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

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?

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

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?

Is the narrator as rich as Tricki’s mistress?

Who is Fowler and what is his first authentic thrill of the day?

Does the narrator serve the summons that day?

Why does Mrs Pumphrey think the dog’s recovery is “a triumph of surgery”?

If you were caught in a situation like this, how would you have dealt with it?

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?

Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?

What experiments and projects does he then undertake?

Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did he go wrong and why?

How has Max got in?