CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -But when Lencho received it, he thought that the post office employees had stolen thirty pesos from the envelope and called them ‘crooks’.

Detailed explanation-2: -When Lencho opened the envelope he found only 70 pesos instead of 100. He doubted that the post-office employees had taken out 30 pesos. So he called them a bunch of crooks’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: The employees of the postal department were not crooks but they had in fact collected the money to give Lencho and help him out. Lencho called the post office employees a bunch of crooks as he thought that they stole a part of the money(30 pesos from 100)when it was them who sent the money. this is an irony.

Detailed explanation-4: -He must have been dejected because despite giving half of his salary and collecting money from the post office employees for Lencho, out of the kindness of his heart and his want to keep Lencho’s faith in God unimpaired, Lencho had distrusted him and the post office employees. Was this answer helpful?