Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
"Dey get it all," he said, "dey get it by advertisement, nod by work. Dey take it away from us, who lofe our boods. It gomes to disbresently I had no work. Every year it gets less. You will see." And looking at his lined face I saw things I had never noticed before, bitter things and bitter struggle and what a lot of grey hairs there seemed suddenly in his red beard!
As best I could, I explained the circumstances of those ill-omened boots. But his face and voice made so deep an impression that during the next few minutes I ordered many pairs. They lasted longer than
ever. And I was not able to go to him for nearly two years.
It was many months before my next visit to his shop. This time it appeared to be his elder brother, handling a piece of leather.
"Well, Mr Gessler," I said, "how are you?" He came close, and
peered at me. "I am breddy well," he said slowly "but my elder brudder is dead."
And I saw that it was indeed himself but how aged and wan! And never before had I heard him mention his brother. Much shocked, I murmured, "Oh! I am sorry!"
"Yes," he answered, "he was a good man, he made a good boot.But he is dead." And he touched the top of his head, where the hair had suddenly gone as thin as it had been on that of his poor brother, to indicate, I suppose, the cause of his death. "Do you want any boots?" And he held up the leather in his hand. "lt's a beaudiful piece."
1) Fill in the blanks.
i) The name of the shoe maker is ....................
ii) Mr. Gessler’s brother was ....................
2) Write few lines about Mr. Gessler in your own words.
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i)Mr Gessler
ii) breddy
2)Mr. Greesler spoke English with an influence of his mother tongue which proved that his wasn’t an Englishman.
Mr. Gessler lived in London in his shoe shop.Mr. Gessler’s shop didrx’t had any other signs except Gessler Brother written on it.
Mr. Gessler pressed with his finger at a particular point and he could make it out that the left boot wasn’t giving comfort to the author
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