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Class-8th, Ch- The Bishop's candlestick, B. 1. When Marie says her mother is ill, the Bishop visits her, despite the bitter cold and when, Marie is going home, he insists that she wears his comforter to protect herself against the, cold. Persome objects to the Bishop going out to visit Marie’s mother and also to lending, her his cloak. Again when the Convict is helped by the Bishop, not only to escape from, the police, but by giving him the silver candlesticks, Persome objects strongly., 2. The Bishop loved the candlesticks as the last thing his mother gave him on her death-bed, as a remembrance. He never wanted to give them or sell them, but when he saw the, Convict’s plight he gives away even the precious candlesticks to him., 3. The Bishop is extremely kind-hearted and felt great compassion for the Convict. He did not, want the Convict to be arrested and sent back to the prison which was a Hell. Therefore,, he saved him from the policemen by telling them that the Convict was his friend and, he had given the candlesticks to the Convict. They had not been stolen by the Convict., 4. Persome wishes to take the candlesticks away before leaving the Bishop with the Convict., 5. The Bishop blessed the Convict and told him always to remember that the body, with all, its weaknesses, was actually the Temple of the Living God., Part-c, C. 1. (a) These words were said by the Convict to the Bishop., (b) ‘They’ refers to the policemen who arrested and jailed the Convict., (c) He was called by his number: 15729, and never by his name for the last ten years when, he was in prison., 2. These words were said by Persome to her brother, the Bishop., 3. These words were said by the Bishop to the Convict., 4. These words were said by Persome to the Convict when he is caught by the Sergeant and, the gendarmes and brought before the Bishop with the stolen candlesticks., Workbook, SECTION A ( you can tick the answers of comprehension in book also), A. 1. Scottish; playwright 2. Scotland; UK 3. The Bishop’s Candlesticks, 4. Shakespearean 5. 1899; King John, B. 1. Norman McKinnel started his career following his father into the engineering business but, later decided to enter the acting profession., 2. He first appeared on stage in Clacton-on-Sea in 1894., 3. He based himself in London in the beginning of his stage career. Later he travelled to the, US, Australia and South Africa to perform on stage., 4. McKinnel’s film career began in 1899 with ‘King John’., 5. King John; Dombey and Son; The Outsider; The Sleeping Cardinal; The Fake; Everybody’s, Business. [any three], 6. McKinnel died of a heart attack in London on 29 March 1932, at the age of 62.