Question

Do you think the lawyer was gullible? How
could he have avoided being taken for a
ride?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Yes , the lawyer was a gullible person. He immediately tells the hack driver the purpose of his visit. the hack driver takes advantage of this and takes him round the town. he also charges from him a very high fare for this. He could have saved himself from all this if he had himself made enquiries about Oliver Lutkins instead of depending on the hack driver.

Answer 2

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Yes, the lawyer was a gullible and an inexperienced man. There are mutliple things that he could have done to avoid being taken for a ride and made fun of. He could have tried to find out how the witness he was going in search of i.e. Lutkins looks. He could have spoken to other people at the station and interrogated about Lutkins rather than believing one person who appeared to be overly friendly being a total stranger to the lawyer. Also, he should have been the one to interrogate about the whereabouts of Lutkins while visiting the places Lutkins mostly hangs out at.