# The Pothunters — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Pothunters by P. G. Wodehouse.

- [The Pothunters](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/the-pothunters.md): The chapter introduces the theft of the sports cups from the school pavilion, setting off a chain of events involving suspicion, investigation, and the characters' reactions to the crime.
- [I: Patient Perseverance Produces Pugilistic Prodigies](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/i-patient-perseverance-produces-pugilistic-prodigies.md): Tony Graham and Allen Thomson meet at Aldershot for the Public Schools' Boxing Competition. They discuss their training and opponents, weigh in, and compete in their respective bouts. Tony wins his first fight, and Allen
- [Thieves Break in and Steal](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/ii-thieves-break-in-and-steal.md): Tony returns from Aldershot to learn from his fag Robinson that the Pavilion has been burgled and the sports prizes stolen. Meanwhile, Jim Thomson confesses to Tony that he is in debt due to a bet on his brother Allen, a
- [IV: Certain Revelations](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/iv-certain-revelations.md): Jim confesses to Tony his nighttime escapade of breaking into the Pavilion to retrieve his notes, revealing he inadvertently encountered the real burglar. Tony listens with interest, and Jim worries about being implicate
- [Concerning the Mutual Friend](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/v-concerning-the-mutual-friend.md): Dallas and Vaughan discuss their uncongenial study-mate Plunkett, whom they call the 'Mutual Friend,' with day-boy MacArthur. They recount how Plunkett was made head of the House by Mr. Ward, displacing Vaughan. Plunkett
- [Literary Banquet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/vi-literary-banquet.md): Charteris hosts a tea for contributors to The Glow Worm, where the conversation turns to the recent Pavilion burglary, the stolen cups, and Jim's secret nighttime escapade. Jim reveals his anxiety about the missing two p
- [VII: Barrett Explores](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/vii-barrett-explores.md): Barrett, feeling offended after a disagreement with Reade, decides to go egg-hunting in the forbidden Dingle woods on Sir Alfred Venner's estate. He meets Grey, who warns him of the risks, but Barrett proceeds undeterred
- [Barrett Ceases to Explore](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/viii-barrett-ceases-to-explore.md): Barrett hides in a tree to avoid a gamekeeper and his dog, but his dropped pillboxes are discovered. He escapes and races uphill, only to jump on a person who turns out to be Plunkett, who is then captured by the keepers
- [Enter the Sleuthhound](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/ix-enter-the-sleuthhound.md): Barrett confides in Reade about finding the stolen cups and his narrow escape from keepers in the Dingle, where he accidentally landed on Plunkett. He later meets Detective Roberts from Scotland Yard, who is investigatin
- [X: Mr. Thompson Investigates](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/x-mr-thompson-investigates.md): Mr. Thompson, the Sixth Form Master, takes a personal interest in the Pavilion burglary and visits the scene to investigate. There he meets Inspector Roberts from Scotland Yard, who deduces that the crime was likely not 
- [The Sports](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/xi-the-sports.md): The chapter describes the annual Sports Day at St. Austin's, focusing on the mile race between Jim Thomson and Drake. Jim is nervous and distracted by a prior conversation between his brother Allen and the Headmaster, su
- [An Interesting Interview](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/xii-an-interesting-interview.md): Jim Thomson faces a difficult interview with the Headmaster and Mr. Thompson, who accuse him of the Pavilion burglary. Despite his recent defeat in the mile race and his desperate need for money, Jim maintains his innoce
- [XIII: Sir Alfred Scores](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/xiii-sir-alfred-scores.md): Sir Alfred Venner, M.P., visits the Headmaster to complain about trespassing by St. Austin's boys. The Headmaster initially defends Plunkett, a school prefect, but Sir Alfred produces evidence that Plunkett was caught sm
- [The Long Run](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/xiv-the-long-run.md): The day after Sports Day, the inter-house cross-country race takes place. Jim Thomson, exhausted from his mile run, drops out early and is found by Drake. Welch wins the race. Meanwhile, Barrett is puzzled about the stol
- [Mr. Roberts Explains](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/xv-mr-roberts-explains.md): Inspector Roberts reveals to the Head that the real thief is Stokes, a farmhand, not Jim Thomson. He explains his detective work, including spotting a drunken man with money and tracing him. The cups are hidden in a holl
- [The Disappearance of J. Thomson](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/xvi-the-disappearance-of-j-thomson.md): The Headmaster learns that Jim Thomson has not returned to his House since lunchtime. He and Mr. Merevale discuss possible explanations, including the possibility that Jim has run away after being wrongly accused of thef
- [We'll Proceed to Search for Thomson if He Be Above the Ground](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/xvii-we-ll-proceed-to-search-for-thomson-if-he-be-above-the-ground.md): Charteris, Tony, Swift, and Daintree search for Jim Thomson across fields and Parker's Spinney, encountering a keeper whom Tony knocks out. They meet Biffen, who reveals Jim left with Mr. MacArthur (the Babe). At the Bab
- [In Which the Affairs of Various Persons Are Wound Up](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_pothunters_se/chapters/xviii-in-which-the-affairs-of-various-persons-are-wound-up.md): The chapter resolves multiple plot threads: the Headmaster reveals that a village poacher, not a student, stole the cups; Barrett, unaware of this, plans to confess to the Head but finds the cups already recovered; Jim's

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