Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -“He got left behind because the Count’s whipper-in hit him with his whip.”-Who is spoken about in the above quoted line? Which incident is referred to? Why? Why was ‘he’ hit by the Count’s whipper?
In the above quoted line, Chubukov is speaking about Squeezer.
Chubukov and Lomov start arguing over their dogs Squeezer and Guess. Lomov points out that on the Marusinsky hunt, Guess ran neck-and-neck with the Count’s dog, while Squeezer was left behind. Hearing this Chubukov retorts by saying that the Count’s whipper-in had hit him with his whip.
Natalya, Chubukov and Lomov argue over the superiority of their respective hunting dogs. Lomov declares that Squeezer is ‘overshot’ and that his lower jaw is shorter than the upper one. Chubukov points out that Lomov’s dog Guess has two defects he is old and short in the muzzle. Lomov and Chubukov carry forward this argument and the former highlights the incident of the Marusinsky hunt to prove the superiority of his dog. Squeezer was hit by the Count’s whipper because the other dogs were chasing a fox while he was worrying a sheep.