The shortcut passed through the pine forest and at night the strong wind seemed to howl and the leaves rustled. Why did the people keep to the main road instead of taking the shortcut?
Oliver sharply, moving closer so that he could recognize the miscreant. What are you doing out here, boy, asked Mr. Oliver stopped.īoys were not supposed to be out of school after seven P.M. When its flickering light fell on the figure of a boy, who was sitting alone on a rock, Mr. He carried a torch – and on the night I write of, its pale gleam, the batteries were running down – moved fitfully over the narrow forest path. Oliver was not a nervous or imaginative man. When there was a strong wind, the pine trees made sad, eerie sounds that kept most people to the main road. Mr Oliver took the shortcut through the pine forest. Which route did Mr Oliver take on his way back? The Bazaar was only about three miles from the school. In the evening,Mr Oliver usually strolled into the town to visit the Simla Bazaar with its restaurants and cinemas. What did Mr Oliver generally do in the evening? Eton is also a school meant for children of the British royalty and elite class. The students belonged mostly to elite families and were supposed to wear blazers, caps and ties. The school where Mr Oliver worked was run on the lines of an English public school. Why was the school where Mr Oliver worked called the Eton of the East? He was a bachelor and worked in a English medium school located on the outskirts of Simla. Oliver, a bachelor, usually strolled into the town in the evening returning after dark, when he would take short cut through a pine forest. The Shimla Bazaar, with its cinemas and restaurants, was about two miles from the school and Mr. Oliver had been teaching in this school for several years. “Life” magazine, in a feature on India, had once called this school the Eton of the East. The school was conducted on English public school lines and the boys – most of them from well-to-do Indian families – wore blazers, caps and ties. Oliver, an Anglo-Indian teacher, was returning to his school late one night on the outskirts of the hill station of Shimla. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. ICSE Solutions Selina ICSE Solutions ML Aggarwal Solutions Treasure Trove A Collection of ICSE Short Stories Workbook Answers Chapter 5 A Face in the Dark – ICSE Class 10, 9 English
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