what are the characteristics of the following in the chapter THE MAN IN THE TRAIN :-
Mrs Blake
Mr Blake
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Explanation:
Mrs. Blake was going to board a train to Eastbourne to visit some of her cousins. Her husband, John, had come to see her off.
At the platform, she saw a tall, dark man waiting for the train. Suddenly she felt that she had seen him earlier.
Before the train left the station, John bought a magazine and a bottle of water for Mrs. Blake.
When the train was about to start, the tall man entered the train and sat in the seat opposite hers.
When the train started, Mrs. Blake began to feel insecure because she thought that the man was a killer. Earlier in the morning, she had seen his picture in the newspaper in connection with a murder case.
Now, Mrs. Blake felt helpless because the train was moving at a speed of sixty miles per hour and there was no other passenger in the compartment except the two. Besides, the train would stop only after an hour.
What if she pulled the chain?The man can kill her while she gets up to pull the chain.
On the other hand, she will be made fool if the man is not a criminal.
Her husband had asked her if she wanted a newspaper of that morning and she had said NO. If she had not said no, she could easily find out the truth about the man. Mrs. Blake felt more pathetic.
The man was reading a newspaper. Mrs. Blake observed him – tall and black. Her suspicions grew stronger. It is the same man who killed a woman with a knife, no doubt!
While she was thinking of that, the man sent his hand into his pocket and picked a knife and slowly opened the blade. Mrs. Blake was so frightened that she rose to her feet (got up). She was surer – the man is going to kill her now. Now!
As she watched, now unable to move, Mrs. Blake saw the man sending his other hand into another pocket. The hand returned with a handkerchief.
This was too much for Mrs. Blake. She guessed what the man was going to do – gag her with the kerchief and slash her with the pointed knife.
No, it was not an apple that came out with the man’s hand – it was an apple. She watched the man peel the apple and collecting the peels into the newspaper.Mrs. Blake watched the man eating the apple so she breathed with relief but soon her fears came back when she noticed that the man had not put the knife back.
She thought that the man was going to kill her after eating but nothing like that happened. The man threw the peels out through the window, put the knife back in his pocket and closed the window again.
Answer:
Mrs. Blake was going to board a train to Eastbourne to visit some of her cousins. Her husband, John, had come to see her off.
At the platform, she saw a tall, dark man waiting for the train. Suddenly she felt that she had seen him earlier.
Before the train left the station, John bought a magazine and a bottle of water for Mrs. Blake.
When the train was about to start, the tall man entered the train and sat in the seat opposite hers.
When the train started, Mrs. Blake began to feel insecure because she thought that the man was a killer. Earlier in the morning, she had seen his picture in the newspaper in connection with a murder case.
Now, Mrs. Blake felt helpless because the train was moving at a speed of sixty miles per hour and there was no other passenger in the compartment except the two. Besides, the train would stop only after an hour.
Her husband had asked her if she wanted a newspaper of that morning and she had said NO. If she had not said no, she could easily find out the truth about the man. Mrs. Blake felt more pathetic.
The man was reading a newspaper. Mrs. Blake observed him – tall and black. Her suspicions grew stronger. It is the same man who killed a woman with a knife, no doubt!
While she was thinking of that, the man sent his hand into his pocket and picked a knife and slowly opened the blade. Mrs. Blake was so frightened that she rose to her feet (got up). She was surer – the man is going to kill her now. Now!
As she watched, now unable to move, Mrs. Blake saw the man sending his other hand into another pocket. The hand returned with a handkerchief.
This was too much for Mrs. Blake. She guessed what the man was going to do – gag her with the kerchief and slash her with the pointed knife.
No, it was not an apple that came out with the man’s hand – it was an apple. She watched the man peel the apple and collecting the peels into the newspaper.
Mrs. Blake watched the man eating the apple so she breathed with relief but soon her fears came back when she noticed that the man had not put the knife back.
She thought that the man was going to kill her after eating but nothing like that happened. The man threw the peels out through the window, put the knife back in his pocket and closed the window again.