CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The safe at Shot over Grange was kept in the drawing room behind a poor painting and had jewels worth about 15000 pounds kept in it.

Detailed explanation-2: -what was the thought that striked horace about the fifteen thousand pound worth of jewels. HE THOUGHT THAT IF HE WILL SOLD THAT JEWELS ONE BY ONE HE WOULD GET THE MONEY AND MAKE HIMSELF HAPPY FOR ANOTHER YEAR ALSO.

Detailed explanation-3: -prepared for the robbery at Shotover Grange by studying the house, the electric wiring, paths and garden. He knew that the family normally lived in the city and knew about the movement of the servants, who had gone out that afternoon.

Detailed explanation-4: -What story did the lady tell Horace to get the jewels? The lady told Horace an interesting story. She told that her jewels were lying in the safe which she, needed at once. She also told that she had forgotten the numbers to open the safe.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shotover is a hill and forest in England, and ‘grange’ means a country house.