Three Men in a Boat Class 9th-Chapter 5 Summary and Quick revision Notes English
When they were waiting for cab outside, their grocer, Bigg’s boy was the first to arrive who come to a dead stop in front of their luggage. Another boy and a young gentleman from the boot-shop stopped there. Soon, a lot of people gathered around their houses as they were carrying a lot luggage and guessed that there might be a funeral or wedding. Finally, a cab came and they reached waterloo station at 11:00 a.m.
Nobody knew where the 11:05 train for Kingston started from. They got contradictory answers from the porters, the station masters, traffic superintendent and the authorities about the platform number. They bribed the engine driver half-crown to be eleven five. Finally, they reached Kingston by the London and the South-Western railway. Later they learnt that the train they had come by was actually the Exeter mail and the passenger had spent hours looking for it. Their boat was waiting for them at Kingston. They stepped in. With Harris at the sculls, Jerome at the tiller-line and Montmorency in the pow, they shot out on to the water.
Quick Revision Notes:
• Mrs. Poppets woke them up at 9:00 a.m. and they blamed each other for not waking them at 6:30 a.m.
• Montmorency was fighting with two dogs at doorstep who were driven away with an umbrella.
• Crowd gathered around their house when they were waiting for cab. Some thought there might be funeral or wedding.
• They reached waterloo station at 11:00 a.m.
• They don’t know about where the 11:05 train for Kingston started at got contradictory answers.
• They bribed engine driver and reached Kingston by the London and the South-Western railway.
• Their boat was waiting for them at Kingston.
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