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“That was a month ago and now I have only one thought, that is to get the wretched place off my hands. I would sacrifice it at any price. One hundred thousand francs if necessary and that’s only twice what it cost me.” (a) Who is the speaker in the ...

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Read the extract given below and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow:

“That was a month ago and now I have only one thought, that is to get the wretched place off my hands. I would sacrifice it at any price. One hundred thousand francs if necessary and that’s only twice what it cost me.”

(a) Who is the speaker in the above lines?

(b) Why does the speaker refer to the place as ‘wretched’?

(c) How much will the speaker sell the place for?

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(a) Juliette.

(b) Juliette was in need of money and no one had come to purchase the villa yet. So, she refers to the place as wretched.

(c) 100 thousand francs.

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