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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.