How does The Moonstone end?

Truth restored, Rachel and Franklin marry; Betteredge rejoices; Jennings dies respected. The three Indian priests recover the diamond from the Verinder vault and return it toward the idol — outside English property law. Godfrey Ablewhite’s death exposed the theft path; Blake’s name clears.

The ending balances comedy and moral accounting: romance for heirs, restitution for colonized sacred object. Fate theme closes without punishing Rachel’s silence. Classroom readers ask whether return to India resolves imperial harm or decorates it; Collins at least denies the gem as happy English heirloom.