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Home » Class 10 English Notes » The Hack Driver (CH-8) Summary || Class 10 English Foot Prints without Feet || Chapter 8 ||

The Hack Driver (CH-8) Summary || Class 10 English Foot Prints without Feet || Chapter 8 ||

Posted on 05/05/2023 by Anshul Gupta

CH – 8

 The Hack Driver

In this post, we have given the summary of the chapter 8 “The Hack Driver”. It is the 8th chapter of the prose of Class 10th CBSE board English. 

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Class 10 English Foot Prints without Feet Chapter 8 “The Hack Driver” Summary
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  • CH – 8
  • The Hack Driver
  • Chapter 8, THE HACK DRIVER
    • ~Summary~
      • The Narrator’s Job
      • The Lawyer goes to New Mullion to Serve Summons
      • The Hack Driver Tells the Lawyer about Lutkins
      • The Hack Driver Takes the Lawyer Around
      • The Lawyer Enjoys the Driver’s Company
      • The Driver and the Lawyer Visit Oliver’s Mother
      • The Lawyer Returns to Town
      • The Lawyer Serves Summons on Lutkins
      • Conclusion of The Hack Driver
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Chapter 8, THE HACK DRIVER

~Summary~

–by Sinclair Lewis 

The Narrator’s Job

The narrator, a young lawyer works in a law firm and is assigned the duty to serve summons to a witnesses required in a court case. The narrator graduated with honours in law and dreamt of practising law. But all his hopes are dashed because he does not get any case to handle but is sent to serve summons. As this work is difficult and dangerous, he hates it. He thinks of going back to his town to become a lawyer.

कथावाचक, एक युवा वकील एक कानूनी फर्म में काम करता है और उसे एक अदालती मामले में आवश्यक गवाहों को सम्मन भेजने का कर्तव्य सौंपा गया है। कथावाचक ने कानून में सम्मान के साथ स्नातक किया और कानून का अभ्यास करने का सपना देखा। लेकिन उसकी सारी उम्मीदें धराशायी हो जाती हैं क्योंकि उसे संभालने के लिए कोई मामला नहीं मिलता है बल्कि समन तामील करने के लिए भेजा जाता है। चूंकि यह काम कठिन और खतरनाक है, इसलिए वह इससे नफरत करता है। वह वकील बनने के लिए अपने शहर वापस जाने की सोचता है।

The Lawyer goes to New Mullion to Serve Summons

One day he goes to a village named New Mullion to serve summons on Oliver Lutkins. He expects to find a beautiful and peaceful village. But his expectations are proved false as the village has streets full of mud. There are shabby wooden shops all around. The only cheerful thing that the lawyer finds a man at the station. This man drives a carriage and offers to help him find Oliver Lutkins.

एक दिन वह ओलिवर लुटकिंस को सम्मन भेजने के लिए न्यू मुलियन नाम के एक गाँव में जाता है। वह एक सुंदर और शांतिपूर्ण गांव खोजने की उम्मीद करता है। लेकिन उनकी उम्मीदें झूठी साबित होती हैं क्योंकि गांव की गलियां कीचड़ से भरी हैं। चारों तरफ लकड़ी की जर्जर दुकानें हैं। स्टेशन पर वकील साहब को एक ही खुशी की बात मिलती है। यह आदमी एक गाड़ी चलाता है और उसे ओलिवर लुटकिंस को खोजने में मदद करने की पेशकश करता है।

The Hack Driver Tells the Lawyer about Lutkins

The hack driver informed him that Lutkins was hard to catch. He was always busy doing one thing or another. He tells him that Lutkins even owes him some money. The lawyer is quite impressed by the friendly conduct of the hack driver. Now, he trusts him completely. The lawyer hires his carriage for a couple of hours to find Lutkins. He even tells him that he had summons to serve on Lutkins.

हैक चालक ने उसे सूचित किया कि लुटकिंस को पकड़ना कठिन है। वह हमेशा कुछ न कुछ करने में व्यस्त रहता था। वह उसे बताता है कि लटकिन्स को उसके कुछ पैसे भी देने हैं। हैकर चालक के दोस्ताना व्यवहार से वकील काफी प्रभावित है। अब वह उन पर पूरा भरोसा करता है। वकील लटकिन्स को खोजने के लिए कुछ घंटों के लिए अपनी गाड़ी किराए पर लेता है। वह उसे यह भी बताता है कि उसके पास लटकिन्स को सेवा देने के लिए सम्मन था।

The Hack Driver Takes the Lawyer Around

The hack driver suggests that he would find out about Lutkins as Lutkins might run away on seeing the lawyer. The driver takes him to Fritz’s shop. Then he takes him to Gustaf’s barber shop. After that they go to Gray’s and the poolroom. But they miss Oliver Lutkins every time. Lunch time arrives. The driver gets him some cheap lunch made by his wife.

