Footprints Without Feet
1. Who
was Griffin ?
How and why
did he become
invisible ? How
did he become
a homeless wonderer
? [HSLC-2018]
Ans : Griffin
was a scientist
.
He carried
experiment after experiment
to prove that
human body could
become invisible .
Finally he swallowed
some rare drugs
and his body
became as transparent
as a sheet of
glass . But
it also remained
as solid as
glass . Though Griffin
was a scientist
he was a lawless person
. His landlord disliked
him and tried to
eject him . To take revenge
on his landlord Griffin set fire
to the house
. To escape
without being seen
he had to
remove his clothes . Thus he
became a homeless
wonderer . Having no clothes
on his body , no
money and quite
invisible he went on
wandering until he
happened to step
in some mud and left
foot prints wherever
he walked .
2. Describe Griffins
experience in Drury
Lane . [HSLC-2017]
Ans : After Griffin’s adventure in the London
Store , he decided to try the stock
of a theatrical company . His hope
was to find some new clothes and
something that would hide the space above
his soldiers . Shivering with cold he hurried
to Drury Lane
, the centre of the theatrical world
. Soon he found a suitable shop
. He made his way upstairs in
the same invisible state . After a little
while he came out wearing bandages
round his forehead , dark glass , false nose , big
bushy side-whiskers and a large hat .
To escape without being seen
he attracted the shopkeeper from behind
. Then he robbed him of all the
money he could get .
3. How
and why did
Griffin come to
the village of
Iping ? Why
does Mrs. Hall find
him eccentric ? [ HSLC-2015]
Ans : Griffin
, the scientist
wanted to get
away from London
. He took
a train and
came to the
village Iping .
His idea in
coming to Iping was
to avoid crowded
London . At Iping he
booked two rooms
of an inn . The arrival
of stranger in an inn in
winter was an
unusual event . The arrival
of such an
uncommon stranger made
people to talk
about him . Mrs. Hall , the Landlord’s
tried to be
friendly with him
. But Griffin
had no desire
to talk .
He told her
that his reason
for coming to
Iping was his desire
for solitude and
he so he
did not wish
to be disturbed
in his work .
Besides , he
added that an accident
had affected his
face . His
words satisfied her to
think him as an eccentric
man . Another
reason for her satisfaction
was that he had
paid her in
advance .
4. Briefly describe
the extraordinary behaviour of
Mrs . Hall’s furniture . [HSLC -2016]
Ans : Getting up very
early in the morning the landlord and his
found the door of the scientist wide open .
Usually it remained shut and locked and
he was furious to find anyone
entering his room . They thoroughly investigated
the room and found to their surprise
that the cloths he always wore , lying about
in the room . All of a sudden
Mrs Hall heard a sniff close to her ear . A
moment later the hat on the bed
post leapt up and dashed itself into
her face . Then bedroom chair became
alive . It sprang into the air and
charged straight at her legs . As she and
her husband turned away in terror the chair
pushed them out of the room . Then
the door slammed and locked after
them . Mrs. Hall was about to fall
out of panic. She had somehow caused those
enter into her furniture . She was
almost in hysterics . Mrs . Hall lamented that
her poor mother used to sit in
that chair .
5. What
curious episode occurs in
the study ?
Or
Describe how Griffin
steals the money
from the clergy
man’s study . What
was the clergyman’s reaction
?Or“ Shortly afterwards a curious
episode occurred.”Narrate briefly the
curious episode ? [ TEST 2018 ]
Ans : The
money That Griffin
had stolen from
the shopkeeper at
Drury Lane in
London did not
last long and he had
to admit to Mrs.
Hall that he
had no cash
. However ,
he pretended that
he was expecting
a cheque .
Shortly afterwards a
curious episode occurred .
The clergyman and his wife was
awakened very early
in the morning
by noises in
the study .
Creeping downstairs they
heard the chink of
money being taken
from the clergyman’s
desk . Without making any
noise the clergy opened
the door with
the help of a poker. He
was amazed to see
that there was no
one in the
room . His wife
looked behind the curtains
, under the desk and
even in the chimney
. No, there
was nobody in
the room .
Yet they found
the desk open and
the housekeeping money
was missing . The
helpless clergyman simply that
the whole incident was
an extraordinary one .
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