I only know that the Diamond has been lost.
the language switch here was really interesting. Instead of calling other servants as potential thieves, Sergeant is calling them as assistants to trace the lost diamond.
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I could scarcely believe him (taking Mr. Franklin’s view) to be quite such an ass as that. But, though he said nothing, the eye with which he looked at my daughter was not a very pleasant eye to see.
as we all anticipated that the Superintendent suppose to be the person to crack the case and help out the stealing dilemma.However, Superintendent seems not be welcomed but no help.
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have certainly stolen the Diamond.
Mr. Franklin has being leading the story line there. I wonder if we can find all Mr.Franklin's quotes that contains"Indians", what would we find.
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those French and German and Italian sides of him,
as we can see form the following paragraph, bettersedge would refer to Mr. Frankilin's three sides quite often, if we can collect those description of three sides of his, we can have an idea of Mr. Franklin's experiences, as well as Betteredge's impression of three counties, I think.
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Only the philanthropist’s father and mother–Mr. and Mrs. Ablewhite.
the ways of how the narrator ending each chapter were really interesting, sometimes it's more captivating, some times are more self dialogues, I wonder by counting the words of the last paragraph of each chapter would give us some some interesting pattern
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when their tastes are of what is called the intellectual sort–how often they drift blindfold into some nasty pursuit.
Betteredge expressing a sense of dislikeness with the gentlefolks who are looking for intellectual connections, is this a class separation or his life struggle of feeling connected with those gentalfolks?
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I wanted a whiff of my pipe, and a turn at Robinson Crusoe
solaces of Betteredge of his own
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The mystery of the Colonel’s life got in the Colonel’s way, and outlawed him, as you may say, among his own people.
the moonstone that everyone is tracing for sounded like a curse at here.
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he was a mixture of bull-dog and game-cock, with a dash of the savage.
laughed at this language and expression of the the narrator, a description of a person that reckless and wild, want to see if there will be any twist coming up.
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Mr. Franklin Blake
he's finally here!
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“It looks as if it had hundreds of suffocating people under it–all struggling to get to the surface, and all sinking lower and lower in the dreadful deeps! Throw a stone in, Mr. Betteredge! Throw a stone in, and let’s see the sand suck it down!”
surprised that how emotional Rosanna is at this point, her view of the wave could be reflecting her own mentality and experience? want to see how that will be unfolded
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that Penelope would do well to cool down, and leave me, her father, to doze off again in the sun.
everything went off to peace and quite, the narrator ended with his daughter left him
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to-morrow
The narrator still keeping his own structure of "to-morrow", how often he would use it? Even though it's not from himself?
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Remember what Adam wanted when he was alone in the Garden of Eden; and if you don’t blame it in Adam, don’t blame it in me.
as this is how the narrator introduced Selina Goby by adding Adam and the Garden of Eden into his own and his cottage, the narrator is humorous and having his own world of senses.
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We will take a new sheet of paper, if you please, and begin over again, with my best respects to you.
a fantastic ending note of chapter one with an invitation to the paper, to the process of unfolding other chapters.
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The men fell back as he threw himself on them with his torch and his dagger
this sentence is really vivid for me and expressing how much the fight has making people reactive but more importantly how the moonstone has slowly getting into people's mind. I want to know what will be happen to this men after.
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supposed to be affected by the lunar influences–the moon
Even though there is no absolute proof that the Moon affects human mental and physical health, though its effect has been spreading in human's believes or tales. It's interesting that this novel has mentioned it up in the beginning.
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