What does he get from Anil in return for his work?
When Hari said that he wanted to work for anil but anil said that he could not pay him. They finally came to an agreement that if he would cook, then anil would feed him. However, hari lied to anil that he could cook and he soon found out that he did not know how to cook. Therefore he taught him how to cook and later, how to write his name. he promised to teach him how to write whole sentence and how to add numbers. Apart from this when hari went out to buy the day’s supplies he would make a profit of a rupee a day.
What is he “a fairly successful hand” at?
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?
Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?
What does he say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed?
Why does not Anil hand the thief over to the police? Do you think most people would have done so? In what ways is Anil different from such employers?
Does Anil realise that he has been robbed?
How does the thief think Anil will react to the theft?
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 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’?
What does she do to help him? Is she wise in this?
What does Horace Danby like to collect?
“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 speaking to Horace Danby?
Why did Bholi at first agree to an unequal match? Why did she later reject the marriage? What does this tell us about her?
What does he say about Lutkins?
How is Ausable different from other secret agents?
Why does he steal every year?
Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?
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?
Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did he go wrong and why?