Summary Chapter 42
Subscribe for ad free access & additional features for teachers. Authors: 267, Books: 3,607, Poems & Short Stories: 4,435, Forum Members: 71,154, Forum Posts: 1,238,602, Quizzes: 344 CHAPTER 42 Provis says he has spent most of his life in and out of jail. He was abandoned as a child to live to the best of his wits. He did odd jobs when he could, but mostly he supported himself by crime. He learned to read from a deserting soldier. Twenty years ago at the Epsom Races, he met a man named Compeyson. Compeyson was a gentleman. A landlord of Compeyson's told him that Provis was the type of man he was looking for. Compeyson set an appointment for Provis to meet him the next night. He made Provis his partner in swindling, forging, etc. Compeyson was a cold man. Another man, named Arthur, was
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