Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:
“Yes, madam, we found this scoundrel slinking along the road, and as he would not give an account of himself we arrested him on suspicion. Holy Virgin, isn’t he strong, and didn’t he struggle? While we were securing him these candlesticks fell out of his pockets.”
(a) Who is the ‘scoundrel’ being referred to here and who found him stealthily along the road?
(b) Why did the police arrest that ‘scoundrel’?
(c) What happened when they were seeing him?
(a) The Convict who stole the Bishop’s candlesticks is being referred to as a ‘scoundrel’ here. The police found him moving stealthily along the road.
(b) The police arrested that ‘scoundrel’ on suspicion. He failed to give any satisfactory account of himself.
(c) When they were arresting him, the silver candlesticks that he stole from the Bishop’s house, fell down from his pocket.