CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Ans. The beggar told Sergei when he met him that he was a hungry man. He had nothing to eat. He had been a village school teacher for eight years.

Detailed explanation-2: -For three days I have had nothing to eat; I haven’t five copecks for a lodging, I swear it before God. For eight years I was a village schoolteacher and then I lost my place through intrigues.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sergei saw Lushkoff after a period of two years at the ticket window of a theatre. Lushkoff was wearing a coat collar of curly fur and a worn sealskin cap. He was buying a ticket for a gallery seat for himself. He told Sergei that he was a notary and earned thirty-five roubles a month.

Detailed explanation-4: -A beggar is a man named Lushkoff. He is weak, malnourished and alcoholic. He lost his job due to alcohol abuse only. He met an advocate Sergei who offered him work.

Detailed explanation-5: -He says that he has not eaten anything for three days and does not have five copecks for lodging. He further tells Sergei that he had been a village school teacher for eight years and had lost his job due to scheming and lies.