Why was Egorushka sent with the wagon train (p. 55)?

What is Konstantin doing in the story (pp. 79-83)?

How does Egorushka gain by his experience?

Why are there so many references to the Torah/Old Testament?

Blog only! Is the windmill, characterized as "a sorcerer (pp. 11, 23)," a reference to Don Quixote?

Blog Bonus! Why (literally or figuratively) did Juliana wear an eyeshade?

Why does the narrator confess to Miss Tita (p. 299)?

Did the narrator trifle with Tita's affections, or was it just her imagination (or cunning)?

Why don't we learn the narrator's name?

How does James get us to identify with an unscrupulous character?

Characters, readers, author - who needs patience, who has it?

Why is the narrator telling this story? Why is Henry James?