Retrace the course of action from the moment Mrs Jones caught the boy to the time they reached the middle of the room. ?

has Roger, while trying to snatch the purse of Mrs Jones, got caught by her. She being a strong woman, picked up Roger and shook him until his teeth rattled. Firmly gripping Roger by his shirt front she rebuked him and made him pick up her purse from the ground. Then she asked whether Roger would try to run away if she loosened him. On being answered in the positive, she made her grip firmer

and changed the topic asking him if there was anyone in his family to take care of him. Then, she said that she wanted to teach him right from wrong and also expressed her wish to clean Roger’s dirty face. She said that Roger would remember her throughout his life. Saying this she dragged him by the neck, resisting Roger in his attempts to set himself free. At last she took him to her house, down a hall into a large kitchenette-furnished room.

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