Discreet: You can draw a picture of someone with their finger up against his/her mouth as to be quiet or keep secret.
Demoted: A business person walking down stairs.
Limelight: A person in a spotlight.
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Answer:
the narrator is saying that at all these things they attempted they failed and closer to the end they are talking about going to get their shoes shined and having to pay the shoe shiner
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