Question

What is the role of the two passengers seated nearby who was listening to whole conversation in the story Hearts and Hands
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Answer 1

The two men that were on the train, figure out that one was the Marshal and another was the one that was headed to the prison.

• The question has been asked from the story Hearts and Hands by O.Henry.
• The story is set to a Denver train, where next to Miss Fairchild, two men arrive and take the seat. As soon as she sees them she recognizes one of them.
• She starts talking to Mr. Easton, and becomes shocked to find out that he was handcuffed to the man sitting next to him. But to her surprise the handcuff was in the right hand.
• Two passengers sitting close by were listening to the conversation. One of them remarks on Easton's appearance saying that he seemed very young to be a marshal.
• The other passenger then corrects the mistake which was also made by Farchild that Easton was not a marshal, but a falsifier as the handcuff was in wrong hand.