What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?
She had made her plans very wisely. According to her, the only way to help Tricki was to get in him out of the house and to get him hospitalized for a night. And Yes, her decision to call the doctor was wise. She fainted or swooned and wailed but let the dog go with the doctor so that he can get well. Ultimately, the doctor was successful in curing Tricki without any medication.
Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?
What kind of a person do you think the narrator, a veterinary surgeon, is? Would you say he is tactful as well as full of commonsense?
How does he treat the dog?
Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s mistress?
Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?
Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?
Why does Mrs Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is “a triumph of surgery”?
Why is he tempted to keep Tricki on as a permanent guest?
How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
What does Horace Danby like to collect?
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?
Who is Fowler and what is his first authentic thrill of the day?
How does Ausable say he got in?
How did his mother help him?
How has Max got in?
Do you think the lawyer was gullible? How could he have avoided being taken for a ride?
“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?)
Does she find her teacher different from the people at home?
For what unusual reasons is Bholi sent to school?
Why did Bholi at first agree to an unequal match? Why did she later reject the marriage? What does this tell us about her?
Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?
What other extraordinary things happen at the inn?