Capacious is an adjective that means capable
of containing a lot. Crane has a capacious appetite for a couple of things. First of all, he
loves food. Many of his thoughts revolve around food topics.
In the porkers he saw carved out the future sleek side of bacon, and juicy relishing
ham; not a turkey but he beheld daintily trussed up, with its gizzard under its wing, and,
peradventure, a necklace of savory sausages . . .
He also
has an insatiable appetite for stories. He loves reading them. He loves telling them, and he
loves hearing about them. Additionally, he prefers the scary and creepy stories. Why he likes
these is odd because he is very superstitious and easily scared. He's so involved with all of
this spooky superstitious stuff, and he is so easily frightened that Crane is actually scared by
his own footsteps.
How often did he shrink with curdling
awe at the sound of his own steps on the frosty crust beneath his feet . . .
Crane is an easy target for a popular, bully type of character like
Bones because Crane is far too gullible and has a vivid imagination. Crane inundates himself
with so much creepy knowledge that Crane tends to assume reality is framed in that creepiness. A
guy like Bones can have great fun scaring somebody like Crane because Crane is likely to believe
every word that Bones says. Bones knows this, and we are told he loves to be mischievous. Crane
is an available target that doesn't really do much to insulate himself from guys like
Bones.
He was always ready for either a fight or a frolic;
but had more mischief than ill-will in his composition; and, with all his overbearing roughness,
there was a strong dash of waggish good humor at bottom.
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