CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer : The hack driver himself is Lutkins but pretends to be Bill Magnuson. He tricks the lawyer to avoid the summons to be a witness in a case.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Chief sent a man with him. That man recognised Lutkins and had worked with him. At the station, when the lawyer introduced Bill, his companion told that Bill was no one else but Oliver Lutkins himself. In this way, the lawyer was able to serve a summons on Oliver Lutkins.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: A hack driver at the station, who called himself Bill Magnuson, befriends him. He told the lawyer that he knew Lutkins and would help in finding him. Bill took him to all the places where Lutkins was known to hang out.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: Bill was a hack driver. The narrator in the story comes to the town searching for lutkins and comes across a hack driver who convinced the lawyer that he knew where the lutkins were. The narrator after going to a few place returned to his office and the young lawyer lost hope to find lutkins.

Detailed explanation-5: -He played a lot of pokers. He was good at deceiving people. The narrator felt that Bill seemed to admire Lutkins’ talent for dishonesty. Had he been a policeman, he would have regretted sending Bill to jail.