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    1. Horace Danby's hobby was collecting rare and expensive books. To satisfy this passion, he secretly robbed safes each year and then bought books with the money. 2. He planned his robbery of Shotover Grange meticulously, studying the house layout, electric wiring, and knowing the family would be away. However, he failed to verify details about the actual occupants. 3. When a young woman appeared claiming to be from the family, he was deceived instead of suspecting something was wrong, and ended up opening the safe without proper precautions.

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    1. Horace Danby's hobby was collecting rare and expensive books. To satisfy this passion, he secretly robbed safes each year and then bought books with the money. 2. He planned his robbery of Shotover Grange meticulously, studying the house layout, electric wiring, and knowing the family would be away. However, he failed to verify details about the actual occupants. 3. When a young woman appeared claiming to be from the family, he was deceived instead of suspecting something was wrong, and ended up opening the safe without proper precautions.

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    1. Horace Danby's hobby was collecting rare and expensive books. To satisfy this passion, he secretly robbed safes each year and then bought books with the money. 2. He planned his robbery of Shotover Grange meticulously, studying the house layout, electric wiring, and knowing the family would be away. However, he failed to verify details about the actual occupants. 3. When a young woman appeared claiming to be from the family, he was deceived instead of suspecting something was wrong, and ended up opening the safe without proper precautions.

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    FIND OUT
    1.What does
    Ans. HoraceDanby like
    Horace tocollect?
    Danby likes
    to collect
    2. Why does rareand
    he stealeveryyear? expensive books.
    Ans. He bsE2019
    stoleevery
    year,so thathe
    collect.
    Each year,he could buy the
    rareand
    3. Who is plannedcarefully,so as to steal expensivebooks that he lovedto
    speakingtoHorace enoughtolast twelvemonths.
    Ans. A ladystanding Danby?
    inthedoorway is
    and was dressed in speaking toHoraceDanby.
    have been robbed red.She said she had come She
    by Horace. justintime,or was youngandpretty
    family Thus,she pretendedto elseherfamily
    livingatShotover pretended be one ofthe members would
    Grange. ofthe
    4. Who isthe
    real culpritinthe story?
    Ans. The real
    inthestoryisthe
    culprit
    Iiving
    at ShotoverGrange. womnan who pretended tobe a member ofthefamily
    tookaway all She tricked Horace Danby intobelieving
    thejewelsthatwere her,and cleverly
    keptinthesafe.

    THINK ABOUT IT
    1.Didyou beginto suspect,beforethe
    end ofthe
    HoraceDanby took hertobe? Ifso,atwhat pointstory,
    thattheladywas nottheperson
    didyou realise
    this,
    and how?
    Ans.Yes,we beginto suspectbeforethe end
    ofthe storythattheladywas nottheperson
    Horace Danby took herto be.She was unusually calm on seeingHorace.Thisseemed
    strange.When she did not call
    the police,and instead
    asked Horace to take out all the
    jewelsfrom the safe,even if
    itmeant breakingitopen,itseems suspicious.
    Moreover, it
    seemed highlyunlikely thatshe would forgetthe number combination
    to open the safe.
    Therefore,itwas evident
    before
    the storyended,thattheladywas notthepersonHorace
    had takenherto be.
    2. Whatare the subtleways inwhich the ladymanages to deceiveHorace Danby into
    thinking
    she is the ladyofthe house?Why doesn'tHorace suspectthatsomethingis
    wrong?
    A10
    Ans.Herconfidentwalk.ber familiaritywiththe dog Sherry,heract oftouching up her make.
    fromthe rightplaceare enough to deceive
    and theease withwhich she picks acigarette
    up
    anybody.Horace was too frightened to thinkproperly, suspectanything.
    so he didn't

    3. "HoraceDanby was good and respectable– but not completely honest". Why do vou
    thinkthis description isapt forHorace?Why can'the be categorised as a typical
    thief?

