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A Question of Trust Class 10 Notes: Students can find the revision notes for Class 10 English Foot Prints Without Feet Chapter 4 A Question of Trust in this article. A PDF download link for the same has also been provided in this article for your reference. CBSE board aspirants who might be preparing for their final exams must refer to these revision notes for a better understanding of the chapter.
These revision notes on A Question of Trust consist of the theme of the story, the synopsis of the story, a summary of a question of trust, and more such relevant details from the chapter that would only enhance your understanding and preparation for the subject.
Revision Notes for Class 10 English Chapter 4 A Question of Trust
Synopsis of the Story
Horace Danby was a respectable citizen who made locks. But, he had an undying love for rare and expensive books which he could afford only through theft and robbery. As he is about to rob the Shotover Grange to buy three amazing books in Autumn, something unusual happens to him. Read the summary below to know what happened next.
Theme of the Story
The story is based on the theme as suggested by the name itself. It talks about the question of trust, the question of honesty, the doubt on humanity. The story explores the concept of cheats expecting honesty in their profession.
Summary of A Question of Trust
Horace Danby was a fifty-year-old unmarried businessman who made locks and safes. He was an honest and respectable citizen who had kept a housekeeper who looked after his health and two helpers in his business. But, he had a long-kept secret. He had an obsession for rare and expensive books, which is obviously a good thing but he had the habit of stealing for buying the books he loved. Despite his old age, he was a healthy man except for his attack of hay fever in summer. Horace would plan a robbery and steal enough to last for the next twelve months.
Just like every Summer, this July, he was planning his robbery. He studied Shotover Grange for two weeks and finally decided to rob the house when all the family members were in London and the two housekeepers had gone to watch a movie. He climbed the garden wall with the bag of tools on his back and entered the house. He had seen the servants put the key on a hook in the kitchen. He put on his gloves and opened the door. As he entered the house, Sherry, the dog came running to him, waving his tail. Horace knew the trick to ensure that the dogs were quiet, all they need is to call them by the right name and love them.
He went to the hall where the Grange safe worth fifteen thousand pounds of Jewels was hidden behind a poor painting. Beside the painting was a table with flowers. Horace was preparing to open the safe and he cut the wire of the alarm. The flowers made him sneeze but he was focused enough to open the safe which was not a tough task for him as he had spent his entire life besides locks and safes.
He heard a firm voice behind him asking if he had got a cold or was it hay fever, to which he replied hay fever and turned back immediately. He saw a young and pretty woman in red and Sherry was rubbing against her. She said, “Down Sherry, anyone would think that I am in London” and smiled at Horace. He thought he could ensure that the situation was under his control and firmly talked to the woman. She opened a silver box at the table and picked up a cigarette. Horace quickly removed his gloves and took out his cigarette lighter to impress the lady.
After a short conversation, she said that she would let him go only if he helped her. Horace readily agreed to it. The lady says that his husband is not going to be there for the next month and she needs the jewels in the safe for a party that was going to take place the same night. But, she had forgotten the password so she needed him to break the safe and get her the jewels, post which she would get the safe mended before her husband came back.
Horace did as she said and went home happily. For the next two days, he was thinking about his promise to the lady of not stealing again but on the third day, he started thinking about the books he wanted. The same noon he was arrested by the police for stealing the Shotover Grange safe. The police told him that they got his fingerprints from the safe as he had not used the gloves to open it. A gray-haired old age woman, who was the owner of the jewels inside the safe had complained about it. Horace kept thinking about the woman who tricked him and stole the jewels.
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