हैक ड्राइवर का सुझाव है कि वह लुटकिंस के बारे में पता लगाएगा क्योंकि वकील को देखकर लुटकिंस भाग सकता है। ड्राइवर उसे फ़्रिट्ज़ की दुकान पर ले जाता है। फिर वह उसे गुस्ताफ की नाई की दुकान पर ले जाता है। उसके बाद वे ग्रे और पूलरूम में जाते हैं। लेकिन उन्हें हर बार ओलिवर लटकिन्स की कमी खलती है। लंच का समय आता है। ड्राइवर उसे अपनी पत्नी के हाथ का बना कुछ सस्ता लंच दिलवाता है।

The Lawyer Enjoys the Driver’s Company

The lawyer did not mind that he had not found Oliver Lutkins because he was enjoying the company of the hack driver. The lawyer was impressed by the wisdom of the man. The driver told him everything about New Mullion. He described the people and their habits. His simplicity and humour influences the lawyer so much that he plans to settle down in the village. He ends up paying the hack driver for six hours.

वकील को इस बात से कोई आपत्ति नहीं थी कि उसने ओलिवर लुटकिंस को नहीं पाया था क्योंकि वह हैक ड्राइवर के साथ का आनंद ले रहा था। वकील उस आदमी की बुद्धिमत्ता से प्रभावित हुआ। ड्राइवर ने उसे न्यू मुलियन के बारे में सब कुछ बता दिया। उन्होंने लोगों और उनकी आदतों का वर्णन किया। उनकी सादगी और हास्य वकील को इतना प्रभावित करता है कि वह गांव में ही बसने की योजना बनाता है। वह हैक ड्राइवर को छह घंटे के लिए भुगतान करता है।

The Driver and the Lawyer Visit Oliver’s Mother

The hack driver suggested that they should look for Oliver at his mother’s place. She was described as a terrifying woman. The woman chased them away with a burning iron and threatened to burn them. The two escaped to save themselves.

हैक चालक ने सुझाव दिया कि उन्हें ओलिवर को उसकी मां के स्थान पर देखना चाहिए। उन्हें एक भयानक महिला के रूप में वर्णित किया गया था। महिला ने उन्हें जलते हुए लोहे से खदेड़ दिया और जला देने की धमकी दी। दोनों जान बचाकर भाग निकले।

The Lawyer Returns to Town

When the lawyer returned to town without serving the summons his chief got very angry with him. They needed Lutkins as an important witness in their case. The next day he sent another man who knew Lutkins with the lawyer to the village to bring Lutkins.

जब वकील सम्मन तामील किए बिना शहर लौटा तो उसका मुखिया उस पर बहुत क्रोधित हुआ। उन्हें अपने मामले में एक महत्वपूर्ण गवाह के रूप में लटकिन्ज की आवश्यकता थी। अगले दिन उसने एक और आदमी को, जो लुटकिन्स को जानता था, वकील के साथ गांव भेजा कि वह उसे ले आए।

The Lawyer Serves Summons on Lutkins

The lawyer and his companion went to the village the next day. They found the hack driver at the station laughing and joking with Lutkins mother. He pointed out the driver to his companion and explained how the driver helped him in trying to find Lutkins. Surprisingly, his companion told the lawyer that the driver was Lutkins himself. The lawyer served summons on Lutkins who made fun of him.

वकील साहब और उनके साथी अगले दिन गाँव गए। उन्होंने हैक ड्राइवर को स्टेशन पर लटकिन्स की मां के साथ हंसी मजाक करते पाया। उसने ड्राइवर को अपने साथी की ओर इशारा किया और समझाया कि कैसे ड्राइवर ने लुटकिंस को खोजने की कोशिश में उसकी मदद की। हैरानी की बात यह है कि उसके साथी ने वकील को बताया कि ड्राइवर स्वयं लटकिन्स था। वकील ने लटकिन्ज को समन भेजा जिसने उसका मजाक उड़ाया।

Conclusion of The Hack Driver

In the chapter – The Hack Driver teaches us a major life lesson that we should not trust anyone blindly without knowing them, otherwise we may end up getting fooled.

अध्याय में – हैक ड्राइवर हमें एक प्रमुख जीवन सबक सिखाता है कि हमें किसी को भी जाने बिना उस पर आंख मूंदकर भरोसा नहीं करना चाहिए, अन्यथा हम मूर्ख बन सकते हैं।

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