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It started during Arthur’s first year with the gang. He’d seen Dutch covet before: a pocket watch, a wool coat. A pair of ladies giggling to one another under the same parasol. But that word, covet—it was Hosea who’d first taught him what it means. Pocketed away together on some far corner of camp, they mucked through a reading lesson with King James and the very last candle.
“‘For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through... with many sorrows…’”
“What’s wrong, Arthur?”
“What’s ‘coveted’ mean?”
“Oh, ahh… Greed. Coveting means wanting something that isn’t already yours.”
“‘Covet’ means ‘greed?’”
“Well, yes. I’d say… to covet is to want something a little too badly.”