Known for publishing, especially news; sometimes used as a metonym for journalists and papers as a whole

Negative association with the word/color white

Crepe (of which crape is an archaic spelling of) paper is traditionally associated with mourning

People getting pushed out by development

She fears that her escape will turn into another prison

Music described as harsh and unpleasant, making it another subversion of perfect domestic life

Nature vs cultures; authenticity vs facade

The family from "The Garden Party"

Seems like it's setting up another coming of age narrative

like with the pineapple remark a little earlier, Dennis encapsulates the scene as if it were a portrait

class relations again; William is derisive towards the person who likely maintains the trains passing through the station, if not the very train William is on

Only time she expresses genuine emotions and thoughts

Child's (presumably English first language) pronunciation of "allez vite"

Description is reminiscent of a taxidermy bird with the emphasis on age, usage of "creature", "feathers", and "claws", and unnatural, externally manipulated motions.

Facetiousness of upper class, overly concerned with appearances

Will her characterization and mood/mental state remain stable throughout the story as suggested by her name? Or will her development/actions be juxtaposed with her name

In the way that the sublime is awesome

Contrast these true feelings with the affectations of wanting to do away with class distinctions at beginning of story

She speaks to her mother as if speaking to a child

Reinforces my previous annotation in Ezra's narrative that his dialogue/character has a significantly Romantic influence

Cuff's narrative is by far the most concise of all the narratives so far. This clarity enhances the "all is revealed" purpose of this narrative. It has no special formatting, but the brevity alone gives it the feeling of a police report.

The physical removal of the layers of deception from Godfrey parallels how the narratives nested within the larger "compendium" introduced in the frame narrative peel away the layers of deception in the plot.

Though The Moonstone cannot be called Romantic literature or seen as fully modeled after that movement, the introspection, focus on strong emotions, and meandering/musical quality of the paragraph does exhibit Romantic influences.

A classically Gothic motif; Gothic literature was most popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, so it is possible that Collins read Gothic works in his youth and took some inspiration from them.

The detective-fever can be interpreted as the desire for fame/glory present in every person, no matter how content they say and believe they are with their current lives.

More of a positive tone towards Rachel's independence than Betteredge's; does not imply that Rachel should change to become more dependent. Still, both Bruff and Betteredge see Rachel's self-sufficiency as contradictory to her gender.

The most self-aware of all the narrators we have seen so far. Will this carry on through his narrative?

Another example of Miss Clack's superiority complex. Though she is far too concerned with appearances to outright state it (or perhaps may not even be aware of it herself), Mrs. Clack considers herself the spiritual and moral equal of figures like the Dalai Lama.

Miss Clack describes people she considers of good character or morals (including herself) with words like "poor" and "weak." She associates meekness and victimhood with morality, likely due to her devout faith. It will be interesting to see if she describes those she sees as immoral with words associated with aggression and assertion.

From how strongly roses have been associated with Cuff, it would be worth tracking when/where they appear again

Doesn't outright say it, but both this excerpt and the earlier one about the aristocracy's destructive idleness heavily imply Betteredge's position that the working class is morally and practically superior to the upper class.

The Moonstone, which is established as a harbinger of misfortune, is also often described as yellow. Here, yellow again takes a negative, sickly, and dangerous association. The use of yellow as color symbolism could be worth tracking.

This line gives an air of unnaturalness to the Moonstone, with the image of shutting natural light out just for it to "awfully" create its own light. The light does not illuminate the darkness but instead coexists with it, reinforcing this characterization.

Demonstrates aristocracy's sense of entitlement to everything in the world around them, as well as how natural excess is to them. Due to Betteredge's working class background, he wishes to preserve natural beauties like flowers. He sees it as a waste to take it apart, while the children's rich parents see their behavior as promising signs of future paths; the flowers and creatures that get dissected are nothing more than disposable tools.

Will the moonstone be predominantly referred to as "the Moonstone/Diamond" or "It"? Using an avoidance register for the moonstone implies that the characters who do so have ascribed mythological/supernatural power to it; tracking what words get used to describe a single object is probably well suited to computational literary analysis

The idea/concept of innocence and whether an innocent motive/character really matters or not in regards to characters' fates could be worth keeping track of. Are people innocent of wrongdoing if they did not know their actions could bring harm?

Sounds reminiscent of the oath witnesses take on the stand: "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth." Since The Moonstone is described as a detective novel, this kind of language and the conflict with the narrator's cousin suggest that the plot may be concerned with finding out the truth from the narrator and cousin's (presumably) conflicting accounts of events.