What other extraordinary things happen at the inn?
The landlord and his wife were up early and were surprised to see the scientist’s door open which usually remained shut and locked. He became furious if anyone entered his room. They saw it as an opportunity that was too adequate to be missed. They peeked up round the door and saw nobody and then decided to investigate further. The bedclothes were cold showing that the scientist must have been up for some time. All of a sudden mrs. Hall heard a sound of sniff close to her ear. A moment later the hat on the bed post leapt up and dashed itself onto her face. Then bedroom chair became alive and springing into the air it charged straight at her, legs foremost. As she and her husband got panic, the extraordinary chair pushed them both out of the room and then appeared to the slam and lock the door after them.
Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
What does Horace Danby like to collect?
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?
Who tried to invade the earth in the twenty-first century?
Why does the marriage not take place?
What is he “a fairly successful hand” at?
What does he get from Anil in return for his work?
Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?
What lesson does Ebright learn when he does not win anything at a science fair?
Who is Fowler and what is his first authentic thrill of the day?
If you were caught in a situation like this, how would you have dealt with it?
What more does Bill say about Lutkins and his family?
What are Hari Singh’s reactions to the prospect of receiving an education? Do they change over time? (Hint: Compare, for example, the thought: “I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve” with these later thoughts: “Whole sentences, I knew, could one day bring me more than a few hundred rupees. It was a simple matter to steal — and sometimes just as simple to be caught. But to be a really big man, a clever and respected man, was something else.”) What makes him return to Anil?