A Question of Trust

NCERT Solution for Class 10 English Footprints Without Feet A
Question Of Trust Exercise - Read and Find out

Question (1)
What does Horace Danby like to collect?
Answer :
Horace Danby liked to collect rare and responsive books.
Question (2)
Why does he steal every year?
Answer :
He stole every year that he could buy the rare and responsive books that he loved to collect. Each year, he
planned carefully, stole enough to last twelve months and secretly bought the books through an agent.
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Question (3)
Who is speaking to Horace Danby ?

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Answer :
A lady standing in the doorway was speaking to Horace Danby. She was young and pretty and was dressed in
rest. She had come just in time, or else her family would have been robbed by Horace. She thus pretended to
be one of the members of the family living at Shotover Grange.
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Question (4)
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Who is the real culprit in the story?
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The real culprit was the women who pretended to be a member of the family living at Shotover grange. She
tricked Horace into believing her and clearly took away all the jewel that was kept in the safe.

Question Of Trust Exercise - Talk about it
Question (1)
Do you think Horace was unfairly punished, or that he deserved what he got?
Answer :
He deserved what he got. A crime is a crime no matter if it is committed a hundred times or just once.
Question (2)
Do intentions justify actions? Would you, like Horace Danby, do something wrong if you thought your
ends justified the means, do you think that there are situations in which it is excusable to act less than
honestly?
Answer :
"Ends do not justify means", this is a very old and times tested saying. For own benefit, nobody should harm
others. But this world does not function on idealism. There are many examples of people duping people for
quick gains. These acts should be deplored and dealt with severely.

Question Of Trust Exercise - Think about it
Question (1)
Did you begin to suspect believe 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 realize this and how?
Answer :
Yes, one does begin to suspect before the end of the lady was not the person Horace Danby took her to be.
She was unusually calm on seeing Horace. This seemed strange enough. when she did not call the police and
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instead asked Horace to take out all the jewels from the safe even if it meant breaking it open, it seemed
suspicious moreover, it also seemed unlikely that she would forget the number to open the safe. Therefore it
was evident before the story ended that the lady was not the person Horace had taken her to be.
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Question (2)
What are the subtle ways in which the lady manager to deceive Horace Danby into thinking she is the
lady of the house ?why does not Horace suspect that something is wrong?
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Answer :
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Her confident walk her act of touching up her makeup and the ease with ease with which she picks cigarette
from the right place are enough to deceive anybody, Horace was too frightened in think properly so he did
not suspect anything.
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Question (3)
Horace Danby was good and respectable but not completely honest, why do you think this description
is apt for Horace? Why cannot be categorized as an atypical thief
Answer :
Horace Danby was good and respectable but not completely honest, this description is apt for Horace. He
was about fifty years old. He robbed only from rich people and his purpose was to buy rare and
expensive books with the money. He stole only once a year .the intention of buying books was not
completely honest, he made locks, had two people to help him and was successful in his business.He only
stole enough money to buy the books. For a couple of days, he even kept his promise to the lady he met at
shot over grange by not stealing or planning any robbery.
Question (4)
Horace Danby was good and respectable but not completely honest, why do you think this description
is apt for Horace? Why cannot be categorized as an at, typical thief
Answer :
Horace Danby was good and respectable but not completely honest, this description is apt for Horace. He
was about fifty years old. He robbed only from rich people and his purpose was to buy rare and
expensive books with the money. He stole only once a year .the intention of buying books was not
completely honest, he made locks, had two people to help him and was successful in his business.He only
stole enough money to buy the books. For a couple of days, he even kept his promise to the lady he met at
shot over grange by not stealing or planning any robbery.
Question (5)
Horace danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered,where did he go wrong and why ?
Answer :
Horace Danby failed to get enough information about real occupants of the house. He seems to be too
occupied with collecting information about house map, wiring and location of valuable things. Although he
was smart enough to know the dog actual name but overlooked getting the identity of each and every
occupant of the house. Once he was in problem then probably his clever mind gave way to careless leading,
once he was in problem then probably his clever mind gave way to carelessness leading him to open the safe
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NCERT Solution for Class 10 English Footprints Without Feet A

Question Of Trust Exercise - Read and Find out

What does Horace Danby like to collect?

Horace Danby liked to collect rare and responsive books.

Why does he steal every year?

Who is speaking to Horace Danby ?

Who is the real culprit in the story?

NCERT Solution for Class 10 English Footprints Without Feet A

NCERT Solution for Class 10 English Footprints Without Feet A

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