A young boy with enormous bug-eyes, whose real name is “Octavius Guy.” Gooseberry helps Mr. Bruff with legal investigations and proves crucial in Bruff, Franklin, and Cuff’s attempt to trace the Moonstone after Mr. Septimus Luker withdraws it from his London bank. While all the adults follow false leads, Gooseberry follows the dark-skinned sailor who turns out to be Godfrey Ablewhite in disguise, and to have truly taken the Moonstone from the bank. Cuff declares that Gooseberry has a promising future in detective work.
Gooseberry Quotes in The Moonstone
The The Moonstone quotes below are all either spoken by Gooseberry or refer to Gooseberry. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Discovery of the Truth 5
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“Robbery!” whispered the boy, pointing, in high delight, to the empty box.
“You were told to wait downstairs,” I said. “Go away!”
“And Murder!” added Gooseberry, pointing, with a keener relish still, to the man on the bed.
There was something so hideous in the boy's enjoyment of the horror of the scene, that I took him by the two shoulders and put him out of the room.
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Gooseberry Quotes in The Moonstone
The The Moonstone quotes below are all either spoken by Gooseberry or refer to Gooseberry. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
The Discovery of the Truth 5
Quotes
“Robbery!” whispered the boy, pointing, in high delight, to the empty box.
“You were told to wait downstairs,” I said. “Go away!”
“And Murder!” added Gooseberry, pointing, with a keener relish still, to the man on the bed.
There was something so hideous in the boy's enjoyment of the horror of the scene, that I took him by the two shoulders and put him out of the room.
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