This is the second set of questions related to the story called “ The parson’s pleasure”:

a) Name the main character in this story and describe his physique and his personality in a paragraph.

b) Characters:  name two other characters mentioned in the story, and give short descriptions.

c) Write a dialogue between Boggis and Rummins when he returns to find that the legs have been sawn off.

a)The main character is Cyril Winnington Boggis. He is a furniture dealer. He is a cheater, he lied to a lot of people. He is a scammer, a fraud and a manipulator. He made people believe something that wasn’t true to take advantage of them.

*  I did not find any information to describe him physically.

b)

Rummins is the owner of a farm and he is a stumpy man with small shifty eyes.

Claude is Rummins’ neighbour. He is short and has broad shoulders.

c)Dialogue:

Mr. Boggis: What the heck happened to the armchair?

Rummins: We thought you only wanted the legs.

Mr. Boggis: Nooo, I could have won a lot of money  by selling that chair.

Rummins: Wait! you told us that it was worth nothing! You are a liar!  

Mr. Boggis: I am not, I am just a businessman, you silly!

Rummins: Get out of my sight before you regret!  

In language we have been reading and analyzing a short story called “The Parson’s Pleasure”. These are some questions that we had to answer about the story:

• Why did Mr Boggis disguise himself in the uniform of a clergyman?

Mr Boggis disguised himself in the uniform of a clergyman because he didn’t want people to know that he was a furniture dealer. So he could get stuff for a cheaper price.

• What methods did Mr Boggis use to get into people’s homes?

He used different methods to get into people’s homes, for example he used a card that said: Reverend Cyril Winnington Boggis, the President of the Society for the Preservation of Rare Furniture, in association with The Victoria & Albert Museum. He did this so people thought he was an important person (but he wasn’t). Another method he used was saying that his car was overheated and he needed a  jar of water.

• How did Rummins, Claud and Bert behave when they saw Mr Boggis? Why?

At the beginning Rummins, Claud and Bert behaved in a very suspicious way, because it was very weird that a parson stopped by their house.

• Why did Mr Boggis say that he was only interested in the legs?

Mr Boggis said that he was only interested in the legs of the commode because he wanted Rummins, Claud and Bert to believe what he said, so he could buy it in a cheaper price and sell it for much more money.

• Why did Rummins, Claud and Bert saw off the legs of the chest of drawers?

Rummins, Claud and Bert saw off the legs of the chest of drawers because they believed that he was a parson and parsons don’t usually have big cars. They thought they were doing him a favor, so that he wouldn’t have to cut them at his house.