Question

B. Answer the following questions.
1. What was the narrator's profession?
2. What was the narrator's reaction when he saw the bill of fare?
3. How did the narrator convince himself that he could afford to take his friend for luncheon?
4. Why did the woman criticise the eating habits of the narrator?
5. Why did the woman call the narrator a 'humorist'?
6. How did the woman know the narrator? Why did she want to meet him?
7. What impression did the narrator gather of the woman when he met her?
8. What did the narrator plan to do if he didn't have enough money to pay the bill?
9. Why did the narrator feel that he had got his revenge at last?
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Answer 1

1. The narrator was a writer by profession.
2. On seeing the menu ,the narrator was startled as the prices were a great deal higher than he had anticipated.The woman put his worried thoughts to rest by saying that she never ate anything for luncheon.
3. He had 80 francs with him and a modest lunch would not cost him more than fifteen francs .If he cut out the coffee for two more weeks, he could manage well.
4. As she felt that mutton chops were heavy for lunch.
5. We think that actually the woman herself contributes to the humour in the story . ...This is because she says that she never eats more than one thing for luncheon but all the expensive dishes ordered by the narrator were eaten up by her.