Let the guess I have made at the truth in this matter go for what it is worth, and let us get on to the only practical question that concerns us.

Does the conspiracy against the Moonstone survive the Colonel's death?
And did the Colonel know it, when he left the birthday gift to his niece ?" I began to see my lady and Miss Rachel at the end of it all, now.

Not a word he said escaped me.
"I was not very willing, when I discovered the story of the Moonstone," said Mr.Franklin, "to be the means of bringing it here.

But Mr.Bruff reminded me that somebody must put my cousin's legacy into my cousin's hands--and that I might as well do it as anybody else.

After taking the Diamond out of the bank, I fancied I was followed in the streets by a shabby, dark-complexioned man.