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Home » Class 10 English Notes » A Question of Trust (CH-4) Summary || Class 10 English Foot Prints without Feet || Chapter 4 ||

A Question of Trust (CH-4) Summary || Class 10 English Foot Prints without Feet || Chapter 4 ||

Posted on 05/05/2023 by Anshul Gupta

CH – 4

 A Question of Trust

In this post, we have given the summary of the chapter 4 “A Question of Trust”. It is the 4th chapter of the prose of Class 10th CBSE board English. 

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  • Chapter 4: A QUESTION OF TRUST
    • ~Summary~
      • Horace Danby: A Businessman and an Unusual Thief
      • Horace Plans a Theft
      • Horace Meets a Young and Pretty Lady
      • Lady’s Condition for Horace’s Freedom
      • Horace Got Arrested
      • Conclusion of A Question of Trust
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Chapter 4: A QUESTION OF TRUST

~Summary~

–by Victor  Canning

Horace Danby: A Businessman and an Unusual Thief

Horace Danby had a good reputation in society. He was about fifty years old and unmarried. He ran a business of making locks and had two helpers. But Horace was not totally honest. He loved rare and expensive books. Horace robbed a safe every year to finance his expensive hobby. He was now going for committing a robbery.

होरेस डेनबी की समाज में अच्छी प्रतिष्ठा थी। वह लगभग पचास वर्ष का था और अविवाहित था। वह ताले बनाने का व्यवसाय करता था और उसके दो सहायक थे। लेकिन होरेस पूरी तरह से ईमानदार नहीं थे। उन्हें दुर्लभ और महंगी किताबें बहुत पसंद थीं। होरेस अपने महंगे शौक को पूरा करने के लिए हर साल एक तिजोरी लूटता था। वह अब लूट की घटना को अंजाम देने जा रहा था।

Horace Plans a Theft

For two weeks Horace had studied the country house at Shotover Grange, whose owners normally lived in London. He wanted to burgle (enter illegally for a crime) the jewellery lying in the safe in this house. Horace entered the house when the servants were away. He had an allergy to flowers called hay fever. He started sneezing. Then he heard a lady’s voice. She told him a cure for the sneeze.

दो सप्ताह के लिए होरेस ने शॉटओवर ग्रेंज में कंट्री हाउस का अध्ययन किया था, जिसके मालिक सामान्य रूप से लंदन में रहते थे। वह इस घर में तिजोरी में पड़े गहनों को सेंधना (अपराध के लिए अवैध रूप से प्रवेश करना) चाहता था। नौकरों के दूर होने पर होरेस ने घर में प्रवेश किया। उन्हें हे फीवर नामक फूलों से एलर्जी थी। उसे छींक आने लगी। तभी उसे एक महिला की आवाज सुनाई दी। उसने उसे छींक का उपाय बताया।

Horace Meets a Young and Pretty Lady

Then a young and pretty lady appeared in the doorway. She was young and pretty. His first thought was to run, as the lady told him that she would telephone the police. Horace told her to let him go and forget she ever saw him.

तभी द्वार पर एक युवा और सुंदर महिला दिखाई दी। वह जवान और सुंदर थी। उसका पहला विचार दौड़ना था, क्योंकि महिला ने उससे कहा कि वह पुलिस को फोन करेगी। होरेस ने उससे कहा कि वह उसे जाने दे और भूल जाए कि उसने कभी उसे देखा था।

Lady’s Condition for Horace’s Freedom

The lady put one condition for letting Horace go. She told him that she had promised her husband to take her jewels to the bank. She had, however, left the jewels in the safe, as she wanted to wear the jewels in a party that night. She came down to get them, but had forgotten the number combination to open the safe. So she needed his help to break open the safe. So Horace opened the safe for her and handed her the jewels to get his freedom.

उस महिला ने होरेस को जाने देने के लिए एक शर्त रखी। उसने उसे बताया कि उसने अपने पति से अपने गहने बैंक ले जाने का वादा किया था। हालाँकि, उसने गहने तिजोरी में छोड़ दिए थे, क्योंकि वह उस रात एक पार्टी में गहने पहनना चाहती थी। वह उन्हें लेने के लिए नीचे आई, लेकिन तिजोरी खोलने के लिए संख्या संयोजन भूल गई थी। इसलिए उसे तिजोरी तोड़ने के लिए उसकी मदद की जरूरत थी। तो होरेस ने उसके लिए तिजोरी खोल दी और उसे अपनी आजादी पाने के लिए गहने सौंप दिए।

Horace Got Arrested

After two days a policeman arrested him for the jewel robbery at Shotover Grange. Horace’s fingerprints were found all over the room. He had opened the safe without using his gloves. He told the police that the lady of the house had told him to open the safe. But the actual lady was a sixty-year-old woman. She said that Horace’s story was nonsense. Then Horace realised that the pretty young woman was also a jewel thief who had used his skill to steal the jewels.

Horace is now assistant librarian in prison. He often thinks of the charming and clever young lady. She was in the same profession as him. She had simply tricked him. So he gets angry when anyone talks about “honour among thieves.

दो दिनों के बाद एक पुलिसकर्मी ने उसे शॉटओवर ग्रेंज में गहना लूट के आरोप में गिरफ्तार किया। होरेस के उंगलियों के निशान पूरे कमरे में पाए गए। उसने अपने दस्ताने का उपयोग किए बिना तिजोरी खोल दी थी। उसने पुलिस को बताया कि घर की महिला ने उसे तिजोरी खोलने के लिए कहा था। लेकिन असली महिला साठ साल की महिला थी। उसने कहा कि होरेस की कहानी बकवास थी। तब होरेस ने महसूस किया कि सुंदर युवती भी एक गहना चोर थी जिसने अपने कौशल का उपयोग गहनों को चुराने के लिए किया था।

होरेस अब जेल में सहायक लाइब्रेरियन हैं। वह अक्सर आकर्षक और चतुर युवती के बारे में सोचता है। वह भी उन्हीं के पेशे में थी। उसने बस उसे बरगलाया था। इसलिए जब कोई “चोरों के बीच सम्मान” की बात करता है तो उसे गुस्सा आता है।

Conclusion of A Question of Trust

In the chapter – A Question of Trust focuses on the message for students that we should not trust anyone blindly without finding out the truth about that person.

अध्याय में – ट्रस्ट का प्रश्न छात्रों के लिए इस संदेश पर केंद्रित है कि हमें किसी व्यक्ति के बारे में सच्चाई का पता लगाए बिना उस पर आंख मूंदकर भरोसा नहीं करना चाहिए।

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