Who befriends him? Where does he take him?
The lawyer was made friend by a delivery man who introduced himself as Bill. He told him the lawyer that he knows Lutkins and those places where he could be. He was ready to help the lawyer in finding Lutkins. He took him to all those places where Lutkins was seen or was known to hang out. They went to fritz’s shop where lutkins played lot of poker; to Gustaff’s barber shop and then to gray’s barber shop where they missed a chance to catch Lutkins by five minutes to the poolroom and many other places before finally taking him to Oliver’s mother’s farm. However, they could not find oliver lutkins.
Lutkins openly takes the lawyer all over the village. How is it that no one lets out the secret? (Hint: Notice that the hack driver asks the lawyer to keep out of sight behind him when they go into Fritz’s.) Can you find other such subtle ways in which Lutkins manipulates the tour?
What does he say about Lutkins?
Why do you think Lutkins’ neighbours were anxious to meet the lawyer?
When the lawyer reached New Mullion, did ‘Bill’ know that he was looking for Lutkins? When do you think Bill came up with his plan for fooling the lawyer?
Who is Lutkins?
Does the narrator serve the summons that day?
What more does Bill say about Lutkins and his family?
Why is the lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he first think about the place?
After his first day’s experience with the hack driver the lawyer thinks of returning to New Mullion to practise law. Do you think he would have reconsidered this idea after his second visit?
Do you think the lawyer was gullible? How could he have avoided being taken for a ride?
Why is Mrs Pumphrey worried about Tricki?
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 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 does he get from Anil in return for his work?
Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did he go wrong and why?
Who is speaking to Horace Danby?
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?
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 the thief think Anil will react to the theft?
Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?
What fresh problem now disturbs Mme Loisel?
What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?
How would you assess Griffin as a scientist?