The narrator describes a multitude of false relics that the Pardoner keeps in his bag. He uses these counterfeit items and his position with the papacy to take advantage of the simple people he meets during his travels. Chaucer's narrator explains that "one day he brought him more money/than the person made in two months;/and so, with feigned flattery and jokes/he made the person and the people his monkeys” (705-708 Chaucer). That is to say, this pardoner earns more in a day by displaying false relics and sacred symbols than a priest earns in more than a month. The narrator does not say that he finds this offensive from the outset, he simply details his observation. He does, however, imply that there is quite a bit of impropriety in the Pardoner's actions, including describing commoners as the Pardoner's "monkeys". Additionally, the narrator gives the Pardoner a compliment with his left hand. Regarding this character's singing in church, the narrator says: "He was... a noble clergyman/...He preaches and sharpens his tongue/to earn money, as he bends" (710-715 Chaucer). The compliment is that the Pardoner sings well, but the implication is that he only performs for the sake of money and without any worship of God. Without calling