Question

No, if I’m not to have him you shan’t either. We quarrelled because Elizabeth said she wouldn’t take you off our hands at any price. She said she’d had enough of you to last a lifetime, and we’d got to keep you.

(a) Who is I ?

(b) Who does ‘You’ refer to ? 

(c) Why is there a quarrel ?

(d) Who had got to keep the old man according to the speaker ?

Answer 1

(a) ‘I’ stands for Mrs. Slater.

(b) Mrs. Jordan.

(c) They quarrel over Elizabeth’s attempt not to keep the old man with her at any price. 1 

(d) Mrs. Slater and Henry.