The convict says, “I am too old a bird to be caught with chaff.” What does he mean by this statement?

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By this statement he means to say that he is well experienced so that he cannot be befooled. When on asking for food by the convict the Bishop tries to call his sister for keys of the cupboard, the convict thinks that the Bishop is making a plan to nab him.

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