Question

1. “And looking at the lined face I saw things I had never noticed before, bitter things and bitter
struggle and what a lot of grey hairs there seemed suddenly in his red beard!.”
a. Whose face is the narrator talking about?
b. What did the narrator notice?
c. What does ‘lined face’ indicate?

2. “Slow starvation, the doctor called it! You see he went to work in such a way! Would keep the
shop on; wouldn’t have a soul touch his boots except himself.”
a. Who is the speaker of the above line?
b. Whom is the speaker referring to as ‘he’?
c. Why didn't ‘he’ let anybody touch his boots?

Answer 1

Answer:

Gratitude, thankfulness, or gratefulness, from the Latin word gratus "pleasing, thankful", is a feeling of appreciation felt by and/or similar positive response shown by the recipient of kindness, gifts, help, favors, or other types of generosity, to the giver of said gifts.