Update

Today I understood it a bit better. We started on part 2 of the book. This part of the book is mainly talking about the book that they stole. It turned out to be a bible whicjh is the last bible in their area. The are talking about the way that they are going to try and give it back. They wanted to try and keep it. They wanted to give the firehouse another book because they knew he barrowed a book but they didnt know which one. He thought of giving back another book instead of the bible, but if they knew which one he barrowed, they may think he has a library of book then come and burn down his house.


WORDS:
Patronage
pa⋅tron⋅age 
1.
the financial support or business provided to a store, hotel, or the like, by customers, clients, or paying guests.
2.
patrons collectively; clientele.
3.
the control of or power to make appointments to government jobs or the power to grant other political favors.
4.
offices, jobs, or other favors so controlled.
5.
the distribution of jobs and favors on a political basis, as to those who have supported one's party or political campaign.



Cadenced
meter: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
the close of a musical section
a recurrent rhythmical series


Monologue
soliloquy: speech you make to yourself
a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation)
a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor


Suffused
suffuse - cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across; "The sky was suffused with a warm pink color"
suffuse - to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light; "His whole frame suffused with a cold dew"


Sieve
screen: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
check and sort carefully; "sift the information"
sift: separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"
distinguish and separate out; "sift through the job candidates"
a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

Dentifrice
a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush

Saccharine
cloying: overly sweet