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Ron Cassady asked this question about All the Light We Cannot See:

So, what really happened to the diamond? Was it answered and I missed it, or was it left up to the reader to guess?

Kevin St Mary I do not believe that Werner threw the diamond in the sea. He removed it from the house and left it in the grotto. The key in the house was symbolic o…moreI do not believe that Werner threw the diamond in the sea. He removed it from the house and left it in the grotto. The key in the house was symbolic of what the Paris Museum did to the diamond when they had possession. They kept it under lock and key! The grotto was a fitting place for anything so cursed and unlikely to be found by any man. The gate on the grotto was described as very secure even to keep a German Sergeant Major from entering!(less)

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Tari Lawson That is what I thought. I got the impression Werner left the stone in the grotto, took the house and put the key in it for safe keeping.
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