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प्रश्न
Discuss with your partner and describe the atmosphere in the woods when Peter Crouch was heading towards Mrs. Adis’s House. It was -
- a dark moonless night.
- _________________________
- _________________________
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उत्तर
- a dark moonless night
- There were only a few pricks of fire (stars) in the night sky.
- The night was still, windless and clear, as a result of which, every sound was distinct and intensified.
- The bark of a dog all the way at Delmonden could be clearly heard in the woods.
- As Peter walked on the road, he could hear the echo of his own footsteps sounding like a death knell.
- The roadside, being a mass of thorns, crackled and rustled as loud as the thud of the man‟s feet.
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