“I became disgustingly proud and began to whore after rare and difficult saints...” (123). Explain the use of the word “whore” in this context.

This term is loaded with meaning. Dunstan means to say that he was obsessed with saints in a way that was often less than intellectual. The term also rerferrs to Dunstan's personal saint-figure, Mary Dempster. After her "event" with the vagrant Joel Surgeoner , Mary Dempster was considered a "whore" in the town.