The English Avenue Riot is not described in the available passage; the text offers no account of its events, participants, or immediate consequences. Instead, it places Charlie Croker’s later reflection on what he had agreed to say about Fareek Fanon in a conversation about Epictetus and the moral cost of flattery.

Reference in a Later Scene

While discussing Epictetus with a boy, Charlie asks whether the philosopher spoke about flattering people. The question turns his attention to the lies he had agreed to recite about Fareek Fanon, which the narration characterizes as flattery elevated to an extreme. The passage thus connects Charlie’s public statements about Fareek to a private moment of ethical recognition, but does not establish a direct connection between those statements and the riot.

What the Passage Establishes

The scene records Charlie’s awareness that his planned words about Fareek were not merely neutral advocacy: he recognizes them as lies and considers them through Epictetus’s warning about flattery. It does not say what happened during the English Avenue Riot, identify anyone involved in it, or explain how the riot affected Charlie’s decision. Those details cannot be supplied from this passage.