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yes-I recall--the girl knew of its history and worth--why wouldn't she return it to the museum--I guess the "all clear" had not happened yet. the key? for the boy to escape?
Marie wants to throw it in the sea because she thinks it is cursed but Werner lies to her and keeps it in the model house. It is in the duffle that is later returned to Jutta.
What is the text that supports your comment, Susan?
I am afraid I was partially wrong. The house is in the duffle but the stone is not in it.Marie is not sure what Werner did with it. Page 518
Thx, Susan. I now place the same question to Trish! I am still trying to figure out the relevant text myself??? Thx 4 the help. (I really, really liked the book, incidentally.)
The Sea of Flames is in the grotto. Marie Laure placed it there, inside of the house, when Werner was helping her escape Saint Malo because she believed it had brought the war upon the town and her loved ones. However, she then gives Werner the key to the grotto; I'm nor sure why. Perhaps a safe place for him to hide? In any event, Werner retrieves the wooden house model from the grotto but respects Marie-Laure's wishes by leaving the stone there. It is described as being among the snails and mollusks on page 520. What was most poignant, for me, is that Werner replaces the stone with the key to grotto inside of the model house, which ends up making its way to Jutta and then back to Marie-Laure decades later, and with it the choice to reclaim the diamond. Presumably she doesn't, as she goes on to have her own grandchildren and die peacefully in her childhood home. I was frustrated, though, that there's no mention of the Museum of Natural History looking for the diamond. They knew Marie-Laure's father had the correct one, and she goes on to work there, but no one every inquires as to its location?
Thx, Paige. Most complete sequence I've heard yet. It fits with what my f2f book club pointed out in its discussion just this past weekend -- that presumably the diamond may well lie there in the ground/sea waiting to be found again, as was the original stone from which it was formed.
I must go to the grotto! ;) I was a bit disappointed in leaving the diamond among the marine life, although I understand why Marie through it away. Kind of reminded me of the scene from The Titanic movie when the old woman at the end of her life threw the jewel into the sea. Didn't really like that either. And, yes, it seemed strange that no one at the museum seemed curious about the whereabouts of the diamond.
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Marie wants to throw it in the sea because she thinks it is cursed but Werner lies to her and keeps it in the model house. It is in the duffle that is later returned to Jutta.
What is the text that supports your comment, Susan?
I am afraid I was partially wrong. The house is in the duffle but the stone is not in it.Marie is not sure what Werner did with it. Page 518
Thx, Susan. I now place the same question to Trish! I am still trying to figure out the relevant text myself??? Thx 4 the help. (I really, really liked the book, incidentally.)
The Sea of Flames is in the grotto. Marie Laure placed it there, inside of the house, when Werner was helping her escape Saint Malo because she believed it had brought the war upon the town and her loved ones. However, she then gives Werner the key to the grotto; I'm nor sure why. Perhaps a safe place for him to hide? In any event, Werner retrieves the wooden house model from the grotto but respects Marie-Laure's wishes by leaving the stone there. It is described as being among the snails and mollusks on page 520. What was most poignant, for me, is that Werner replaces the stone with the key to grotto inside of the model house, which ends up making its way to Jutta and then back to Marie-Laure decades later, and with it the choice to reclaim the diamond. Presumably she doesn't, as she goes on to have her own grandchildren and die peacefully in her childhood home. I was frustrated, though, that there's no mention of the Museum of Natural History looking for the diamond. They knew Marie-Laure's father had the correct one, and she goes on to work there, but no one every inquires as to its location?
Thx, Paige. Most complete sequence I've heard yet. It fits with what my f2f book club pointed out in its discussion just this past weekend -- that presumably the diamond may well lie there in the ground/sea waiting to be found again, as was the original stone from which it was formed.
I must go to the grotto! ;) I was a bit disappointed in leaving the diamond among the marine life, although I understand why Marie through it away. Kind of reminded me of the scene from The Titanic movie when the old woman at the end of her life threw the jewel into the sea. Didn't really like that either. And, yes, it seemed strange that no one at the museum seemed curious about the whereabouts of the diamond.
