Question

"At last a sympathetic audience.”

(i) Who says this?

(ii) Why does he say it?

(iii) Is he sarcastic or serious?

Answer 1

(i) Gerrard says this. 

(ii)When the intruder asks him to sit and have a nice little talk about himself, Gerrard pretends that the intruder had a sympathetic feeling towards him. So he says these lines. 

(iii) He is sarcastic here as the intruder has a threatening behaviour.