CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Jonathan will give them 20 pounds and then they must leave. He does so to protect his family because they are more important to him than money.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jonathan gets an “egg rasher” (a butchered pronunciation of the Latin ex gratia, which translates into “as a favor") for turning in rebel currency to the Treasury, and in exchange they gave him 20 pounds legitimate currency.

Detailed explanation-3: -Eventually, Jonathan realizes their lack of options, and gives the thieves the 20 pounds of reward money so they will leave the family unharmed. Some thieves insist they should search the house for more, but the thief leader believes this is all Jonathan has, and accepts it.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ex-gratia, which Jonathan and others in the story pronounce as “egg-rasher, ” is a payment that the Nigerian government provides to citizens who turn in any of the Biafran money that they still hold from during the Civil War.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jonathan says that although he does not have £100 he does have twenty pounds from his egg-rasher. He swears that this is all the money he has, and the thief agrees to accept the money. Some of the thieves mumble that he has more money and they should come inside and look, but the leader tells them to shut up.