Give the character sketch of Horace Danby.
(A Question of Trust, from english supplementary reader, grade 10)
Answers
Answer:
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.
In other's point of view Horace Danby was a very noble and good citizen. He was a lock maker. He was 50 years old and unmarried.
He was having a hobby to read very expensive and rare books. For buying these books he used to break open a safe once a year. For buying those books he had 2 agents also.
Once he tried to break open a safe. For this he went to a mansion. There as he entered the room he got disturbed by the hay fever. He had hay fever from flowers.
Then there came a lady who was in red dress and was having Sharry , the dog with her. She pretended to be the mistress of that house. She prepared a fake story regarding the jewels and Horace Danby believed her.
Inspite of not having jewels with him , Horace Danby got arrested by the police, it was because the young lady was fraud and there were fingerprints of Horace all over the room.