Question

How did the lady in red convince horace to open the lock?

Answer 1

Answer:

the lady in red convince horace to open the lock by the using of its brain that she will open it

Answer 2

A Question of Trust

The lady in red convinced Horace to open the lock by asserting that she was the lady of the house and had forgotten the lock number of the safe.

Explanation:

• In the short story ' A Question of Trust ' by Victor Canning, Horace Danby was a peculiar character.
• A well established man with a good business, he had a peculiar hobby. He was passionate about reading and collecting good books but these valuable books he purchased through money accrued by him through a master theft.
• Every year he planned out a theft of a rich household and with the money he bought his books.
• He made a mistake while robbing the Shotover Grange. Thinking it to be empty he had gone to rob it when he was confronted by a young lady in red.
• The lady claimed to be the lady of the house and threatened to turn Horace to the police.
• Ironically, she too was a thief . She behaved in such a convincing manner that Horace mistook her for the mistress of the house.
• When she asked him to open the lock of the safe for her as she had forgotten the number of the code of the lock and had to take out some jewels he innocently believed her and opened the lock with his bare hands.
• Thus for the lady in red he got eventually caught red handed.

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