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(i) Who says this?, (ii) Why does the speaker say it?, Ans. (i) These lines are being spoken by the intruder., , (ii) He says this line to Gerrard when the latter asks him why he wants to add, murder to his list of crimes. The intruder tells that he is already wanted for, murder, and he cannot be hung twice., , 7. “A mystery 1 propose to explain." What is the mystery the speaker proposes to, explain?, , Ans. The mystery that he is proposing to explain to the intruder is that he himself, is a wanted criminal who is in hiding. He elaborates by saying that it is for this,, reason that he lived a secret life, without meeting people, and kept going from, place to place to avoid being caught. The crime he is supposed to have committed, is, to kill someone when things get out of hand. He says that one of his men is, arrested. Besides, the police has got hold of some important papers that can be, used to convict him, which his men should have burnt and destroyed. To make it, further authentic, he says that he has packed his bag and is on his way to stage, another disappearing act, as he suspects some problem that night., , 8. “This is your big surpris, , , , (i) Where has this been said in the play?, (ii) What is the surprise?, , Ans, 1 This line appears twice in the play. First, when the intruder reveals his, intentions to Gerrard, and the second time, when Gerrard is going to reveal "the, truth" about himself to the intruder., , (ii) The surprise in the first case is that the intruder planned to kill and, impersonate as Gerrard. He is a wanted criminal who has been on the run. He, wants to settle down as Gerrard because the latter matched his physical, appearance, and lead a comfortable life free of all fears of being caught by the, police., , In the case of Gerrard, it is the fabricated story, wherein, he claims that he is a, wanted criminal, who has murdered someone when things got sour. He tells the, , intruder that he himself is in hiding, as he is a crook and not a Sunday-school, teacher. He warns him by saying that if he kills him and takes over his place, he, will be caught and hung because the person he would be in disguise, "Gerrard", is, s also a wanted criminal.