Differentiate between the character traits of Horace Danby and the lady in a red dress. Give instances to prove your answer.
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Ans. The lady in red was also a thief. So was Horace Danby. But it was the lady in the red who outmanoeuvred and outwitted Horace. No doubt, Horace did his job quite professionally. He worked hard to find out the necessary details about the location of the house and the position of the key and the safe. But, Horace proved to be a novice in judging the young lady in red. The young lady acted with so much confidence and in such a convincing manner that she could easily pass off as the lady of the house. Horace Danby became a mere puppet who danced to the tune of the lady. When caught red-handed, he pleaded her to let him go. The young lady exploited his confusion and fear of going to prison fully. She made Horace open the safe. The unsuspecting Horace was made to believe that he was working for the lady of the house. So he opened the safe without putting on his gloves. He gave the jewels to the lady leaving his fingerprints on the safe. So he was found out and arrested. Naturally, the young lady in red proved far smarter and outmanoeuvred Horace Danby.
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horace danby
Horace Danby was about fifty and unmarried. He made locks and had two helpers. He loved rare and expensive books. He was considered a kind and honest man, he had a good reputation in the society but although he was considered honest, he really wasnt, for he was, in reality, a thief. Fifteen years ago he had been imprisoned for stealing rare books. He was not a typical thief; he stole only once a year. Horace robbed a safe every year. He was now out on committing a robbery. and he stole to fulfil his desire to acquire rare books. He did not steal again and again, he wasn’t a repeat offender. He stole only to buy rare books. For his next raid, Horace had studied the house of Shotover Grange for two weeks. He had plans to burgle this house. Also, a thing to notice is that Horace was allergic to flowers. This may seem petty, but this is what ultimately led him to being caught. After two days a policeman had arrested him for the jewel robbery at Shotover Grange , leading Horace to jail.
the lady in red
The lady in red was very confident and alluring. She managed to deceive Horace Danby very easily by claiming herself to be the lady of the house. She pretended herself to be the wife of the owner. She was very shrewd and witty. She acted in a very confident and in a very authoritative tone that Horace believed that she was the owner. Very intelligently she made Horace open the safe with the gloves which proved him to be the actual thief.