The Moonstone: Chapter Summaries and Plot Analysis

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Chapter 9

  • She believed that he was a fine man and that he loved her very much.

Chapter 10

  • Mr. Ablewhite became her guardian.
  • Mr. Bruff told her that Godfrey was only interested in marrying her to use her wealth to pay off his debts.

Chapter 11

  • A person had a year in which to pay back the loan.
  • He understood that the diamond would be returned to the thief at the end of one year because it had been given as a guarantee for a loan.

Chapter 12

  • His father died, leaving him a great fortune.
  • In the box was a paint-stained nightgown marked with Franklin Blake’s name, as well as a letter from Rosanna to Franklin.
  • He remembered nothing about taking the diamond, yet there was evidence against him.

Chapter 13

  • He thought he might have been drunk.
  • She was angry because he had pretended to help the police after taking the diamond himself and because he would not admit the truth to her.

Chapter 14

  • He caught pneumonia while walking home in the rain on the night of Rachel’s birthday party, which caused memory loss and, finally, death.
  • Mr. Jennings thought that he had taken the diamond while under the influence of the opium that Mr. Candy had given him as a trick to help him sleep. Mr. Jennings wanted to recreate the night of the theft by giving him opium and watching to see whether he would repeat his actions.

Chapter 15

  • It proved that on the night of Rachel’s birthday party, Franklin Blake took the diamond while under the influence of opium. What remained unknown was what he had done with the diamond after taking it from Rachel’s cabinet.
  • Two policemen were assigned to watch the bank where Mr. Bruff believed the diamond was being held. Mr. Bruff hoped that after the loan had been paid back, Mr. Luker would arrive to claim the diamond and return it to the thief.

Chapter 16

  • He was a small boy who often helped Mr. Bruff in his work.
  • They found the sailor, whom they had seen in the bank, lying dead on the bed. They also found an empty box with a note stating that the box, which contained a jewel of great value, was to be given to Septimus Luker only.
  • The sailor was Godfrey Ablewhite.

Chapter 17

  • He had been suffocated with a pillow.
  • He was a gambler and had lost a large sum of money.
  • They went to Bombay by ship. Before reaching their destination, they disappeared.

Chapter 18

  • They got married.

Epilogue

  • Mr. Murthwaite found the Moonstone shining in the forehead of the moon-god while on a visit to the holy city of Somnauth.

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