Chapter 5

Chapter 5
“An Old Man With White Hair”

Quelling: p46B putting something at bay…overcoming
Insinuated: p48M get in subtly
Detained: p50B delayed
Clothier: p53M Maker or seller of clothing
“Idle chatter”: p53B Worthless talk
Reluctantly: p54M holding back
Duress: p51B under force
Consorting: p51B associated with …hanging out with

Dupin and Edmund find a plank and a button in the opposite room in the next tenement. Talked to the woman in charge of the next tenement- she is almost blind- she rented a room to a Mr. Smith …he was large and had a friend. Dupin is figuring that Sis Mum and Aunty and the old man are connected.
They go to the café …Throck is there …they eat Dupin drinks, Dupin sends Edmund to get a price on having a coat made …”be gone 1/2 hour exactly”.

Study Questions
1. A button from Sis’s shoe
2. she was forced
3. he is never there and wanted a specific room
4. someone waited until Edmund left the room and someone else detained him on the street
5. inform the authorities
6. to get a coat
7. Throck was approaching Dupin