Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
The only drawback was that his very ‘perfection’ had made necessary a series of evasions and even deliberate falsehoods on the part of herself and her husband, highly distasteful to both. They were lovers of truth, but they had realised that there are times when truth must be sacrificed. At any cost, the facts concerning Mr. Bramble’s profession must be kept from Harold.
(a) What was the only drawback in Harold?
(b) Who indulged in evasions and deliberate falsehoods?
(c) What does the clause ‘Mr. Bramble’s profession must be kept from Harold’s mean?
(a) His very ‘perfection’ was his only drawback.
(b) Harold’s parents indulged in evasions and deliberate falsehoods.
(c) It means that his father was a professional boxer. This fact must be concealed from Harold.