Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter The Thief's Story NCERT Solutions | What is he “a fairly successful ha

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

What does he get from Anil in return for his work?

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

Does Anil realise that he has been 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?

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?

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

What does he say about Lutkins?

How is Ausable different from other secret agents?

Why does he steal every year?

Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?

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 do Bholi’s parents accept Bishamber’s marriage proposal?

Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?

Bholi’s real name is Sulekha. We are told this right at the beginning. But only in the last but one paragraph of the story is Bholi called Sulekha again. Why do you think she is called Sulekha at that point in the story?

“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?)