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** Several aspects of the mystery, including the importance of a stained nightgown and suspicion falling on the teenaged daughter of the household, bear a resemblance to the Road Hill House murder in 1860. Sergeant Cuff also has similarities to both Detective Inspector Jack Whicher, who investigated that case, and his boss Dolly Williamson (whose love of gardening was the inspiration for Cuff's interest in roses).
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* ADayInHerApron: Subverted. One of Betteredge's anecdotes about his wife is about a time when she refused to cook his dinner -- so he did it himself, and (by his own account) cooked it without difficulty and left the kitchen spotless.
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* EnlightenedAntagonist: The Hindu Brahmin priests, who seemingly possess some sort of supernatural powers, and who are perceived by the main characters as antagonistic because they intend to steal the stone and return it to India where it actually belongs.
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Not intentionally but various characters seem to display a subconscious prejudice towards those considered unattractive. Franklin Blake is dismissive of 'ugly' Rosanna and oblivious to her clear affections for him, though Sergeant Cuff points out that he would have found out fast enough if she had been better-looking. However he gets on very well with Ezra Jennings, whose piebald hair and 'gipsy complexion' turns many people off him, while Mr. Bruff and Betteredge are openly dismissive and sceptical of his theory about how the diamond was taken, until it is proven correct. TruthInTelevision [[ValuesDissonance in that the book was published during the Victorian Era.]]
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Not intentionally but various characters seem to display a subconscious prejudice towards those considered unattractive. Franklin Blake is dismissive of 'ugly' Rosanna and oblivious to her clear affections for him, though Sergeant Cuff points out that he would have found out fast enough if she had been better-looking. However he gets on very well with Ezra Jennings, whose piebald hair and 'gipsy complexion' turns many people off him, while Mr. Bruff and Betteredge are openly dismissive and sceptical of his theory about how involvement in the diamond was taken, investigation, until it is proven correct. TruthInTelevision [[ValuesDissonance in that the book was published during the Victorian Era.]]
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** Betteredge has several discussions with other characters about [[SocietyMarchesOn whether more democracy is a good thing or not]], which probably reflects the serial being written around the time of the passage of the Second Great Reform Act (1867) which expanded the voting franchise in the UK.
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** Betteredge has several discussions with other characters about [[SocietyMarchesOn whether more democracy is a good thing or not]], not, which probably reflects the serial being written around the time of the passage of the Second Great Reform Act (1867) which expanded the voting franchise in the UK.
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* RedRightHand: Rosanna Spearman, ex-thief and maid, is a hunchback. Ezra Jennings, who has a dark secret in his past, has "piebald" hair (dark with white streaks, also quite curly - this Troper imagined him as an emaciated Tom Baker). [[spoiler: Neither are bad people, and the true villain is handsome and healthy.]]
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* RedRightHand: Rosanna Spearman, ex-thief and maid, is a hunchback. Ezra Jennings, who has a dark secret in his past, has "piebald" hair (dark with white streaks, also quite curly - this Troper imagined him as an emaciated Tom Baker).curly). [[spoiler: Neither are bad people, and the true villain is handsome and healthy.]]
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Not intentionally but various characters seem to display a subconscious prejudice towards those considered unattractive. Franklin Blake is dismissive of 'ugly' Rosanna and oblivious to her clear affections for him, though Sergeant Cuff points out that he would have found out fast enough if she had been better-looking. However he gets on very well with Ezra Jennings, whose piebald hair turns many people off him, while Mr. Bruff and Betteredge are openly dismissive and sceptical of his theory about how the diamond was taken, until it is proven correct. TruthInTelevision [[ValuesDissonance in that the book was published during the Victorian Era.]]
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Not intentionally but various characters seem to display a subconscious prejudice towards those considered unattractive. Franklin Blake is dismissive of 'ugly' Rosanna and oblivious to her clear affections for him, though Sergeant Cuff points out that he would have found out fast enough if she had been better-looking. However he gets on very well with Ezra Jennings, whose piebald hair and 'gipsy complexion' turns many people off him, while Mr. Bruff and Betteredge are openly dismissive and sceptical of his theory about how the diamond was taken, until it is proven correct. TruthInTelevision [[ValuesDissonance in that the book was published during the Victorian Era.]]
