. Explain the following phrases selected from the story in your own words and work with a partner to make sentences using these phrases: a) on approval b) a rustic holiday c) a double-distilled idiot d) a tinge of coldness e) making up for lost time . Answer the following questions in a paragraph of about – words each. a) Describe the youth’s strange behaviour when he was in the train.
b) One has to be cautious and not be carried away by stories. How did Sletherby exhibit caution? c) How did Sletherby’s judgement of Bertie turn out to be a wrong one? d) As Sletherby, would you apologise to Bertie for your rude behaviour?
Give reasons. e) ‘Seeing is believing’. How is this humorously disproved in this story? Bring out the irony in the situation.
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