Summary, Analysis, and Original Text

Chapter 31

itinerant traveling from place to place or on a circuit.

stygian dark or gloomy.

chloroform to kill with chloroform, a toxic, cancer-causing, colorless, volatile liquid that has a sweet taste.

zealot a person who is ardently devoted to a purpose; fanatic.

anarchist a person who promotes anarchy, or political disorder, as by flouting or ignoring rules, duties, or accepted standards of conduct.

catchpenny made merely to sell; cheap and flashy.

pettifogger a lawyer who handles petty cases, especially one who uses unethical methods in conducting trumped-up cases.

chicanery the use of clever but tricky talk or action to deceive or evade, as in legal dealings.

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