The Moonstone First Period: Chapter XIV

In which the ever-persistent Sergeant Cuff sets his keen eyes upon the servants of the household, especially the enigmatic Rosanna Spearman, as he quietly probes the undercurrents of suspicion and secret sorrows among them. Amidst whispered confidences and deft observations, the scene is cast with a somber and uneasy air, leading our narrators down shadowed paths both literal and figurative as they seek the truth in the garden's shade and beyond.