Question

The stranger stay with the sergeant find the reason why?

Answer 1

The sergeant believed that the stranger would help him find the fugitive. So he allowed the stranger to stay with him.

About "The Rising of the Moon":

• This Prose was written by Lady Gregory.
• In this story we have a ragged man, a stranger who is seen by a sergeant.
• The sergeant talks to him, who appeals by his singing.
• He says to the man that he is in search of a fugitive and shows the picture of him.
• The man claims to have seen the one in the picture.
• So the sergeant believes he could get use of the ragged man to get information of the prisoner.
• This is the reason that the sergeant asks the stranger to stay with him.