Question

Who was Lutkins? Could the narrator serve the summons on his first visit to New Mullion? Why or why not

Answer 1

Answer:

No, the narrator was not able to serve summons to Lutkins that day as he could not find him. When the lawyer reached New Mullion Bill did not know the former was finding Lutkins. However, when the lawyer asked from him where he could find Lutkins, Bill made a plan to fool him.

Answer 2

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Oliver Lutkins was a man from New Mullion who to be served a summon to testify for a pending court case.

The narrator, the lawyer who was assigned the task, was cleverly tricked by Lutkins who exploited the gullibility of former and helped him chase himself, thus subjecting him to ridicule by the village folk.

No, the lawyer could not serve the summons that day for its obvious reason.