Question

6.
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Marie : Monseigneur the Bishop told me this afternoon, while you were to take them to Monseigneur
Gervais, who has often admired them and sell them for as much as I could.
i) What is them referred to here? 1
Why had the Bishop told Marie to sell them? 2​

Answer 1

(a) The Bishop had to sell his salt-cellars to pay the house rent of Mere Gringoire.

(a) The Bishop had to sell his salt-cellars to pay the house rent of Mere Gringoire.(b) Persome does so as she feels Mere Gringoire is wicked and selfish woman.

(a) The Bishop had to sell his salt-cellars to pay the house rent of Mere Gringoire.(b) Persome does so as she feels Mere Gringoire is wicked and selfish woman.(c) The extract reveals that Persome is short-tempered and narrow-minded. She is not generous like her brother.