5/22/2023 0 Comments The moonstone novelOne of the wildest of these stories related to a Yellow Diamond– a famous gem in the native annals of India. In order that the circumstances may be clearly understood, I must revert for a moment to the period before the assault, and to the stories current in our camp of the treasure in jewels and gold stored up in the Palace of Seringapatam. The private difference between my cousin and me took its rise in a great public event in which we were both concerned– the storming of Seringapatam, under General Baird, on the 4th of May, 1799. And I declare, on my word of honour, that what I am now about to write is, strictly and literally, the truth. I request them to suspend their decision until they have read my narrative. The reserve which I have hitherto maintained in this matter has been misinterpreted by members of my family whose good opinion I cannot consent to forfeit. My object is to explain the motive which has induced me to refuse the right hand of friendship to my cousin, John Herncastle. I address these lines–written in India–to my relatives in England.
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