Final answer:
The student's question about "Wasp's Nest" seems to be confused with Zane Grey's "Riders of the Purple Sage". The provided passages pertain to the character Lassiter in "Riders of the Purple Sage," rather than anything related to a wasp's nest or Langston Hughes.
Step-by-step explanation:
The student is asking about an event in the short story "Wasp's Nest" from the anthology "Poirot's Early Cases" (1923) featuring the detective Hercule Poirot, created by Agatha Christie. However, it appears that the passages provided as a reference do not actually correspond to the story "Wasp's Nest," but rather, they are from Zane Grey's novel "Riders of the Purple Sage." In "Riders of the Purple Sage," the character Lassiter comes over to Withersteen House not to confront someone about a wasp's nest but he is involved in something much more complex, dealing with a deepening plot of religious zealotry, property battles, and personal turmoil.
In summary, the student's question seems to mix up two different stories:
- "Wasp's Nest" deals with Hercule Poirot and is not represented in the provided passages.
- The provided passages are instead from "Riders of the Purple Sage", showing Lassiter's deepening role in a plot specific to this novel.