Class 10 English - Footprints Without Feet - Chapter The Thief's Story NCERT Solutions | What does he say about the different rea

What is he “a fairly successful hand” at?

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

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?

Who does ‘I’ refer to in this story?

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?

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?

Who befriends him? Where does he take him?

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

How is the problem solved?

What does he say about Lutkins?

Does the narrator serve the summons that day?

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?

How did a book become a turning point in Richard Ebright’s life?

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

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?