Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter A Question of Trust NCERT Solutions | Who is speaking to Horace Danby?

Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did he go wrong and why?

What does Horace Danby like to collect?

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?

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?

“Horace Danby was good and respectable — but not completely honest”. Why do you think this description is apt for Horace? Why can’t he be categorised as a typical thief?

Who is the real culprit in the story?

Why does he steal every year?

Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?

How is Ausable different from other secret agents?

How did the invisible man first become visible?

How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?

What kind of a person is Mme Loisel — why is she always unhappy?

Why is the lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he first think about the place?

Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?

Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?

What fresh problem now disturbs Mme Loisel?

What would have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace?

What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?

Why did Bholi at first agree to an unequal match? Why did she later reject the marriage? What does this tell us about her?

How is the problem solved?

Who is Fowler and what is his first authentic thrill of the day?

How has Max got in?

What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?

Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s mistress?

Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?