Question

class 9th English question


on how many occasions was John on the verge of missing his train


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Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer :

In the short story 'Best-seller' by O. Henry, John A. Pescud was on the verge of missing his train twice - once at Shelbyville station and another time at Powhatan Junction while following his lady love, Jessie Allyn.

The following lines from the short story supply the answer :

'"Not if you hadn't waked up when the train started in Shelbyville," says she; and then she turned almost as red as one of the roses on the bushes in the yard. I remembered I had dropped off to sleep on a bench in the Shelbyville station, waiting to see which train she took, and only just managed to wake up in time.

"'And you came mighty near missing the train at Powhatan Junction, too,' says she, with a laugh that sounded as good as a mileage-book to me.'