ICSE-X-English
06: An Angel in Disguise by T - S - Arthur
- #2How did poor Maggie's catchy words "don't leave me here all alone!" moved Mr Thompson?Ans : When everybody left the place after the burial, Mr Thompson seemed to be worried about the little girl. He asked blacksmith's wife who suggested him to take her to the poorhouse. Joe stood there for some time confused. He went into the hovel again and saw Maggie had raised her into an upright position with painful effort and was sitting on her bed. Her eyes were on the door out of which all had departed. A terror had covered her pale face. It aroused a feeling of sympathy in Mr Thompson and when she cried "don't leave me here alone!" Mr Thompson felt guilty leaving the child as she was.