The Moonstone exhibits the inequalities and differences between class structures when it comes to relationships, terms of the law, and characters’ perspectives. Through the use of the novel’s socially marginalized characters: Gabriel Betteredge, Rosanna Spearman, and Lucy Yolland, this statement is further validated. The character Gabriel Betteredge represents the lack of fairness between the working class and elite. Betteredge is the house steward of the Verinder house. He is loyal to both the Verinder family and the other servants in the house. Betteredge was married to his cleaning maid for five years before she passed away. Their marriage was not rooted in love, but instead out of convenience. Betteredge explains that it was easier to marry Selina, rather than to continue paying her to clean his house. Betteredge details Lady Verinder’s reaction when he explains his reasoning for marrying Selina, “My lady burst out laughing, and she said she did not know which to be more shocked at, my language or my principles. Some joke tickled her, I suppose, of the sort that you can’t take unless you are a person of quality” (Collins 24). Betteredge’s reasoning for his employer laughing at him was that she could not relate because she was of higher class. Lady Verinder had the choice to marry someone she loved because she came from a background of wealth. She did not have to settle for someone out of convenience and had fine gentleman suitors to choose from. This scene demonstrates the inequalities between the two classes: the wealthy that have the luxury of marrying for love, while the poor do not always have this luxury. Inequity between different class structures is also exhibited in terms of the law. Betteredge demonstrates the inequity of the law system during his detailing of house servant, Rosanna’s past. Betteredge comments that: “Rosanna Spearman had been a thief, and not being of the sort that get up Companies in the City, and rob from thousands, instead of only robbing from one, the law laid hold of her, and the prison and the reformatory followed the lead of the law” (Collins 34). When Betteredge says “Companies in the City” he is referring to investment companies that “rob thousands.” Rosanna only stole from one individual, but suffered the consequences for it. Betteredge’s suggestion here is that the wealthy also steal but they are more likely to not be punished for it. He is implying that there are inequalities in the justice system when comparing the crime of a lower class citizen to the crime of a wealthy citizen. The gap between class structures is furt