A fictional town near the Verinder estate. Its name is taken from a real area of the Yorkshire city of Bradford.
Frizinghall Quotes in The Moonstone
The The Moonstone quotes below are all either spoken by Frizinghall or refer to Frizinghall. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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“In the name of the Regent of the Night, whose seat is on the Antelope, whose arms embrace the four corners of the earth.
Brothers, turn your faces to the south, and come to me in the street of many noises, which leads down to the muddy river.
The reason is this.
My own eyes have seen it.”
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Frizinghall Term Timeline in The Moonstone
The timeline below shows where the term Frizinghall appears in The Moonstone. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
The Loss of the Diamond: Gabriel Betteredge: Chapter 11
...innocent. He reports that the police confirmed the Indians were in the nearby town of Frizinghall all night—meaning they could not have been at the Verinder estate—but the police threw them...
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...interrogate in prison. He goes with Franklin, Godfrey, and one of his inferior policemen to Frizinghall; beforehand, Franklin implores Betteredge to keep watch on Rosanna, but stops short of describing his...
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The Loss of the Diamond: Gabriel Betteredge: Chapter 12
...a smeared dress, and he sends Seegrave—who is still convinced the paint is irrelevant—back to Frizinghall. After a period of deep thought, Cuff asks to speak to Rachel, and then tells...
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The Loss of the Diamond: Gabriel Betteredge: Chapter 15
...it in the quicksand from which nothing has ever emerged. Cuff wants to go to Frizinghall and figure out what Rosanna bought for her new dress, but also feels he should...
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The Loss of the Diamond: Gabriel Betteredge: Chapter 16
...of letting her leave in the morning, when he is also planning to be in Frizinghall. Julia agrees and Cuff asks her not to tell Rachel about his involvement in her...
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...throw suspicion onto Rosanna. Cuff will lay out his case tomorrow, before Rachel leaves for Frizinghall, and he wants Betteredge to be present. As dinner comes and goes, Betteredge feels “restless...
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The Loss of the Diamond: Gabriel Betteredge: Chapter 17
...“take[s] no interest whatever in” her, as he knows she is listening. Cuff leaves for Frizinghall, and Franklin asks Betteredge to help him “mak[e] it right with Rosanna.” Rachel stays locked...
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...go to Julia, but she remains occupied with Rachel until after Sergeant Cuff returns from Frizinghall.
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The Loss of the Diamond: Gabriel Betteredge: Chapter 18
...Betteredge grows bewildered, but Cuff assures him that Rosanna has escaped to meet Rachel in Frizinghall, and that the investigation will have to follow them there.
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...last, to determine if she is at the Shivering Sand or has gone straight to Frizinghall. Nancy the kitchen-maid saw Rosanna last, and reports that Rosanna gave the butcher’s man a...
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The Loss of the Diamond: Gabriel Betteredge: Chapter 21
...that she gets to tell Rachel herself. Cuff is speechless, and Julia rides away to Frizinghall.
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The Loss of the Diamond: Gabriel Betteredge: Chapter 23
...Franklin’s departure, a letter arrives for the servants, directing them to bring some clothing to Frizinghall so that Rachel and Julia can bring it with them to London. Betteredge writes to...
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The Discovery of the Truth: Second Narrative: Mathew Bruff: Chapter 3
...for them to seize the jewel from the Verinders’ estate, the three jugglers went to Frizinghall while other members of the organization stayed in London, following Franklin Blake and ingratiating his...
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...Murthwaite a letter in Hindustani, addressed to the woman who was lodging the Indians in Frizinghall. The police had Murthwaite translate it, and he kept a copy.
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The Discovery of the Truth: Third Narrative: Franklin Blake: Chapter 1
...mentioned Franklin’s name. Franklin takes out the letter that Julia wrote him after he left Frizinghall, in which she explained that Franklin’s assistance in the Moonstone investigation inadvertently “added to [Rachel’s]...
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The Discovery of the Truth: Third Narrative: Franklin Blake: Chapter 6
Franklin Blake heads to the train station in Frizinghall for his return to London. He is accompanied by Betteredge, who asks, first, if Franklin...
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The Discovery of the Truth: Third Narrative: Franklin Blake: Chapter 8
...he has already left—the morning before, just like Cuff. “Depressed in spirits,” Franklin goes to Frizinghall.
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When he reaches Frizinghall, Franklin sends notice to Betteredge and then visits Mr. Candy, who “had expressed a special...
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The Discovery of the Truth: Third Narrative: Franklin Blake: Chapter 9
...he is only 40. But Jennings believes he “shall be dead” before the news reaches Frizinghall, for he is terminally ill and has grown addicted to opium in his attempt to...
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