PROLOGUE EXTRACT FROM A FAMILY PAPER (1799) 1
BOOK ONE THE LOSS OF THE DIAMOND (1848) 5
BOOK TWO THE DISCOVERY OF THE TRUTH (1848-49) 67
PART ONE (related by Miss Clack,niece of Sir John Verinder) 69
PART TWO (related by Matthew Bruff,lawyer) 87
PART THREE (related by Franklin Blake) 95
PART FOUR (extract from the diary of Dr．Jennings) 127
PART FIVE (continued by Franklin Blake) 133
PART SIX (report by Inspector Cuff to Franklin Blake) 143
EPILOGUE STATEMENT OF MR．MURTHWAITE (1850) 147