Plz help how does the story end

The bell is just a signal that the set time of the end of class is passing. the teacher lets you know when it's okay to leave.

The answer is "he was bad enough in all conscience, but the devil himself could not temp him to turn slave-trader. satirical is a synonym for sarcastic. so when the author says that tom walker could not be tempted by the devil he does not literally mean "the devil" but he means that he is too morally upright to become a slave-trader.

1. asking questions, predicting, thinking of the character's actions