The Moonstone: henkilöt, aikajana ja paikat

During the assault on Seringapatam, the narrator finds Herncastle holding a bloodied dagger beside a dying Indian.

Franklin asks Betteredge to write an account of the diamond’s arrival and disappearance.

Franklin arrives early, and Rosanna’s sudden blush and departure puzzle him and Betteredge.

Franklin reveals that he carries Herncastle’s Diamond as Rachel’s birthday gift and suspects someone watches him.

Franklin grows close to Rachel while Betteredge favors Godfrey as her likely husband.

Franklin gives Rachel the Moonstone, delighting her while her mother distrusts Herncastle’s motives.

Murthwaite identifies the returning Indian performers as disguised Brahmins seeking the sacred jewel.

The Diamond disappears overnight, and Seegrave’s unsuccessful investigation turns suspicion toward the servants.

Sergeant Cuff arrives and establishes that clothing smeared Rachel’s painted door during the night.

Rachel refuses Cuff’s proposed wardrobe search, stopping his attempt to find paint-stained clothing.

Cuff tells Betteredge that he suspects Rachel keeps the Diamond and uses Rosanna to attract suspicion.

Rachel leaves despite Cuff’s warning, and the household discovers that Rosanna is missing.

Rosanna’s footprints and farewell note support Cuff’s conclusion that she dies in the quicksand.

Franklin leaves England, while Limping Lucy keeps Rosanna’s sealed letter for delivery to him alone.

Miss Clack recounts attacks in which Godfrey and Septimus Luker are bound and searched.

Rachel ends her engagement after Bruff reveals Godfrey’s inquiry into her inheritance.

Franklin returns to England, reopens the inquiry, and receives Rosanna’s letter directing him toward the quicksand.

Ezra Jennings prepares an opium experiment with Franklin and secures Rachel’s cooperation.

Franklin reconciles with Rachel, and Cuff’s inquiry reaches a tavern where a disguised corpse reveals Godfrey.

Cuff reports that Godfrey kept and pledged the Diamond, then was murdered after redeeming it.

Candy reports Jennings’s death and preserves the diary pages concerning Franklin.

Betteredge records Rachel and Franklin’s marriage and later learns that they expect a child.

An investigator traces the Indians toward Bombay, while Murthwaite joins a religious gathering near Somnauth.