Question

(1) What reason did the glum-faced man give for his going for a smoke? What
was the real reason for his going there?​

Answer 1

Answer: The glum faced man wants to smoke as he has not smoked the whole day. Mr Easton excuses himself from Miss Fairchild saying that he could not refuse the other man's request to smoke and he had to do his job of guarding the man.

Answer 2

Answer:

The glum-faced man said he was in need of a drink and a smoke. He asked Mr. Easton to accompany him to the smoker car as he was ‘half dead for a pipe.’ He takes him into smoker room to save him from this conversation. He smiles because the lady has not came to know that he was culprit and not the marshal.