Question

1. Thank you for your kind words and deeds. Lam very grateful to you and to your cook. God bless that good and noble woman! You spoke inely then and I shall be indebted to you to my dying day; but strictly speaking, it was your cook, Olga who saved me." ie. (i) Who is the speaker? T'o whom he is grateful (ii) What did Olga do for the speaker? to? What changes did his life under go?​

Answer 1

i) The speaker is Lushkoff.

ii) He's grateful towards Olga.

iii) It was Olga who actually cut the wood, instead of Lushkoff because he was too weak.

iv) Olga, at first, laughed at the beggar and scolded him. But later, she started pitying him and did the work herself. This changed Lushkoff as she helped her become a better and productive person.