LESSON - 8 THE HACK DRIVER

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LESSON - 8 THE HACK DRIVER

Ques. 1. Why is the lawyer sent to New Mullion? What does he first think about the place?

Ans. The lawyer was sent to New Mullion to serve summons on Oliver Lutkins.

He had expected the place to be a sweet and simple country village.

2. Does the narrator serve the summons that day?

Ans. No, the narrator did not serve the summons that day.

3. Who is Lutkins?

Ans. The hack driver himself is Lutkins.

4. Why do you think Lutkins' neighbours were anxious to meet the lawyer?

Ans. The neighbours were anxious to meet the lawyer because a lawyer is supposed to be intelligent and clever. But Lutkins deceived such a man.

5. After his first visit day's experience with the hack driver the lawyer thinks of returning to New Mullion to practise law. Do you think he would have reconsidered this idea after his second visit?

Ans. No, absolutely not. After knowing how Lutkins had made a fool of him. He would never return to New Mullion to practice law.

6. Do you think the lawyer was gullible? How could he have avoided being taken for a ride?

Ans. Yes, the lawyer was surely gullible. If he had a worldly experience, he would not have been befooled by Lutkins himself.

7. How did the hack driver befool the lawyer?

Ans. The hack driver befooled the lawyer in a very convincing manner. He told him about himself as a victim of Lutkins and helped him in searching for Lutkins.

THE HACK DRIVER

About the story:

The story is about the narrator - a junior assistant clerk - who is sent to a village New Mullion to serve summon to Oliver Lutkins who is a witness in a law case and has ignored all the previous summons. In New Mullion, the narrator meets Bill - the hack driver - who helps him in finding Oliver, but in vain. In the end, the narrator realizes that it was Bill who was Oliver Luatkins.

Summary:

Part 1: The narrator and his job

The narrator is a law graduate but is working as a junior assistant clerk in a law firm where his only job is to go and serve notices and summons to criminals in the shadowy corners of the city. He is beaten up by people for doing such things. He is so fed up that he thinks of leaving the job and going to his village where he would actually work as a lawyer.

Part 2: Visiting New Mullion and meeting Bill, the Hack Driver

Once, he is given the task of serving summon to Oliver Lutkins in countryside, New Mullion. He is happy to have this break from the regular shadowy city corners, but his expectations for country side fail when he sees the muddy, raw roads. However, he meets Bill, the hack driver who decides to help him in finding Oliver Lutkins.

Part 3: Search for Oliver Lutkins

In Oliver Lutkin's search, Bill takes the narrator to different places. He takes him to Fritz, then to Gustaff, then to Gray's barber shop, then Wade's Hill to enjoy the lunch, then to Oliver's mother. But everywhere they inquire, Oliver is not to be found.

Part 4: Contemplation of Life Philosophies

While relishing the lunch on Wade's hill watching the meadows and woods, Bill talks a lot about people in New Mullion, and the narrator is impressed by him and by the life of the people in New Mullion so much, that he feels that staying in a country side like this is better than struggling in cities. He feels that the life in New Mullion is honest and happy. He discovers a new way of life.

Part 5: Bill is Lutkins

The other day, the narrator is sent with a companion who knew Oliver and to his surprise, the narrator realizes that Bill, the hack driver, was Lutkins. When he serves Lutkins summon, Lutkins and his mother has the decency to invite the narrator for a coffee.