Chapter 4 “Meddle at your Peril”
Berated: 37 scolded harshly
Courtship:37 dating
Voracious:38 exceeding, large
Principals:38 leading persons
Remunerative: 38 gainful or for profit
Self Loathing: 39 self hating
Meddle: 39 interfere
Peril: 39 danger
Squalor: 39 state of being filthy or dirty
Flagged:39 lose strength or spirit
Feigning: 39 pretending, faking
Sullenly: 40 gloomily silent
Loo/privy: 43 outdoor bathroom
Dupin wakes up hung over reads the newspaper (p38)
Tries to sneak out Edmund wakes up.
Ed tells Dupin sis is 11 and his twin (it runs in their family) Mum has been gone 1 year.
A sailor brought a letter to Aunty ….Ed and Dupin decide sis must have left through the window and have gone into the other building. (Aunty’s trunk is locked) Went outside to look at buildings…they are identical. They find the room opposite Edmund's room and knock…no one answers and Dupin forces the door open.
Study questions
1. Meddle at your Peril
2. to look for mum
3. a year ago
4. she received a message
5. so they can leave to go to the bathroom
6. into the next building
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