The Piece of String
By Guy De Moupassant
Why
did Mr. Manana accuse Mr. Hubert of picking the lost pocketbook?
Mr. Manana
saw Mr. Hubert pick up something from the ground in the morning. He picked the
thing up and stood there for some time. Mr. Manana did not know what it was.
When he heard about the lost pocketbook, he imagined that it must have been the
pocketbook that Mr. Hubert picked. Therefore, in hope of getting the reward for
return of lost pocketbook, he accused Mr. Hubert of picking up the pocketbook.
What
did the people think of Mr. Hubert when they heard the return of the pocketbook
by some other person?
The
people thought that Mr. Hubert was lying. Whatever the reasons Mr. Hubert gave,
the people were not willing to believe. When they heard the return of the
pocketbook by some other person, they might have thought that this person might
have been sent by Mr. Hubert himself in order to clear his name. They accused
Mr. Hubert of giving false excuses. They
even made fun of him and told the story of the string to one another in an
amusing manner.
Why
did George give the pocketbook to his employer?
Mr. George
was an uneducated person. He did not know how to read. Therefore, when he found
the pocketbook on the road to the village market, he gave it to his employer so
that he might read the contents of the pocketbook and get information about the
whereabouts of its owner.
What
made Hubert shameful?
Mr.
Hubert was a simple and honest country man. When he was accused of picking up
the pocketbook, he tried to defend himself in a vigorous manner but the people
did not believe him and said that he was making false excuses. This made Hubert
shameful. It was heart-breaking for him that people were calling him a liar. He
was not hurt as much by the accusation of theft than he was by being accused of
lying.
Why
did the people make fun of his innocence?
The
people made fun of his innocence because they did not believe his story. The
more he tried to convince them of his innocence, the more they suspected him. They
might have thought that why would a man pick a piece of string from the ground
and keep it in his pocket. He might have given the pocketbook to George to
return so that his name is cleared.
Why
did he keep claiming his innocence before his death?
Mr.
Hubert was an honourable person. The thought of being called a thief and a liar
consumed him. The only thing in his mind was to clear his name of these
charges. This was the reason that he kept claiming his innocence before his death.
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