Question

What impression do you form of Miss Fairchild from your reading of the story ‘Hearts

and Hands’? Comment on the irony contained in the ending of the story. How does the

‘sting in the tail’ justify the appropriateness of the title?​

Answer 1

''Hearts and Hands'' by O. Henry is a story about two acquaintances who meet on a train. When Mr. Easton encounters Miss Fairchild, he is handcuffed to another man. One passenger on the train, however, realizes that things are not as they seem.