Summaries and Commentaries

Chapter 5

peroxide hydrogen peroxide, a liquid used to bleach hair.

gallant 1 showy and lively in dress or manner 2 stately; imposing 3 brave and noble; high-spirited and daring.

Robert Frost (1874–1963) U.S. poet.

T-bird [Slang] a Ford Thunderbird.

elude to avoid or escape from by quickness, cunning, and so on; evade.

heater    [Slang] a pistol.

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