CLASS 10
A QUESTION OF TRUST
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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to live in style
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to support his family
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to live comfortably
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to buy rare and valuable books
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Detailed explanation-1: -2. Why does he steal every year? Ans: Horace Danby was fond of collecting expensive and rare books, but he was not rich enough to fund his wish. So instead of working hard or saving money, he would rob a safe every year.
Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: Horace robbed a safe every year so that he could buy the rare and expensive books that he was fond of collecting. Each year he planned carefully just what he would do, stole enough to last for twelve months, and secretly bought the books he loved through an agent.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ans. Horace Danby loved rare and expensive books. He bought them secretly through an agent. But for this, he had to rob a safe every year because he did not have enough money to buy these books.
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: -For two days, he kept his promise given to the kind, young lady in red. On the third day, he realised that he would have to look for another safe to buy books. But he never got that chance because the police arrested him for the jewel robbery at Shotover Grange.