Explain the story of Vera which she narrated to Mr. Framton Nuttle.
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This is actually a thought-provoking question. The story Vera tells Framton Nuttel is partially true. Three men went out that window to shoot birds. They took a brown spaniel with them. Mrs. Sappleton has left the tall French window open for them to return that way. She is expecting them to be home for tea. She hasn't lost her mind, but she does seem a little rattle-brained. Part of what Vera tells Framton before her aunt comes down is as follows:
Explanation:Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back someday, they and the little brown spaniel that was lost with them, and walk in at that window just as they used to do. That is why the window is kept open every evening till it is quite dusk. Poor dear aunt, she has often told me how they went out, her husband with his white waterproof coat over his arm, and Ronnie, her youngest brother, singing 'Bertie, why do you bound?' as he always did to tease her, because she said it got on her nerves."
Vera bases her ghost story on a number of true facts. It is because of the element of truth that Framton is so frightened when the men appear, all carrying guns. They have a little brown spaniel with them. Mr. Sappleton is carrying his white waterproof coat. And Ronnie bursts out singing "Bertie, why do you bound?" What is not true, of course, is that the three men died when they were sucked into a bog. They are not dead. It was ingenious of Vera to twist the truth in such a way that her story is so effective. Mrs. Sappleton is acting the part Vera cast her for. Ronnie sings "Bertie, why do you bound?" just as Vera knew he would, since he always does the same thing. And Vera herself puts on an excellent act as a frightened child to lend additional credence to her ghost story.
The child was staring out through the open window with