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Q6) 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?

Ans) The way she walks up to the doorway, starts talking to him, arranges the
ornaments in their right place and picks up the silver cigarette box with so
much confidence can make anyone believe that she is the lady of the house.
Apart from that, Horace had become nervous and frightened when he saw the
woman in the doorway and due to that he could not think properly.

Q7) Horace Danby was a meticulous planner but still he faltered. Where did
he go wrong and why?

Ans) The place where he went wrong was that he did not gather enough
information about the real occupants of the house. He gathered all the
information about the tracks, wirings, gardens, servants and even the dog’s
name but he still forgot to overlook the identities of the house owners. He
even took out the information of the valuables inside the safe. Once he got
into a problem, he could not even think properly and carelessly opened the
safe and touched many things in the room without wearing his gloves.

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