So! The third installment of Alice’s awesome The Moonstone readalong. Sorry this is late guys, I kind of forgot to read it in time, lol. And then I was all busy and yeah, time escaped me. Well, I JUST finished reading this section and my only thoughts are “Wait… what?”
The person Rachel is protecting is Franklin, but he claims to not remember ever having even been in her room, let alone taking possession of the diamond?
Ok, so let’s back up. Miss Clack’s ridiculousness of a narrative ended, which was by turns exasperating and hilarious. I kind of thought that Godfrey was about to propose to her near the end of that, but nope. And Mr. Bruff’s narrative kind of shows us that Godfrey was a jerk and only after Rachel’s inheritance. Why do I not see these things coming? I mean I thought that he was kind of a weirdo and maybe a womanizer, but I think part of me wanted to like him because Betteredge liked him. Silly me.
Franklin’s dad dies (this is like a Disney movie with all the parental figures being absent or dropping dead) and it turns how he’s mega rich now. So he comes back to England and is all upset cause Rachel STILL won’t see him, so he goes to Betteredge & they FINALLY read Rosanna’s letter and find out that she hid HIS nightgown with the paint stain. WTF? (And I kind of liked Rosanna in her letter, in which she’s all “Psssshhhh, Rachel is not as hot as ya’ll think.”) And then he figures it’s all a big misunderstanding so he makes Rachel see him and she says SHE SAW HIM TAKE THE DIAMOND WITH HER OWN EYES.
Except that if this were actually the case, then I highly doubt that Franklin would have started all these narratives by wanting everyone to write down their experiences related to these diamond shenanigans. But since Franklin is a guy, and short, and she says she saw his face… how could she possibly be wrong there?
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT’S GOING ON. Although I still suspect that Rachel’s mother played a part in this somehow. And I miss Betteredge.
I’m off to read & comment on all the posts I missed yesterday. You guys are probably noticing things and guessing at stuff correctly.
~Sarah
I also thought Godfrey was going to propose to Clack! They deserve each other. But no. She’s too poor. (Man, Godfrey’s a winner.)
What is the deal with Franklin?!?!?!! Must. read. further.
Oh man, I think Clack really would have had a stroke if Her Christian Hero proposed.
I am utterly confused as to how Wilkie is going to explain Rachel seeing Franklin steal the Moonstone with her own eyes. I hope he doesn’t resort to something like, “Oh, did no one mention yet that Godfrey and Franklin are NEARLY IDENTICAL?? Well, there you go.”
Yeahhh…Betteredge DID like Godfrey, didn’t he? I guess Robinson Crusoe didn’t warn him about THAT. So THERE.
I was really disappointed with Rosanna when it came to her ridiculously long letter. I wanted her to have noble motives…or at least CRAFTY, thieving motives. But no. She didn’t have nearly the depth I wanted her to have, but I guess NOW she has depth…because she’s at the bottom of a sand pit. And that’s not a funny joke.
Well I laughed at your not funny joke. I’m still laughing at it. Maybe cos I totally agree and she didn’t have the depth or craftiness I was hoping for.
I really have no idea how this is going to be explained. How did Franklin take it and not know it? Or did Rachel mis-see that it was him? Then that’s lame for her cos she’s been acting crazy the whole time for a big misunderstanding. And what about the Indians??