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What can be inferred from these lines describing the pardoner in Chaucer's prologue to The Canterbury Tales?

He had a fine veronica sewed to cap.
His wallet lay before him in his lap, Stuffed full of pardons brought from Rome all hot.
He had a scholarly look.
He was an unethical man.
He was an honest person.
He pretended not to care for riches.
He cared about people's well-being.

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He had a scholarly look

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The pardoner is the last pilgrim to be portrayed in the prologue. His estate belongs to the court of Rome. This gentle pardoner is thought to be worthy of respect; "He had a scholarly look" and "He was an honest person." Nevertheless, his pretension not to care for riches and his being "an unethical man" oppose the positive idea created. The inference that can be made from the excerpt is that he was an unethical man.

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