NCERT Solutions for Class 9 English Chapter 20 - If I were You

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1. Gerrard says these words.
2. He said this to win the confidence of the intruder.
3. He is sarcastic.

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The intruder is a criminal. He has killed a cop. The police is after him. He can be hanged if he is caught. He sees that Gerrard looks quite like him. So he decides to kill him. He can then live as Gerrard and never be caught.

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1. Gerrard says this.
2. It means that Gerrard has killed someone.
3. No, this is not the truth. He says this only to fool the intruder.

He wants to convince him that he, too, is a criminal like him.

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His profession is related with the theatre. We know this when he says on phone to the man on the other side, “I can’t let you have the props in time for rehearsal.”

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1. The intruder says this.
2. He says this because Gerrard seems to have no fear of the intruder.
3. He says that he will make Gerrard crawl. He also threatens to hit him with his gun.

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1. The intruder says this to Gerrard.
2. The intruder has already killed a cop. He can be hanged for it. Now he has planned to kill

Gerrard also. That is why he says that he can’t be hanged twice if he is caught.

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He wants to tell the intruder that he, too, has killed a man and the police is after him.

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1. It has been said when the intruder prepares to shoot Gerrard.
2. Gerrard tells the intruder that he himself has killed a man and the police is after him. He says that one of his men has been caught and the police is expected there any moment.

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The intruder had a revolver in his hand. He had ordered Gerrard to put his hands up. He could shoot at him and kill him. But Gerrard continued talking to him in a light-hearted manner. So the intruder thought that Gerrard was trying to be smart.

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The intruder has a revolver in his hand. He orders Gerrard to put his hands up. But Gerrard keeps talking in a light-hearted manner. The intruder thinks Gerrard is trying to be smart. He says Gerrard will stop being smart when he makes him crawl.

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The intruder had already committed a murder. He could be hanged for it. So he says he would lose nothing by another murder. They couldn’t hang him twice.

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He had committed a robbery in the town. He was going to be caught by a cop. He killed the cop and escaped. Now he could be hanged if he was caught.

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Gerrard had come to know all about the intruder. He knew he had killed a cop and the police was after him. Very cleverly he was able to lock the intruder in his cupboard. Then he sent for the sergeant to have the intruder arrested.

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The intruder had been very rude to Gerrard. He had a revolver in his hand. He had ordered Gerrard to put his hands up. But Gerrard wanted to win the intruder’s confidence. So he tried to be a little funny by saying, “You have been so modest.”

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The intruder was a criminal. He had killed a cop. The police was after him. He could be hanged if he was caught. He found that Gerrard looked quite like him. So he decided to kill Gerrard. Then he could live as Gerrard and never be caught. He had only to wear Gerrard’s clothes and specs. That was why he broke into Gerrard’s house with a revolver. But all his plan failed. Gerrard proved too clever for him. He made a fool of the intruder. He locked him in his cupboard. He got him arrested.

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Gerrard tells the intruder that he, too, is a criminal like him. He says that once things went wrong with him. He had to use bullets. He was able to get away. But the police got one of his men. They found from him some papers. The man should have burnt these papers. But he hadn’t and the police found them. From those papers, they came to know of Gerrard’s name and address. Now they could reach there any time. Gerrard says that he had packed his bag and was ready to run away.
It is not a true story. Gerrard has made it up to trap the intruder. He wants to have him arrested.

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Gerrard talks to the intruder pleasantly. He tells him that he too is a criminal like him. He says that once things went wrong with him. He used bullets. He was able to get away. But now the police was after him. They had found his name and address. He could be arrested any time. So he had packed his bag. He had planned to run away in his car. He opens a door. He says the door leads to his garage. The intruder believes Gerrard’s story. He agrees to run away with him. But as soon as he steps in, Gerrard locks the door. It is not the door to any garage. It is the door of a cupboard. Thus Gerrard traps the intruder and has him arrested.

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Gerrard was very intelligent. He had great presence of mind. And he had a sense of humour also. The intruder enters his house. He has a revolver in his hand. But Gerrard doesn’t get afraid. He remains calm. He keeps his presence of mind. He talks to the intruder in a pleasant manner. He even tries to be humorous. He never lets the situation become very serious. He never says anything that can make the intruder very angry. He wins the intruder’s confidence. He gets everything out of him. Then he makes up a clever story. The intruder is taken in by it. He gets locked in the cupboard. All this shows how intelligent Gerrard is. He is a stage artist. But in real life also, he proves a great actor.