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Hughie Erskine was a poor young man who was good looking with crisp brown hair and gray eyes. He was not only popular among men but also among women. He failed to build a career although he kept changing everything. He had gone on the Stock Exchange for six months, he had been a tea-merchant for a little longer, then he had tried selling a dry sherry. He was in love with a girl named Laura Merton, daughter of a retired Colonel. The Colonel was against the engagement and would only allow them to get married if Hughie had ten thousand pounds of his own.One day, Hughie visited his friend named Alan Trevor who was a painter. When Hughie came in, he found Trevor painting the finishing touches to a wonderful life size picture of a beggar man. The beggar himself was standing on a platform in a corner of the studio. He was a wizened old man with a face like wrinkled parchment and a most piteous expression. And then, at that night, Hughie went to the Palette Club about eleven o’clock, and found Alan in the smocking room. They had a talk about the model of a beggar-man which was painted by Alan Trevor. On the conversation, Alan said that the model of his picture was not a beggar, but a millionaire. Hughie was surprised and he did not believe about what he heard from Alan. The name of the millionaire was Baron Hausberg. Hughie went home unhappily, whereas Alan laughed loudly. Hughie had mistaken the Baron for a beggar and offered him a sovereign. He felt very bad for treating a rich man in that manner and feared that the Baron would have taken his act as an insult.The next morning, a messenger from Baron Hausberg came and brought a letter to Hughie. The letter contained a cheque for ten thousand pounds which was a wedding present to Hugh Erskine and Laura Merton from Baron Hausberg. On the day of the marriage, Alan Trevor was the best man and the Baron made a speech at the wedding breakfast. Alan said, "Millionaire models are rare enough, but model millionaires are rarer still!"
1. What was the present given by Baron Hausberg to Hughie ? Do you think it was helpful to him
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He gifted the loving couple ten thousand pounds as wedding gift. Yes it turned out to be quite helpful to him. Hughie’s meeting resulted in his most-cherished wish fulfilment.
Hughie’s accidental meeting with Baron Hausberg turned out to be quite beneficial for him. Baron was dressed as beggar to get a portrait for himself made from Trevor. Hughie did not know the reality about the Baron’s affluence. Hughie, thought he was a real beggar and gave him a sovereign; Hughie’s kindness impressed the Baron.
After Hughie went, the Baron inquired about Hughie from Trevor. Trevor told him everything about Hughie, including his affair with Laura and the condition of ten thousand pounds.
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