The setting in the short story is a small town with a country flavor. It has long roads and a public square. the story mostly took place outside in a town called, Goderville. The characters in this story went many places in Goderville. They went to the Mayor's Office and to the public square.
The struggle between him and making or trying to make people believe the truth of how really things happened. Trying to explain to everyone he didn't take the pocketbook.
Mocking