The narrator speaks to the reader, saying, "as you I will apprise." Then, two lines later, this context clue appears: "Before yet farther in this tale I place." This clue suggests that "apprise" is a verb that gives some information to the reader before too much time passes.
The reason why is because it came from someone not the public but its someone's opinion not a fact...... hope this helps if it does plz put me on brainslist plz?