Class VII English: The Face on the Wall
Line By Line Explanation (Hindi):
The Face on the Wall…
A man stays in a house in Great Ormond Street, of London. The walls of the room were painted but were damp and patchy. The man found it strange that one of the patch never grew bigger like any other damp patch. It remained the same. The patch resembled….. a face of a man!
As days passed, the face became real..real with the lines of a human face..real and uncommon with a face of remarkable features. The man was convinced this face on the wall existed in real life.
A curious want to meet the man with the face grew in him. He went searching for the face. He wandered from one crowd of people to another-from Churches to Railway stations…Cinemas to shopping streets.
The tired man seemed about to give up the search when he saw the face in the crowd. He was in a social gathering… The lines on the face were exactly the same as the face on the wall. This man seemed to be a millionaire, he thought. He had to meet him. He followed the man with the face. He waited for his turn to speak to him. He waited for hours but just managed to ask for his business card.
He was shocked to read the name on the card. It said … Mr Ormond Wall, with an address in the USA.!!!!
He tried to find out more details about Mr Ormond Wall from various sources, but all in vain.
Time passed by. The face on the wall became a roomie for the man. But it remained a mystery to him that a patch on the wall of a house in London could resemble a face of man who lived in the USA!!
One fine morning the man woke up and saw that the face on the wall had faded. It was bright and clear the previous evening!! He got up confused.
As a routine he browsed the Daily. The headlines in the Newspaper said, Mr Ormond Wall, a millionaire from the USA had met with a Motor accident in Italy the previous night. His condition was critical.
The man was dumb-struck. He sat staring at the face on the wall… Suddenly it completely disappeared…
Later he found that at this same moment, Mr Ormond Wall had died of his injuries…
Next time you make imaginary designs of clouds and patches, you will remember this all time favorite by E.V.Lucas.
Q & A
What was the topic of discussion of the people gathered at Dabney’s?
Ans. The writer and some other guests were present at Dabney’s house. They were telling a story one by one about supernatural topics.
What did the people at Dabney’s ask the little man to do? What was his reply?
Ans. There was a little man with anxious face among the guests present at Dabney’s house. They asked the little man to narrate a story on the same topic as they were narrating. The man told them that he had a different story to tell. It would be based on truth.
What did the little man, the narrator of the story, find on the wall of his room?
Ans. The narrator, the little man told the people present there that there appeared human face-like features on one of the walls of his room. In the beginning the features were dim, but later on those became very clear.
Why and where did the narrator look for the man having the same face that had appeared on the wall of his room?
Ans. During the time of his illness, the face on the wall had a very strong grip on the narrator’s mind. So he went in search of the man having the similar face. He went to the crowded places like markets, political gatherings, to the playgrounds, railway stations, etc.
What did the little man, the narrator, ask the man he met outside the cabin in a ship? What happened after the narrator read the card?
Ans. The narrator had to wait for the rich man outside a cabin in a ship. After half an hour, as he came out, the narrator asked him for the card. He received it and read it in a corner. As he read it, the narrator fell down unconscious. When he came to sense, he was in a hospital.
What happened to the face on the wall when the narrator went back home?
Ans. Some time passed. The narrator reached his city and slept at night. But in the morning, he saw that the face on the wall had become dim. The next morning it disappeared from the wall.
How was the narrator affected by the image on the wall?
Ans. Our narrator was strongly impressed by the face, and his thoughts were filled with it. As the days passed and the narrator recovered from his illness, he became increasingly certain that there was definitely a man alive with an identical look. So, despite the fact that his attempts were futile, he began looking for him everywhere. The hunt drove him insane, to the point that he forgot about everything.
How did the author notice changes in the face on the wall during influenza?
Ans. The face on the wall looked and felt like the majority of those who take shape on damp and spotty walls. The author didn’t notice anything unusual at first, but after becoming ill with influenza, he noticed some unexpected and intriguing alterations. As the visage on the wall became more genuine and impressive, it gained a stronger grip on the storyteller. As he considered the features of the face, his thoughts were completely consumed by it.
How did the narrator’s face influence him, and how was he pushed to conduct a real search?
Ans. The narrator’s desire to find the man grew stronger as the face on the wall became more visible. He began looking for him everywhere; he went to locations where large crowds gathered, such as political rallies, sports games, and train stations. He went insane and forgot about everything else. During that time, he would search for him among a crowd of guys and never look at a woman.
What was the outcome of the narrator’s hunt for the man?
Ans. The narrator looked for the man in places where a large number of people would congregate at the same time, such as football games, political rallies, and train stations. He would always stare at people’s faces, trying to find even the tiniest resemblance; unfortunately, this behavior led the crowd to believe he was insane. Needless to say, it drove him insane, and he put everything else on hold until he discovered the man in a taxi on his way somewhere.
Why and where did the narrator go looking for the man who had the same face as the man who had appeared on his room’s wall?
Ans. During the narrator’s illness, the face on the wall had a powerful hold on his thoughts. As a result, he went in quest of the man with a similar look. He traveled to crowded areas like marketplaces, political rallies, playgrounds, and train stations, among other things.
After the narrator read the card, what happened?
Ans. The storyteller had to wait outside a ship cabin for the wealthy man. When he emerged after half an hour, the narrator requested for the card. He got it and sat in a corner to read it. The narrator passed out as he was reading it. He was in a hospital when he realized what was going on.
How did the narrator’s influenza assault bring him so near to the face on the wall?
Ans. There was nothing else for the tiny man to do while he was sick with influenza. He spent his time reading literature, meditating, or staring at the face patch on the wall. As a result, he developed a close bond with the face
“I felt it was now or never.” Is it now or never? explain.
Ans. The tiny man felt compelled to speak with the stranger and inquire about him. The tiny man was in a hurry since he had been following the strange man for quite some time and had run out of money to continue his pursuit.
What was the third point addressed by the author?
Ans. The author also stated that he made up the entire narrative in half an hour, implying that it was all a fraud intended to entertain a certain group of individuals. None of the events that occurred to the author were true; they were all part of his story to surprise those who were listening.
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