A Question of Trust
Q)
What was Horace Danby's passion? How did he satisfy it?
Ans) Horace Danby's passion was to collect and read expensive
and rare books. To buy these books he used to rob a safe every year. He
purchased these books through an agent.
Q) What was his plan about his next robbery at Shotover
Grange?
Ans) Horace Danby collected information about Shotover Grange
from a magazine. He studied the detailed layout of the house. There was a safe in the
drawing room behind the painting. He came to know that the family would be in
London in the summer. So he planned to rob Shotover Grange when servants were
not at home.
Q) How did Horace Danby's hay fever cause his failure in his
robbery?
Ans) Horace Danby was suffering from hay fever. He had
allergy to some flowers. When he entered the drawing room of Shotover Grange
he felt some sensation in his nose. There were some flowers in the drawing
room. He started sneezing and alerted the lady in red dress.
Q) How was the women treating Horace and why did she not
inform the police?
Ans) The women talk very softly but firmly to the Horace Danby.
Firstly she convinced him that she was the wife of house owner. Then she gained
his trust and persuaded him to open the safe for her. She did not inform the
police because she was in the same profession as the Horace was. She had used
him for her purpose.
Q) Why did Horace Danby remove his gloves and to what
effects?
Ans) Horace Denby was convinced that the lady in red dress
was the wife of the owner. When he agreed to open the safe for her there was no fear of being caught. So he became careless and removed his gloves. Later
police searched him easily because his
fingerprints were everywhere in the room.
Q) When did Horace Danby realise that the lady in red had
befooled him?
Ans) After
the Shotover Grange episode, Horace Danby stay at home for two days. In the afternoon
of third day he was arrested by the police. In the police station he saw the wife
of the house owner. She was a sixty year old lady. Then he realised that
the lady in red had befooled him.
More questions for practice.
Q) Why was it not difficult for Horace to open the safe?
Q) What did Horace Danby know about the shortover Grange
house?
Q) Why did Horace mistake the young lady for the mistress of
the house?
Q) Do you think that the young lady was smarter than Horace
Danby?
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