Question

The stranger presence in iping disturbed the villagers and consequently stories were floated about him . What were they and how did mrs hall defend her customer

Answer 1

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➡️ The stranger’s identity became the topic of speculation in the town.

➡️ Mrs. Hall defended him, repeating his own words that he was an ‘experimental investigator.’ Several other people of the town were of the view that he was a criminal trying to escape justice. Mr. Gould, the probationary assistant, imagined that the man must be an ‘anarchist’ who was preparing explosives.

➡️ Another group of people believed that he was a pie- bald and could make a lot of money if he chose to show himself at the fairs. There was another view that explained the entire matter by regarding the stranger as a harmless lunatic. Between these main groups were weavers and compromisers.

➡️ The village folk had few superstitions and the thought of the supernatural was whispered in the village. But it was only credited among the women folk.

➡️ But whatever they thought of him, people in Iping on the whole, agreed in disliking him. The youngman called him a ‘Bogey Man’.

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