Question

He stepped into the compartment of the Pullman, where I was sitting alone. He had on

a long fur-lined coat, and he carried a fifty-dollar suitcase. Then he saw me. “Well!

Well!” he said, and recognition broke out all over his face like the morning sunlight.


“By Jove!” he said, shaking hands vigorously, “who would have thought of seeing

you?”. ‘Who, indeed,’ I thought to myself. “You haven’t changed a bit,” he said.

“Neither have you,” said I, heartily.

1. What was the writer travelling in? [1]

2. How does he tell us that the person was wealthy?

3. What do you mean by the phrase recognition broke out all over his face like ‘morning

sunlight’?



4. Identify the phrase which expresses ‘surprise’.

5. Does the writer state whether the friend was known or unknown to him? What tells

you that the person was a stranger to the writer?​

Answer 1

Answer:

recognition broke out all over his face like the morning sunlight.

Explanation: