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Quality Class 7

The document discusses a bootmaker named Mr. Gessler and his shop. [1] Mr. Gessler was renowned for his excellent craftsmanship and boots that lasted a long time. [2] The author visited Mr. Gessler's shop infrequently because the boots lasted so long. [3] When the author commented that a pair of boots was creaky, Mr. Gessler insisted on examining them to see if he could repair them or remove them from the bill.

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Quality Class 7

The document discusses a bootmaker named Mr. Gessler and his shop. [1] Mr. Gessler was renowned for his excellent craftsmanship and boots that lasted a long time. [2] The author visited Mr. Gessler's shop infrequently because the boots lasted so long. [3] When the author commented that a pair of boots was creaky, Mr. Gessler insisted on examining them to see if he could repair them or remove them from the bill.

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Chapter – 05

Quality

Word meanings
1. by-street – a separate street
2. lasted terribly – lasted very long
3. guttural sound – harsh sound made from the throat
4. peered – look with difficulty
5.lasted terribly – lasted very long
6. Whence – from where

Answer the following questions.


1. What was the author’s opinion about Mr Gessler as a bootmaker?
Ans: According to the author, Mr. Gessler was the best bootmaker in the city. He
made only what was ordered and what he made never failed to fit. The boots made by
him were mysteriously wonderful and lasted really long. He was the perfect artist in
this job.

2. Why did the author visit the shop so infrequently?


Ans: The boots made by Mr. Gessler lasted very long, longer than the usual ones. So
the need for new ones was not there. Therefore, the author visited the shop so
infrequently.

3. What was the effect on Mr Gessler of the author’s remark about a


certain pair of boots?
Ans: When author remarked about a certain pair of boots as being creaky, Mr Gessler
looked at him as if surprised and waited for some time to let the author withdraw or
qualify his statement. Then he asked the author to get the pair back to let him check
and said if he could not repair them then he would take them off his bill.
4. What was Mr Gessler’s complaint against “big firms”?
Ans: Mr Gessler’s complaint against “big firms" was that they got their business by
advertisement, not by good work. They did not have any respect for the work they
do. Every year Mr Gessler's sale was getting less because of them and soon he
would be left with no job.

5. Why did the author order so many pairs of boots? Did he really need
them?
Ans: The author was shocked, and filled with sorrow, by the news of the
death of Mr Gessler’s elder brother. Out of pity and with an intention to
help him, the author ordered so many pairs of boots even though he didn't
really need them.
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