THE ROMANCE OF A BUSY BROKER
O. HENRY
1. What was different about Pitcher that morning when Maxwell entered the office?
When Maxwell entered the office, Pitcher’s face was showing interest and surprise who usually does not allow his face to show feelings.
2. “The machine sitting on the table was no longer a man” what does it mean?
Here Maxwell is address as a machine because once he started working he did not seen a human being rather a machine as he was working like it.
3. What/Who was machine?
Mr.Maxwell was considered as the machine because he was working like machine,actually more than a human being.
4. Why does Leslie decide to continue her work?
Leslie decide to continue her work because many people were coming to talk to Pitcher and Maxwell for thr job of secretary but from the morning no one had appeared till half past nine.
5. What was the reactions of the men who came to the office?
Some of the men who came to the office were happy,some were sad, others were in hurry and some others were full of angry.
6. Why did Maxwell look like a dancer?
Maxwell moves his chair in front of the wall and he jumped from the machine to his table and from the table door.His actions like this made him appear like a dancer.
7. In the story what does the “Silver Chain” refer to?
In the story the “Silver Chain” refer to a young lady who had come to apply for the post of secretary.
8. What made Maxwell forget that he was married?
Maxwell’s business had put everything else out of his mind,he worked like a machine. His business made him so forgetful that he even don’t remember that he had married to Leslie on the evening at eight in the little church around the corner.