CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -When the elderly man calls her a child, Valli tells him angrily that there is nobody on the bus who is a child. She also says that she has paid her fare of thirty paise like everyone else.

Detailed explanation-2: -(b) Valli was annoyed by the elderly man because she was lost in the beauty of nature and was suddenly startled by the voice of the older man.

Detailed explanation-3: -She did not act like a child, but as a grown-up girl and therefore, the conductor called her ‘madam’. When the elderly man called her a child and asked her to sit down on her seat, she replied that nobody was a child on the bus.

Detailed explanation-4: -Valli gets annoyed by the elderly man’s atttention. She tells him that nobody in the bus is a child. She also adds that she has paid her thirty paise like everyone else. What was a source of unending joy for Valli?