After graduating with honours, I became a junior assistant clerk in a magnificent law firm. I was sent, not to prepare legal briefs, but to serve summons, like a cheap private detective. I had to go to dirty and shadowy corners of the city to seek out my victims. Some of the larger and more self-confident ones even beat me up. I hated this unpleasant work, and the side of city life it revealed to me. I even considered fleeing to my hometown, where I could have been a real lawyer right away, without going through this unpleasant training period. So I rejoiced one day when they sent me out forty miles in the country, to a town called New Mullion, to serve summons on a man called Oliver Lutkins. We needed this man as a witness in a law case, and he had ignored all our letters. When I got to New Mullion, my eager expectations of a sweet and simple country village were severely disappointed. Its streets were rivers of mud, with rows of wooden shops, either painted a sour brown, or bare of any paint at all. The only agreeable sight about the place was the delivery man at the station. He was about forty, red-faced, cheerful, and thick about the middle. His working clothes were dirty and well-worn, and he had a friendly manner. You felt at once that he liked people. “I want,” I told him, “to find a man named Oliver Lutkins.” A young lawyer comes to a village to serve summons on Oliver Lutkins. A friendly hack driver takes him round the village in search of Lutkins. Does he find him? Who Lutkins? is The Hack Driver The Hack Driver 8 48 FootprintswithoutFeet “Lutkins? I saw him around here about an hour ago. Hard fellow to catch though — always up to something or other. He’s probably trying to start up a poker game in the back of Fritz’s shop. I’ll tell you, boy — is there any hurry about locating Lutkins?” “Yes. I want to catch the afternoon train back to the city.” I was very important and secret about it. “I’ll tell you what. I’ve got a hack. I’ll get it out and we can drive around together and find Lutkins. I know most of the places he hangs out.” He was so open and friendly that I glowed with the warmth of his affection. I knew, of course, that he wanted the business, but his kindness was real. I was glad the fare money would go to this good fellow. I managed to bargain down to two dollars an hour, and then he brought from his house nearby a sort of large black box on wheels. 1.1 Why was the author sent to New Mullion? 1.2 Why did the author hate his job? 1.3 Who took the author round the village in search of Lutkins. 1.4 What kind of dress was the hack driver wearing? 1.2 Find synonym of the following from the passage: i. mysterious ii. preys
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1.1 The author is sent to New Mullion to serve summons on a person named Oliver Lutkins who was needed as a witness in law case.
1.2 The author hated his work because he was working as a junior assistant clerk. He expected that he would be asked to prepare legal briefs, but against his hope he had to serve summons like a private cheap detective.
1.3 Lutkins himself took the author round the village in search of Lutkins . He pretends the he will help the author in finding Lutkins .
1.4 His clothes very dirty and worn out ,he had a friendly manner . Hack driver was about forty ,red faced ,cheerful, and thick about the middle .
synonym of mysterious = funny
ii.prey = game .
The above passage is from the hack driver chapter 1 of cbse class 10th english literature book .
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