CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -He would charge two dollars an hour for that work, as it would be very difficult to locate Lutkins. The hackman started talking to him and said that Lutkins never parted with his money.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation of the above passage – The delivery man started a conversation with the clerk and enquired if he had to take back his money from Lutkins. He also told him that Lutkins never paid back his debts. He too had to take back fifty cents from him which he had won in the poker game.

Detailed explanation-3: -He says that Lutkins was a hard fellow to catch up to as he was always up to something or the other. He never pays anyone money as it was hard for him to part with his money. He even mentions that Lutkins was not really a bad person.

Detailed explanation-4: -He had already made it his own task to find Oliver Lutkins for me. He said, “I don’t want to interfere, young fellow, but my guess is that you want to collect some money from Lutkins. He never pays anybody a cent. He still owes me fifty cents on a poker game I was fool Page 3 The Hack Driver 49 enough to play with him.

Detailed explanation-5: -the story ‘The Hack Driver’ is the story of a hack driver called Oliver Lutkins. He lived at New Mullion. He was an important witness in a court case. The law firm wrote many letters to him but he did not appear before the court.