Supplementary units — ENGLISH [NCERT] STD 10 — Question

What is the time and place of the story at the beginning?

Did Ebright's interest in science mean that he had no time for interests?

What did the narrator mean by saying that Tricki had never had such a time in his life?

Who was Think-Tank? What did he want?

Did you begin to suspect, before the end of the story, that the lady was not the person Horace Danby took her to be? If so, at what point did you realise this, and how? How will you appreciate the act of the lady?

What are the subtle ways in which the lady manages to deceive Horace Danby into thinking she is the lady of the house? Why doesn’t Horace suspect that something is wrong?

“Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read.” What do secret agents in books and films look like, in your opinion? Discuss in groups or in class some stories or movies featuring spies, detectives and secret agents, and compare their appearance with that of Ausable in this story. (You may mention characters from fiction in languages other than English. In English fiction you may have come across Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, or Miss Marple. Have you watched any movies featuring James Bond?)

How did Bholi turn out to be an outspoken and a fearless girl?

How did Mrs Pumphrey react when she heard from the doctor that Tricki needed to be hospitalised for a fortnight?

What did Loisel do to replace the necklace?###How did Monsieur Loisel manage to buy another necklace?