chaise – horse-drawn carriage expounded – explained volubility – fluency, talkativeness blonde – pale yellow hair *Honoria /hɒˈnɔːrɪə/ – (Latin) honour, a woman of reputation *mater /ˈmeɪtə/ - (Latin) mother *courant -/kʊˈrɑːnt/ - animal represented in the act of running . Answer the following questions in about – words each: a. Why did Philip Sletherby visit Brill Manor? b.
How would Sletherby gain from his friendship with Honoria Saltpen–Jago? c. Why did his travel companion curse and mutter? d.
Describe Bertie’s problem. e. ‘There was a tinge of coldness in his voice.’ Why? f.
Compare the two crests. g. What was Sletherby’s response to Bertie’s request? h.
What caught his attention about the car door? i. Describe Honorio Saltpen-Jago. j.
Why did K.C’s words shock Sletherby? . Rearrange the sentences given below and write a summary of the story in a paragraph. Begin with: Philip Sletherby was travelling by train to Brill Manor.
a. The young man introduced himself as Bertie, the son of Saltpen Jago. b. Bertie needed three pounds desperately and asked Sletherby to lend it to him.
c. All the time Sletherby was gazing at the door panel of the car, on which were the two crests – a demi-lion and a greyhound courant. d. He was received by Claude People.
K.C., who had kept on talking about various things. e. Bertie had left his purse behind, after sealing an envelope with the crest on the purse. f.
Bertie stated that it was the Jago crest. He further added that his mother’s hair was dark brown similar to his. g. While describing the appearance of Honorio Saltpen-Jago, K.C.
referred to her altered hairstyle. h. Sletherby realized that Bertie had not lied to him, but that he had mistaken him for a fraud. i.
He explained that the Saltpen crest was that of a demi-lion. j. Sletherby sat dumbstruck on learning that Mrs. Honorio Saltpen Jago had changed her dark brown hair to a blonde, just five weeks ago.
k. Sletherby pointed out to him that his mother’s letter had a greyhound courant crest. l. His companion in the train was a young man who was searching for something frantically.
m. Suspecting foul play, Sletherby did not give him any money, as he knew Mrs. Saltpen-Jago was a blonde. -C-SR-A Shot In The - - :