She is so subtle and conventional.

The author is very precise here, about the time and the money.

The author dose not mention a word about the face of the girl, but the border of dress appears so frequently.

He must love her very much, and since it is almost like secret love, so it is moving and beautiful.

I totally agree with that.

Yes, it is kind of hard to believe.

So religious.

He felt he was free, but he also felt annoyed, complex and contradictory.

LOL, he is so furious.

It's kind of a hard game that "I" don't want to lose.

So wired.

What? He is dead?

WOW, everyone spoiled and worshipped him.

That word is interesting, because he is just a handsome man, is that a little bit wired?

Both physically old and mentally old.

Which is scared for the one who was new to the ball.

I think the "thieving sun" stands for the years when the sisters lived so miserable, and "touch gently" implies that they are free now.

Maybe it is the lost feeling because of so many deaths?

Actually, it dose not matter at all. Since their father's death, there is no thing that matters.

So funny, she blamed for Kate and that gave her the courage.

This word shows again, they are really, really tired I think.

I think they are so sacred that they behave so unnatural.

She is kind of encouraging herself to show that she is not afraid of anything -- though she really is.

They are so afraid of their father.

The "silence" -- we could feel the sisters are quite sad and even tired, so when there is a difference, they don't want to say anything, because they are already so heartbroken.

I think it let me think about the another book -- The Outsider, the first chapter is a little bit like this, like his mother was dead, and he felt like that he should be sad, and he should cry.

Also, with the book Robinson Crusoe -- his favorite book, the whole story came to an end.

He is a great detective, though made some mistakes at the beginning, but finally, he figured the whole thing out.

Some interesting appendings.

He really loves this book.

Mystery and legend just go on and on. And the story goes as well. The Moonstone? Maybe it just lies in somewhere around us!

That even made things worse and pushed Mr. Godfrey to do some bad things.

I never thought about the thief is him!! Although he maybe a little bit greed -- but still, I think he is not short of money. I can't wait to see his triggers.

This is a usual way to describe the murder nowadays -- he is choked by someone using the pillow.

It is sad that we still don't know where he put his diamond. But maybe in that day, he also left the diamond behind and someone got it.

So excited, so dark, so silent, and she just kept watching like a ghost in the dark, waiting for his appearance.

Even before the conduct of experiment, she already forgave him -- she was really, really fell in love with him, I think. And that is no doubt that why she kept the secret so long.

There are many dates in this part of narrative. I think they make the whole story more organized and let us to feel more eager to know the answer of the experiment.

Oh, he is a really decent man -- the man who think for others. He is such a gentlemen that could hold his curiosity back under this situation. I admire that.

I think the truth is apparent enough. Didn't he notice that the more he dig into this case, the more Miss Rachel alienated him?

Is she badly ill? Is that because of the curse of Moonstone?

Wow, she is kind of jealous. It seems that she loves Mr. Godfrey.

Maybe she had the diamond and let Mr. Godfrey to sell it to Mr. Luker?

Wow, how lovely she is!

I think it is kind of a trick -- contrast to the Mr. Betteredge's narrative, so the readers could jump out of the box, to think and to wonder whose narrative is true or, everyone has bias, and then, in such case, who actually is the thief?

Are they the three priest? I think they ARE the priests! They are after the Moonstone

Such a long journey, I guess I must read more to figure the mystery out.

A-HA, she wants to run away, so suspicious!

Based on the truth that it could be pulled outside the sand, I guess she want to hide it, not to throw it away. Maybe the cloth is not hers, and she want to retrieve it some day in the future to show her integrity.

"Something to hide", interesting, I think it is the Moonstone.

I think this "another person" he mentioned was Miss Rachel

Actually, I think what he wanted to do was to exam the ladies and gentlemen's clothes. According to some sentences before like "That will do"

Mentioned again. This may be an important clue. Maybe the guy who steal the Dimond left some clues here? I don't know yet.

I think it is a kind of writing tricks, which means first give something negative about a character, and in fact, to make his intelligence even more impressed later.

Another Indian character, a-ah, things are getting more and more interesting! !

I think she knew the whole thing -- who stole the Diamond, and maybe the stealer lost the Diamond as well -- that is why she said "Nor the person who took it"

I am afraid she is not the only person who know more about the Moonstone than she ought to know -- that is, I think Mr. Franklin may be so as well.

With utterly changing of her action, she hurried to see Mr. Franklin, "without another word", "without heeding", "without notice", such a hurry reflects that there must be something happened -- which leads us to follow the plot. It successfully makes me longing to read more ! !

Why these two men -- Mr. Godfrey and Mr. Franklin -- behaved so differently? I think the difference between them must reflect something. Apparently, author wrote such a plot by some purpose, but now it remains unknown.

What a coincident ! It let me wonder if the cabinet was placed by the three priests? Who knows !

A-ha, there is kind of messy. Where did she put the Diamond? Apparently she lost it. We could see it just from this paragraph and there is no need to go on to actually find the answer.

Because of the Moonstone? Dose it imply that he feels someone is going to take the gem, or .. ? I think maybe there is a foreshadowing or a hint that indicates the stealing of the gem.

Why moon again? Two different places, the same myth? <br/> Is there kind of a list, that lists all the magic things together, like a collection? If there is one, the first thing on the list must be Dragons I guess, and I gonna to find it out, LOL :)

I love this beginnings ! I am always losing myself in those traditions, or myths, kind of that. "four-handed god", "moon deity", Think of it ! ! How interesting ! ! !<br/>This is magic, the pure and natural curiosity to the world, and imagination to the world of course. The place humans live, the place magic happens, and myths rises.