CLASS 10
A QUESTION OF TRUST
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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was going to be married
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had two sons and a daughter
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had one son
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was unmarried
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Detailed explanation-1: -EVERYONE thought that Horace Danby was a good, honest citizen. He was about fifty years old and unmarried, and he lived with a housekeeper who worried over his health. In fact, he was usually very well and happy except for attacks of hay fever in summer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Horace Danby was a locksmith. He was a very successful businessman. He had two assistants to help him. Being good and respectable, but he was not totally honest.
Detailed explanation-3: -The real culprit in the story is the young lady. She too was a thief like Horace but was clever enough to use Horace for her advantage. She fooled him into thinking that she was the lady of the house and got him to take out the jewels from the safe, thus leaving his fingerprints all over the safe and the room.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Horace Danby liked to collect rare and expensive books.