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her.

After two days a policeman arrested him for the jewel robbery at
Shotover Grange. Danby’s fingerprints were found all over the room. He had opened
the safe without gloves. He said to the police that the landlady of the house had
told him to open the safe. But the lady was a 60 year old woman. She said Danby's
story was fabricated.

Horace is now in prison. He often thinks of the charming and clever young lady. She
was in the same profession. She had simply tricked him. Danby gets angry when
anyone talks about “honour among thieves”.

SHORT QUESTIONS:-
1. What is the profession of Horace Danby?
2. Where was Horace fifteen years ago?
3. What was his hobby?
4. Why did he rob a safe every year?
5. How much worth of jewels were there in the Grange`s safe?
6. Who is Sherry?
7. What is the best way to keep the dog quiet?
8. Where was the safe?
9. Who came while he was about to open the safe?
10. Why did Horace take off his gloves?

TEXT BOOK QUESTIONS:-
Q1 . Did you begin to suspect, before the end of the story, that the lady was not
the person Horace Danby took her to be? If so, at what point did you realise
this, and how?

Q2. What are the subtle ways in which the lady manages to deceive Horace
Danby into thinking she is the lady of the house? Why doesn’t Horace suspect
that something is wrong?

Q3. “Horace Danby was good and respectable — but not completely honest”.
Why do you think this description is apt for Horace? Why can’t he be
categorised as a typical thief?

Q.4. Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did he
go wrong and why?

Q.5. Do you think Horace Danby was unfairly punished, or that he deserved
what he got?