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Answer the following questions in about 30 words each.
1. How did the woman know the narrator? Why did she want to meet him?
2. What impression did the narrator gather of the woman when he met her?
3. Why was the narrator panic-stricken while they were waiting for the asparagus
to be cooked?
4. Why did the narrator order coffee for himself also?
5. What is the waiter's contribution in allowing the woman to have a gorgeous meal?
Answers
Answer:
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Explanation:
1. The women knew the narrator as the narrator was the writer and she had read a book of the narrator and had written to the narrator about it.
2. The narrator gathered the impression that the lady was very talkative in nature and her appearance was imposing rather than attractive.
3. The narrator was panic-striken while they were waiting for the asparagus to be cooked because the narrator was worried and concerned that is he would be able to pay the bill or not as he knew that the bill is going to exceed his budget.
4. Th narrator was with a woman who ordered many expensive dishes. He knew if he ordered anything else either he would have no money for the rest of the month or he would have to face a humuliating situation.
5. The waiter's contribution in allowing the women to have a gorgeous meal was that the waiter coming to the table and her things like we have asparagus, caviar, salmon etc and at the end he bought a basket of pears.