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t the whole story ought, in the interests of truth, to be placed on record in writing -- and the sooner the better.'
not perceiving his drift yet, and thinking it always desirable for the sake of peace and quietness to be on the lawyer's side, i said i thought so too. mr. franklin went on.
`in this matter of the diamond,' he said, `the characters of innocent people have suffered under suspicion already -- as you know. the memories of innocent people may suffer, hereafter, for want of a record of the facts to which those who come after us can appeal. there can be no doubt that this strange family story of ours ought to be told. and i think, betteredge, mr. bruff and i together have hit on the right way of telling it.'
very satisfactory to both of them, no doubt. but i failed to see what i myself had to do with it, so far.
`we have certain events to relate,' mr. franklin proceeded; `and we have certain persons concerned in those events who are capable of relating them. starting from these plain facts, the idea is that we should all write the story of the moonstone in turn -- as far as our own personal experience extends, and no farther. we must begin by showing how the diamond first fell into t
