Question

Why do you think not many people knew much about Gerrard? in the chapter if I were you

Answer 1

Gerrard, while pretending to be unaffected by the intruder's threats of killing him says that the intruder would not kill him until he had a major reason to do so. You have been so modest. Here, Gerrard means that it is immodest on the part of the intruder to know so much about him without disclosing his own identity.