“Forgive me! said the bearded man”-To whom did the bearded man ask for forgiveness? Why did he ask for forgiveness?

The bearded man asked for forgiveness from the Tsar. The Tsar had ordered to kill the bearded man’s brother and seize his property. So the bearded man became an enemy of the Tsar. To avenge his brother’s death, he plotted to kill the Tsar. As a part of his plan, he followed the Tsar to ...

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How was the wounded man revived and nursed? Why did he ask forgiveness of the Tsar? What did the Tsar do when he had gained the man for a friend?

For the 1 part of the answer refer to Question Number – 17 on Page Number-138. When the wounded man realised that it was the same man who he had planned to kill, helped him revive, he felt ashamed and asked for the Tsar’s forgiveness out of repentance. When the Tsar gained an unknown enemy ...

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How did the Tsar nurse the wounded man?

The Tsar unfastened the wounded clothing with the hermit’s help. There was a large wound in the bearded man’s stomach. The Tsar washed the wound and bandaged it with his handkerchief and a towel provided by the hermit As the man was bleeding profusely, the Tsar had to remove the bandage soaked with blood, wash ...

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“Here comes someone running”-Who is the speaker ? Who was coming? Why did he come running? What happened to him? Describe his condition. How was he received at the hermit’s cottage?

The hermit is the speaker.A bearded man who had a large wound in his stomach was coming. He came running out of the forest because he somehow escaped from the shackles of the Tsar’s bodyguard, who otherwise would have killed him. The bearded man was the Tsar’s enemy, who swore to take revenge on the ...

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“Now rest awhile-and let me work a bit.”-Explain with reference to the context.

The line mentioned above is taken from the story ‘Three Questions’ by Leo Tolstoy. Here, the hermit is the speaker and the person spoken to is the Tsar. The Tsar went to meet the hermit, in disguise, to get the answers of his three questions. When he came to the hermit’s hut, he found the ...

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