"Unless I can find some decent chap
to swallow my story and lend me
some money I seem likely to spend
the night on the street. I'm glad,
anyhow, that you don't think the story
outrageously improbable.".
What sort of a problem was the
young man facing?
1The young man was hospitalised in a
2foreign country
The young man lost his wallet and
could not find it.
3The young man had forgotten the
address of his hotel after having
booked it.
4The young man was caught by the
policeman
Answers
Explanation:
Norman Gortsby was apparently accustomed to lounging on a park bench at the end of the day. This suggests that he is not to be taken as a gentleman of leisure but as a young man with a better-than-average office job who likes to spend some time in the outdoors after work before going home to a modest flat or furnished room. The young stranger who tells him the elaborate hard-luck story about losing his hotel room pretends to be of a superior social class, someone who only needs a "loan" but has plenty of money and will be glad to repay it once he can get back into his hotel room.
The young con man uses several tricks to try to impress Gortsby. He names a presumably swank hotel, the Patagonian in Berkshire Square, where he was planning to spend the night. The suggestion that he just came to town from a country estate, as well as the suggestion that he was accustomed to foreign travel are also intended to convey the impression that he is not a panhandler and not a con artist but a young country gentleman.
"In a foreign city I wouldn't mind so much," he said; "one could go to one's Consul and get the requisite help from him."
The young stranger also plants the suggestion that Gortsby might be able to make a valuable acquaintance by helping him.
"There's a nice predicament for a fellow who hasn't any friends or connections in London!"
This clever trickster also suggests that he belongs to the upper class by his vocabulary. He tells Gortsby:
"Unless I can find some decent chap to swallow my story and lend me some money I seem likely to spend the night on the Embankment."
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Answer:
4) The Young man was caught by the police
Explanation:
By any chance is this a story written by O. Henry?
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