| A | B |
|---|
| “…the crowd will part like the sea for Israel” | a reference to Moses’ leading the Israelites from Egypt and the parting of the waters of the Red Sea (Exodus 14:21) |
| pallor | paleness |
| poppet | small doll |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| indignant | showing anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| crone | a withered old woman |
| sarcastical | in a scornful, mocking or derisive manner |
| “from this out” | from now on |
| “cry me out” | accuse me as a witch |
| wily | crafty; cunning |
| flailing | searching in frustration |
| daft | mad; insane |
| suspicion | a state of mental uneasiness and uncertainty |
| tainted | contaminated; corrupted |
| quail | to recoil in dread or terror |
| “I’d as life” | I’d rather |
| Pontius Pilate | Roman governor of Judea who presided at the interrogation of Jesus in the New Testament |
