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The verger, Alternative English

 

The verger:

1.    What was the discovery that astonished the vicar?

Ans- The discovery that astonished the vicar was that the verger did all the works of the church almost perfectly but did not know to read and write. The Vicar did not know that Albert Edward was completely an illiterate person and he could not accept nor imagine a verger in St. Peter’s Church who did not to read and write.

2.    What occupation did the verger take up after resigning from the church?

Ans-  After resigning from the church the verger opened up several tobacconist shop in those place where the shop was much needed but there wasn’t any.

3.    What did the verger do with his old gown? 2016,18

Ans- During his 16 years of service he had several gowns. He kept his new ones in its folds as full and stiff though it were not made of Alpaca but of perennial snooze. The verger treated his gowns as dignified symbol of his office and preserved even the old and torn gowns with care in the bottom drawer of his wardrobe. He kept his best for fashionable funerals and weddings. Second best with complacence for it was the dignified symbol of his office and he ironed it himself.

4.    What did the Vicar and the Church wardens finally decides about the verger?

Ans- When the new Vicar came to know about the verger inability to read and write and that he had served the church for sixteen years. He and the church decided to give him at least 3 months to learn how to read and write and if he failed to do so he would have to leave his position as the verger of the St. Peter’s Church.

5.    Narrate the circumstances under which the verger had to lose his job in St. Peter’s Church.

Ans- The verger Albert had serve the church for 16 years of his life sincerely. He was happy with his job. But he was an illiterate yet he did duty up to the mark without any sort of complain. He was dedicated to his work and he was honest and graceful man who did everything perfectly. However the entry of a new vicar could not accept the fact that the verger was illiterate, he also interfered in everything and did not want the verger to work in St. Peter’s Church as an illiterate. He therefore the vicar proposed the verger to learn to read and write and gave him a period of 3 months or asked him to leave the job. Ironically refused to take the offer and preferred to resign believing that it was too late to learn. Hence, the verger lost his job.

6.    “ It was a source of subdued price to him that he could nearly always quite a whimpering infant by the manner in which he held it.”

Ans- The above abstracted lines are taken from the prose “The Verger” by William Somerset Maugham. The story mainly highlights a verger who despite of having any kind of formal education becomes a rich and a successful person with sheer determination and underlying will power.

          The above lines where in praise of the Vicar’s special talent the way he could nearly quiet a whimpering infant. This reflects the new Vicar comprehended of his work. It was also matter of subdued pride for him. St. Peter’s Church was always famous for its fashionable weddings and funerals it was in a very good neighbourhood and the parishioners were only a very nice class of people. That evening there had been a christening ceremony in the church which was attended by the new vicar. The new Vicar was newly appointed and had come from East end. He was a red face and energetic man. He performed very well in the christening ceremony as he could nearly always quiet a whimpering child. He was praised by the Verger and it was a matter of subdued pride for the Vicar. The Vicar could do it very well and he was not even unconscious of the amused admiration with which the mother and the nurses watched him settled a baby in the crook of his surplice arm. Albert Edward too knew that it pleased the seeker as he was complimented on his talent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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