Answer the following
questions in short ( 30 to 40 words)
Q1) Why had Framton Nuttle
come to the “rural retreat”?
Ans) Framton Nuttle
had a problem of nerve. Doctors had advised him to stay away from excitement
and any short of violence. He was expecting that calm atmosphere of rural area
might help him to overcome his problem of nervousness. He decided to meet
people there and discuss his problem with them. This might help.
Q2) Why had his sister given him letters of introduction
to people living there?
Ans) Framton was going to the country side for the first
time. He didn’t know anyone there. So, he needed some introduction or reference
to meet people and discuss his problem of nerve with them. His sister lived in
this rural area about four years ago. She knew many people there. That’s why
she gave him letters of introduction to people living there.
Q3) What had happened
in the Sappleton family as narrated by the niece?
Ans) According to niece, three years ago husband of Mrs. Sappleton
and her two young brothers went for a day shooting. While crossing the moor
they all engulfed in a bog. Their spaniel was also lost. Their bodies were
never recovered. Mrs. Sappleton was expecting that they would come anytime
through the open window. She was waiting for them and kept the window open.
Q4) What did Mrs.
Sappleton say about the open window?
Ans) Mrs. Sappleton told that her husband and two young
brothers were on a shooting at the marshes today and they would come anytime. As usual, they would enter through that wide
open window and spoil the carpet. She looked calm. But for Framton it was quite
ghastly.
Q5) The horror on the
girl’s face made Framton swing around in his seat. What did he see?
Ans) When Mrs. Sappleton exclaimed that her husband and
brothers had come; Framton thought that it was her imagination. He was
convinced with the story told by the girl. So he looked to the girl for her
consent. But when he saw horror on the girl’s face, he became nervous and swing
around in his seat towards the window.
He
saw that Mr. Sappleton and his brother-in-laws were coming. Spaniel was also accompanying
them.
Q6) Why did Framton
rush out wildly?
Ans) Mrs. Sappleton’s niece had told him a tragic incident
that had happened three years ago. Husband and two brothers of Mrs. Sappleton
were killed in the marshes when they were on a day shooting. Framton was frightened
on seeing them coming towards the window. He thought they must be ghosts and he
rushed out wildly.
Q7) What was the girl’s
explanation for his lightning exit?
Ans) Girl told that Mr. Framton rushed because of spaniel. He
had a horror of dogs. He was once haunted into a cemetery by the pack of dogs somewhere
on the banks of Ganges. He had to spend the whole night in a newly dug grave.
It is enough for anyone to lose his nerve.
