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
'Oh, Rachel! Rachel!' I burst out. 'Haven't you seen yet, that my heart yearns to make a Christian out of you? Has no inner voice told you that I am trying to do for you, what I was trying to do for your dear mother when death snatched her out of my hands?' (2.1.8.104)
Miss Clack finally lets the cat out of the bag: she tells Rachel that she wants to "make a Christian out of" her. Of course Rachel would be offended by this –after all, she's already a Christian. But what really offends her is that Miss Clack suggests that her dead mother, Lady Verinder, has gone to hell because Miss Clack didn't save her soul in time. To Rachel, this is both offensive and ridiculous, since her mother was a good, kind woman her whole life.