The old man is the first person who tells Paxton about the holy crowns. Paxton meets him at a church in Froston, a town near Seaburgh. The old man tells Paxton that the crowns have saved the area from German invaders for years. He is very insistent and becomes agitated when he thinks Paxton doesn’t believe the legend. This conversation is the spark that starts Paxton on his quest to find the crown, and it’s also one of the clearest examples in the story of the crown’s utmost importance to the locals.
The Old Man Quotes in A Warning to the Curious
The A Warning to the Curious quotes below are all either spoken by The Old Man or refer to The Old Man . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
A Warning to the Curious
Quotes
[…] them Germans would a landed here time and again, they would. Landed with their ships, and killed man, woman and child in their beds. Now then, that's the truth what I'm telling you, that is; and if you don't believe me, you ast the rector. There he comes: you ast him, I says.
Related Characters:
Related Symbols:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Get the entire A Warning to the Curious LitChart as a printable PDF.
The Old Man Quotes in A Warning to the Curious
The A Warning to the Curious quotes below are all either spoken by The Old Man or refer to The Old Man . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
A Warning to the Curious
Quotes
[…] them Germans would a landed here time and again, they would. Landed with their ships, and killed man, woman and child in their beds. Now then, that's the truth what I'm telling you, that is; and if you don't believe me, you ast the rector. There he comes: you ast him, I says.
Related Characters:
Related Symbols:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
