The Confidence-Man Chapters 19 and 20

from The Herman Melville Library · host Herman Melville

In which a despondent cripple named Thomas Fry recounts to the herb-doctor a tale of misfortune, imprisonment, and betrayal that colours his cynical view of the “free Ameriky,” while the herb-doctor endeavours with kindness and philosophical patience to restore some measure of hope and confidence within him. Following this, the herb-doctor encounters a frail and miserly old man yearning for a certain Mr. Truman, whose reputed promise of fortune and cure mingles suspicion with a faint glimmer of trust as they navigate the uncertainties afloat.

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