au fait acquainted with the facts; well-informed.
"But as for me . . . I have put my trust in the Lord God" Psalms 73: 2–28.
buffalo a robe or throw made of buffalo skin.
"Woe unto the world . . . " See Luke, 17: 1, 2: "And he said to his disciples, 'Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to him by whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung round his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to sin.'"
own to acknowledge; George says he does not own the laws his pursuers refer to, meaning he does not accept them as his own.
class people grouped together because of certain likenesses or common traits; in referring to "men of [Loker's] class," the narrator does not mean social or economic class but "men of Loker's type or temperament."
