That's the beginning of chapter 2. Using Chapter 1 (which arguably serves as a preface, though it is numbered as part of the narrative), it would be, "All this happened, more or less. And then the murders began."
That's the beginning of chapter 2. Using Chapter 1 (which arguably serves as a preface, though it is numbered as part of the narrative), it would be, "All this happened, more or less. And then the murders began."