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TheMoonstone,apricelessIndiandiamondwhichhadbeenbroughttoEnglandasspoilsofwar,isgiventoRachelVerrinderonhereighteenthbirthday.Thatverynight,thestoneisstolen.Suspicionthenfallsonahunchbackedhousemaid,onRachel'scousinFranklinBlake,onatroupeofmysteriousIndianjugglers,andonRachelherself.ThephlegmaticSergeantCuffiscalledin,andwiththehelpofBetteredge,theRobinsonCrusoe-readingloquacioussteward,themysteryofthemissingstoneisingeniouslysolved.