    Ans.Horace'shabitswere nottypical ofa thief.He was fondofbooks.He used to stealonly


    once ina year,so he was neverstealingmore thanhisneeds.However, an actoftheftisstil
    a crime,no matterhow wella thief behaves,so thisdescriptionisaptforHorace. He can't
    be categorisedas a typicalthiefbecause he isnot a regularoffenderlike
    otherthieves.
    4. HoraceDanby was a meticulous plannerbut still Where didhe go wrong
    he faltered.
    and why?
    HoraceDanby failed to get enough information about therealoccupants ofthe house.
    Heseems to be too occupiedwithcollectinginformation about thehouse map,wiring and
    locationofvaluableitems.Althoughhe was smartenough to know thedog'sactual name,
    he overlooked getting informationabout the occupants ofthe house.When he landedin
    trouble withtheappearanceofthe young lady, hisclevermind gave way to carelessness,
    leadinghim to open thesafewithoutwearinggloves.

    TALK ABOUT IT

    I.Do you thinkHoraceDanby was unfairly


    punished,
    orthathe deservedwhat he got?
    Ans. HoraceDanby deservedwhathe got.A crimeisa crime,no matterif
    itiscommited for
    orforsomnebody else's
    yourown benefit benefit.
    2. Do intentionsjustify
    actions? Would you,like Horace Danby,do somethingwrong if
    you thoughtyourends justified themeans? Do you thinkthattherearesituations
    in
    which itisexcusableto act lessthanhonestly?
    Ans. "Endsdo notjustify
    means",
    isa veryoldand time-testedsaying.Fortheir
    own benefit,
    nobody shouldharm others.But thisworlddoesn'tfunction on idealism.
    There are
    many examplesofpeopletricking
    peopleforquickgains.These actsshouldbe deplored
    and dealtwithseverely.
    ofHoraceDanby and
    2What was thepassion CBSE 2011
    it?
    how didhe satisfy
    hobby? How did
    What was Horace Danby's
    Or it?
    manage tofulfill
    he
    and passion ws to collect
    Horace Danby's hobby
    Ans. To it
    fulfill ortosatisfy
    rareand expensivebooks. everyyear
    he used to roba safe
    thispassion, through an
    secretly
    and thenbroughtthebooks
    agent.
    4 How didDanby preparefortherobberyat
    ShotoverGrange? CBSE 2011 A
    or How didHoraceDanby planhisrobberies?
    or Why was HoraceDanby surethathisrobbery
    Grange would be a successful
    at Shotover
    one? CBSE 2014

    Ans. Danby alwaysplannedhisrobberiesmeticulously. He


    preparedforthe robbery at Shotover Grange by

    studying the house,itsrooms,the electricwiring,


    paths and garden. He knew thatthe family was in
    London. He alsoknew thatthe servantswere going
    out towatch a movie thatafternoon.
    Itcouldbe opened onlythrougha specific code and
    had a poorlybuildburglaralarmattachedto it.
    4 Whom didHoraceDanby see inthekitchen?
    How didtheygreeteach other?What tactdid
    CBSE 2013
    Horaceapplythere?
    Ans. Horace Danby saw the familydog,Sherry,inthe
    kitchen.The dog greetedHorace by stirring,
    making
    ina friendly
    a noiseand wagging itstail way.Horace
    calmingitdown, calling
    greetedthedog by tactfully
    itby itsname and showingloveto it.
    5 Describethesafeat ShotoverGrange.
    Or Where was thesafeatShotoverGrange?What
    was thereinsideit?What didHoraceexpectto
    he soldthemone by one?
    get if CBSE 2012

    Ans. The safe at ShotoverGrange was kept inthedrawing


    room behinda poor painting, The safe had jewels
    worth about 15000 pounds kept in it.
    Because of his
    Horace Danby was surethathis
    planning,
    careful
    robberyatShotoverGrange wouldbe a successful
    one. Horace expected toget at least5000 pounds if
    he soldthejewelsone by one.

    6 What didHorae Danby wonder aboutfora


    moment? What didhe thinkand decide?
    CBSE 2010
    H
    hinder oracein
    hiswork?
    7 How didflowers CBSE 2013

    work because he
    hindered Horace inhis
    Ans. Flowers a disorder
    fever,
    from theattackofhay
    suffered by an allergy
    nose and caused
    throat,
    affectingthe whenever
    dust. Due tothisproblem,
    topollen o r tosneezeand
    he began
    he came closetoflowers,
    couldbe caught.

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