Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter The Thief's Story NCERT Solutions | How does the thief think Anil will react

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 does he say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed?

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?

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?

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?

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?

“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 does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

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?

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

Why do you think Lutkins’ neighbours were anxious to meet the lawyer?

Do you think the lawyer was gullible? How could he have avoided being taken for a ride?

What does he say about Lutkins?

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

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?