Chapter VI

What artistry is there in the repetition of the meeting between the motor-boat and the barge?

Why is so much space given to the knife (page 192)?

What note is re-sounded in Gaston’s remark (page 193) “Monsieur, you travel like an emperor!”?

What is the meaning of Gaston’s speech (the last on page 195) regarding the object of virtue?

Why does Magin give his recent barge the slip and order Gaston to turn the motor-boat upstream?

What is the purpose of Gaston’s long speech on page 199?

What idea enters Gaston’s mind at the close of Division VI? Is it justified as dramatic forecast?