CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -He took the lawyer to Fritz’s shop, where Lutkins played a lot of poker; to Gustaff’s barber shop and then to Gray’s barber shop; to the poolroom and several other places before finally taking him to Lutkins’ mother’s farm.

Detailed explanation-2: -Next, the narrator and the hack driver go to Gustaff’s shop. Bill went inside the shop first, and the narrator stood at the door. Bill asked not only a Swede, here the Swede is Gustaff (a native or inhabitant of Sweden or a person of Swedish descent), but also two customers whether they had seen Lutkins.

Detailed explanation-3: -The lawyer was so happy with his experience with the hack driver on his first day that he had decided to return to New Mullion and practise law. Bill told the lawyer that Lutkins was a hard fellow to catch and he was good at deceiving people.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The lawyer was sent to New Mullion to serve summons on Oliver Lutkins, who was needed as a witness in a law case. He had expected the place to be a sweet and simple country village.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the story, the narrator proposed to have lunch at some restaurant but Bill suggested that they get the lunch packed from Bill’s wife, who would not charge more than half a dollar to the narrator for a nice meal and then they could go up to Wade’s Hill and enjoy the view while they ate.