'A Question of Trust', Imp. Q & Ans., noted by P.B.
*1.Who was Horace Danby or what type of man Horace
Danby was?
What does Horace
Danby like to collect?
Why does he steal
every year?
Ans:-
Everyone thought that Horace Danby was a good and an honest
citizen. His old was about fifty years and unmarried. He lived with a house
keeper who took care of his health. His business was make locks and he had two
helpers on that work. He loved rare and expensive books. He was not completely
honest.
Horace Danby had so interest in reading books. So, he liked
to collect some rare and expensive books. For this reason, each year he planned
to collect some money to buy his favourite books. He secretly received the
books through an agent.
Horace Danby had so interest in reading books. So, he liked
to collect some rare and expensive books. For this matter, each year he stole
for collect some money to buy his books. He was a meticulous planner for this
work. Each year, he planned at least one.
*2.Who is the lady of the house? Or: Who is speaking
to Horace Danby? Or: Who is the real culprit in the story.
Ans:-
The lady of the
house/the speaker to Horace Danby/the real culprit of the story was the girl
who was another one thief like Horace Danby. She came to steal the box or the
fifteen thousand pounds’ worth of jewels in the Grange safe. She was young and
pretty. She was dressed in red and her voice was kindly quiet. She had more
talent than Horace Danby.
*3.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?
And:-
The lady was more intelligent
than Horace Danby. She acted like the lady of the house. So, nobody could
realize that she was also a thief. Her expressions and speeches were also like
an owner of the house.
At the end of the story, Horace Danby was
arrested. When, he informed to the police about the lady and their
conversations. Then, the reader came to realise the truth of the story. We
realise that the main culprit of the story was the lady. But, no one
believed also the grey haired old woman did not accept the story.
*4.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?
Ans:- To deceive Horace and to believe as
an owner/lady of the house, the lady planned some technique of speeches which
were used to believe for Horace.
Firstly, she was walking to the fireplace as
she was the owner of the house.
Secondly, she told that
anyone would think she would have been away for a month and also said that she
came there at the right time.
Thirdly, she warned him
(Horace) that if he ran away from there then she would telephone the police and
tell them all about the matter. Also, she behaved as if she was the owner.
Fourthly, she ethically
warned him that she did not allow him to go, because, if she allowed, then he
would rob the others. Also, she ethically said that society must be protected
from the man like him.
Fifthly, she informed
Horace that before they left to London, she promised her husband to take her
jewels to their bank. But, she left them in the safe. So, she came to take
them. Moreover (Tarupari), she informed that she wanted to wear the jewels to a
party that night.
Sixthly, she mentioned
that her husband would not return for a month. So, she gave faith in not to
take any tension.
Thus, the lady or the
woman deceived Horace that she was the owner/lady of the house.
Horace did not suspect that something is wrong, because the
lady acted so clearly that could not be understand the false things. She
behaved like the owner and her voice was totally acted as a lady of the house.
Also, her moving style, speeches, performance are better that nobody can
realise the main point. That’s why; the reader only can find the main culprit
at the end of the story when Horace informed the whole matter to the police.
5. “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
categorized as a typical thief?
Ans:-
Everyone thought that Horace Danby was a good and an honest
citizen. His old was about fifty years and unmarried. Also, he was respected by
everyone. But, He was not completely honest. Because, he was also a secret
thief which no one knew it. He stole money every year to buy books and every
year planned at least one. In this story, we find that he had planned to steal
the Shotover Grange for the jewelries. We have also got the fact that for his
work he was arrested and became the assistant of the prison library.
Horace Danby was a thief. But, he cannot be categorised as a
typical thief because, Horace purposes are not as same as the typical thief. A
typical thief basically aims to collect and increasing the money or the
property. Instead, Horace had only aim to buy some rare and expensive books.
So, these are totally different from the typical thief.
6. Horace Danby was
a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did he go wrong and why?
And:-
Horace Danby was a meticulous planner. He had planned
especially each year to steal money for buy some rare and expensive books. But,
when he planned to steal the Shotover Grange there somethings were going wrong
but he could not understand. The lady, who was another thief but he could not
recognise the lady as a thief. So, he was faltered at that time because she
behaved like an owner and a lady of the house.
For this reason, he removed his gloves and then only he did the wrong.
That’s why, his fingerprints were left on the things and he was arrested at
last for his fingerprints.
He was done something wrong. At first, he did not recognise
the lady. Secondly, he thought the lady as an owner or a lady of the house.
Thirdly, he removed his gloves. Fourthly, he could not flee from the house. At
last, he did not flee from the police and his thinkings were totally wrongs.
All the Best.