Question

(i) What ‘brilliant thought’ occurred to her?
(ii) Why was Nishad angry?
(iii) What is the meaning ‘loot’?​

Answer 1

Answer:

ans(i)-The “brilliant thought” that occurred to her was that the visitor could be an accomplice in his crime. Maya thought that the partner visits him to give a share of the loot to Mr. Nath.

ans(ii)Nishad became angry because Maya decided that Mr. Nath was a crook. He told Maya that he must be lonely as he had no friends except the person who visited him every Sunday. He said that he would help to discover more facts about Mr.nath

ans(iii)private property taken from an enemy in war.

example-"the rooms were stuffed with the loot from Francis's expeditions into Italy"