Chapter 18-24 question

Grant's walk was meant to be one of cleansing. He went to the river hoping to see miles and miles of blue water...... something clean. Unfortunately, what he found was a river that was "high and muddy", unclean..... dirty.

The furnishings in the Pichot home were old; "All the furniture in the room was old. Faded overstuffed chairs; an old overstuffed loveseat; an overstuffed couch, and a rattan rocker with a pillow. The lamp tables were old, and the lamps and lampshades looked just as old."