Class 7 English - An Alien Hand I Want Something in a Cage: NCERT Solutions for Question 2
Why did it make Mr Purcell feel “vaguely insulted”?
Mr Purcell felt vaguely insulted as the customer bought from Purcells shop for about five dollars and then went outside to set them free. It was Mr Purcell who kept these birds in a cage and constricted their freedom and the man spent his income of ten years only to give the doves freedom. So, he felt all the more insulted.
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