- carefully infernal - a concealed or disguised explosive device intended to destroy life or property ilex tree - evergreen oak tree also called holm oak foil - to frustrate or thwart the efforts of the assassin (i.e. to kill himself by handling that rusty pistol is a poor way of outwitting the assassin) excursions and alarms - (alarms and excursions) noise and bustle (as those made on the stage to represent battles etc.) Glossary Gordon Daviot ( – ) is the pen name of Miss.Elizabeth McKintosh, a Scottish born novelist and playwright. She served educational institutions in England and Scotland as a physical education instructor and soon took to writing novels under another pseudonym Josephine Tey. About The Author 12th - - Page .
Complete the summary of the play, choosing the appropriate words from the list given below the passage. Lord Weston was a ( ) judge in England. Being pompous and vain, he told his secretary Roger that he had attained glory by hard work and ( ) . He expressed his displeasure over Roger’s request for a half-holiday.
Suddenly, he discovered a piece of paper with the words ( ) in his pocket, and he feared that the message was a warning conveyed by his enemies who had received legal punishments from him. As the message was sent on the 15th of March, (the day Julius Caesar was assassinated), he was ( ) that someone affected by his fair judgement was plotting his murder. Sensing the definite attack, Lord Weston ordered his secretary to ( ) all the doors and windows. But his wife remained ( ) by the threat.
So, Lord Weston was angered by her ( ) reaction. He ordered Roger to send the cook and the ( ) away. Both Weston and Roger took elaborate precautionary measures to thwart the ( ) attempt. Finally, Weston was able to recollect that he had written the message “Remember Caesar” himself as a ( ) .
Caesar was actually a gardener who had an appointment to visit Weston’s garden. The play revolves around Weston’s absent-mindedness which is the crux of the play. callous unperturbed well-known