CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Horace came to know about the safe behind the painting through a magazine article which had given details about the rooms including the picture of the room mentioning there was a safe behind the painting.

Detailed explanation-2: -How did Horace know about the safe behind the painting? Answer: A magazine article had described this house giving a plan of all the rooms and a picture of this room. Even the fact that the safe was hidden behind a picture was given there.

Detailed explanation-3: -Question 1: How did Horace know all the details of the house? Horace had been studying the house for the past two weeks. Moreover, a magazine article had described this house, giving a plan of all the rooms and a picture of the room. There were also the details of the safe hidden behind the painting.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was not difficult for Horace Danby to open the safe because he had lived with locks and safes all his life.

Detailed explanation-5: -the article gave full information about the hoise and the safe, along with a picture of it. this helped Horace to manage to get an idea of how to make his plan work.