The speaker attitude toward the brooch is

In the following sentence identify the words of the subordinate clause and name its type. we believe that christianity is the key to a better world.

London includes a quote about john thornton as he is observing hal attempt to motivate the exhausted dogs "it was idle, he knew, to get between a fool and his folly". if the word "idle" is defined as "of no real worth, importance, or significance", what does this statement mean with regard to hal? who is the fool? what is hal's folly? why would john thornton think it of no real worth or useless to intervene?

How is the word laud and welcome different