Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :
You told him she was feeling poorly, did you? And so my brother is to be kept out of his bed, and go without his supper because you told him she was feeling poorly. There’s gratitude for you!
(a) Who is ‘she’ in the above extract?
(b) Who is the speaker’s brother and why was he kept out of bed?
(c) Explain the line ‘there’s gratitude for you’.
(a) ‘She’ in the extract is Mere Gringoire.
(b) The speaker’s brother is the Bishop. He was kept out of bed in order to help Mere Gringoire.
(c) Persome remarks ironically that Marie had paid her gratitude to the Bishop by making him help her mother in such a bad weather. She wants to say that she had proved to be ungrateful to the Bishop.