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The Bishop’s Candlesticks
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23/03/2021 5:46 pm
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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
“Mere Gringoire indeed! Mere Gringoire! What, the old witch who lives at the top of the hill, and who says she is bedridden because she is too lazy to do any work? And what did Mere Gringoire want with the money, pray?”
(а) Why is Persome angry at Mere Gringoire?
(b) Why does Mere Gringoire pretend to be bedridden, according to Persome?
(c) Find a word from the extract having same meaning as ‘confined to bed’.
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23/03/2021 5:46 pm
(a) Persome is angry at Mere Gringoire because her brother, the Bishop has sold the beautiful salt cellars only to help her with money.
(b) According to Persome, Mere Gringoire pretends to be bedridden because she is too lazy to do any work.
(c) Bedridden.