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“You won’t sell much plate-glass here, John”, said I. “Why do you get off at this end-o-the world?” (а) Why does the narrator point out that John won’t sell much plate-glass there? (b) Where was John getting off and why?

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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :

“You won’t sell much plate-glass here, John”, said I. “Why do you get off at this end-o-the world?”

(а) Why does the narrator point out that John won’t sell much plate-glass there?

(b) Where was John getting off and why?

(c) Explain ‘end-o’-the world’?

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(a) The narrator points this fact to John as the place where he was alighting was almost a deserted place.

(b) He was getting off at Cocktown to get some petunias for his wife.

(c) ‘a place beyond which there is nothing.’

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