, Vaucheray is killed by a shot from Lupin
- [The Last Battle](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/xiii-the-last-battle.md): Lupin reveals that the real list of the Twenty-Seven was hidden inside Daubrecq's glass eye, which he has now obtained. He explains to Prasville how he orchestrated the shooting at the execution to delay it, saving Gilbe
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_crystal_stopper_se/chapters/endnotes.md): The endnotes provide translator's notes and references to other works in the Arsène Lupin series, clarifying historical and cultural details mentioned in the main text.

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