CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Horace Danby, a fifty-year-old unmarried man who lived alone with his servant and worked as a lockmaker, was fifty years old. He was allergic towards flowers which caused him ‘hay fever’ every summer. Though Horace appeared to be honest, he stole from wealthy people once a year to purchase valuable, expensive books.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Horace Danby liked to collect rare and expensive books.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: Horace Danby stole every year to buy rare, expensive books. Each year he planned carefully just what he would do, stole enough to last for twelve months, and secretly bought the books he loved to collect through an agent.

Detailed explanation-4: -(c) Horace Danby’s hobby was to collect rare and expensive books. He managed to fulfill his hobby by stealing such books once in every year. Each year he robbed secretly and safely to collect and read them.