Page 2 - LN2-EXPLANATION

Rejoiced: happiness, joy
Witness: viewer, observer

Para-2 Explanation

One day, the narrator was very happy to know that he had to visit a place which
was forty miles away from the place where he lived. He says that the town
which he had to visit was New Mullion. He had to visit this place in order to
serve summons (court orders) to a man named Oliver Lutkins. Oliver Lutkins
was a witness or observer in some case and the firm needed him for that case
but he had constantly been neglecting the letters sent by the law firm.

Para-3
When I got to New Mullion, my eager expectations of a sweet and simple
country village were severely disappointed. Its streets were rivers of mud, with
rows of wooden shops, either painted a sour brown, or bare of any paint at all.
The only agreeable sight about the place was the delivery man at the station. He
was about forty, red-faced, cheerful, and thick about the middle. His working
clothes were dirty and well-worn, and he had a friendly manner. You felt at
once that he liked people.
Eager: impatient
Expectation: belief, supposition
Disappointed: upset
Agreeable: pleasing, nice

Para-3 Explanation
When the narrator reached New Mullion, his excitement about visiting a village
was washed off. It happened so because the village was not as per his
expectations. The streets were in a bad condition as they were full of mud. The
shops were also very dull. Everything he saw was full of dullness making him
sad. But then he saw a delivery man who was about forty years old and was
very cheerful. It seemed to the narrator that he was very friendly with other
people. This made him like the delivery man and he referred him as the only
person in the village who made him feel nice.
Para-4