The Hack Driver

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This is an amusing tale about a young lawyer who is very innocent. He goes to a village to serve to summon to a person called Oliver Lutkins. At the railway station, he meets a person who introduced himself as Bill. Bill told that he knew everyone in the village and promise to search Lutkins for the lawyer.

"The Hack Driver" is the story of a very cunning manipulator Bill (Oliver Lutkins). It also shows that appearances are often deceptive. Once the narrator, a junior clerk in a law firm, had to go to New Mullion to serve a summon to Oliver Lutkins.

Objective :To understand and react to the feelings of an individual. To enable the students to share their personal experience.

Important Questions

Question(1)I had to go to dirty and shadowy cornes of the city to seek out my victims. Some of the larger and self -confident ones even beat me up. "

(a) Who is "I"?

Answer :"I " is the young lawyer who is the narrator of the story.

(b)What was the nature of Narrator's job?

Answer. The nature of his job was to serve summons on people who were required to present themselves in the court.

(c) Find a word from the extract which means "Find"?

Ans :"Seek Out"From the extract means "Find"

(d) What is the opposite of "Dirty"?

Ans Its opposite is "clean".

Question (2)

Why does the hack driver offer to ask about Lutkins?

Answer The hack driver was none other than Oliver Lutkins himself. He did not wish to take the summons and go as a witness. So pretented to be hack driver. He offered to help the lawyer so that the lawyer could not come to know about him from someone else.

Question (3)What did the hack tell the narrator about Lutkins mother?

Answer:The hack driver told the narrator that Lutkins mother was a real terror. He described her as a large and hefty lady with a fierce temper. He also said that she was quick as a cat.