How we cite our quotes: Collins doesn't use traditional chapters in The Moonstone, so the citations are a little trickier than in other Victorian novels. Citations follow this format: (Period.Narrative.Chapter.Paragraph).
Quote #10
I could write pages of affectionate warning on this one theme, but (alas!) I am not permitted to improve—I am condemned to narrate. (2.1.1.29)
For Miss Clack, the only good kind of book is an instructive, improving religious book. Novels are bad for morals. So when she says that she is "not permitted to improve," but is "condemned to narrate," she is implicitly comparing her favorite kind of book to fictional novels.