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English · 2025 · 6 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 1 · Set 3 · Q11
What plan did Horace Danby make to rob the house at Shotover Grange ?
(A Question of Trust)
Official answer
From CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper.
Horace planned the robbery in all details.
A magazine article had described the house with all the rooms and
mentioned the safe behind the painting.
For $\displaystyle 2$ weeks, he studied the house, its rooms, electric wiring, path
and its garden / knew the dog by name
He had definite information that the two servants had gone to the
movies.
He came out from behind the garden wall.
Packed his tools carefully on his back.
Put on gloves, knew the hosuekeeper hung the key to the kitchen
door on a hook inside. He took the key and opened the house.
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