What can be gathered about the cultural setting in which this story takes place?

What does cole think are the ingredients of his “cake”?

Need ! how is richard characterized by alger in this excerpt from the passage? "to complete his costume he wore a coat too long for him, dating back, if one might judge from its general appearance, to a remote antiquity." he is exciting. he is intelligent. he is comical. he is happy.

Metonymy is best defined as a figure of speech in which