Wow! In one paragraph, we go from “neoteric,” “ophidian,” “Mohocks” to “wannabe commies.” I was driven to the dictionary at least twice, but was pretty hip to the ending bout of plain English.
Yes, he was doing so well in the vocabulary department, until he got to “skin-color of any hew...”
Great googly moogly, that’s as bad as “tow the line.”