Moonstone mystery unfolds amid Verinder estate disclosures
In Frizinghall, Franklin Blake, Miss Verinder, and the moonstone drive a tangled tale. A birthday dinner, a vanished jewel, suspicions on Rosanna Spearman and three Indian jugglers, and Dr Candy's memory loss propel Blake toward truth. Ezra Jennings unveils a possible opium linked memory trance and a future plan to vindicate Blake.
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John Herncastle
Seringapatam
Gabriel Betteredge
Jolla
Verinder
Franklin Biake
Penelope
Hetteredge
Franklin
London
Rachel
Herncastie
Mr. Marthwaite
Seagrave 4
Indiana
Rosanna Spearman
Cuff
Becin
Rosanna
Segeant Cuff
Miss Verinde
Toxanna
Bru
Godfrey
Lin
Mr. Condy
Betteredge
Blake
Mr. Candy
Ezra Jennings
Mr. Jennings
Ezra Teunings
Candy
Mr. Blake
Bera Tennings
Golue
Yorkshire
Tim
Better Edge
Botteredge
Ia Verinder
Miss Vernder
Pursuit of Sergeant Cuff Leads to Dorking
The narrator travels from London to Dorking seeking Sergeant Cuff’s counsel about the moonstone theft. A cottage visit is thwarted by the sergeant’s absence as he has left for Leeland, and the narrator leaves with a plan unsettled, awaiting another turn of events.
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Sergeant Cuff
Mr. Bruif
Cuff
Dorking
Sergeant Cuffs
Betteredge
Everly
Leeland
London
Wasting a Few Minutes In Laughter Gags and Gabs
A jumble of humorous gags and quips from various columns. The piece features brief playlets and quick lines about street life and social scenes. Names, phrases, and punchlines hint at a vaudeville sensibility and mock banter across several anonymous voices.
Comic Snippets From Old Newspapers Split Between Wit and Wry
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers features one liners about moving pictures, drinking in words, and dry conversations. It includes line exchanges about marriage, social quirks, and playful verses, with characters like Gladiola Jinks and Mrs De Puy Payster Robinson woven into a weekend miscellany.
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Arthur Brown
Gladiola Jinks
de Puy Payster Robinson
Michigan Gargoyle
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