The bishop's candlesticks by Anshul for salwan public school FA (ASL)

1. The Bishop’s Candlesticks
A presentation by group -2
(from page 115-116)

2. PAGE 115
• The Bishop had already sold off his silver salt cellars to help Mere Gringoire
to pay her rent. Persome was very angry by his action.
• Bishop comes in and exclaims how warm was it in the house. And sees her
sister crying
• The Bishop promptly arrives and dispatches Marie to tend to her mother. The
Bishop also gives her the comforter to Marie to keep her out of cold.
• Persome shows anger at him giving the muffler.

3. PAGE 116
• Bishop explains to her how cold it was that night .
• Persome justifies that Marie’s mother was not ill. And the people try to
pretend to be ill to have the Bishop’s call on them
• Bishop answers all the questions put up by Persome
• Persome scolds him by saying that one day the Bishop will sell everything he
has and will have nothing left.
• The Bishop answers back by saying that there is very much suffering in the
world , and he can do very little.

4. Difficult Words
• Baiff - An officer of the court.
• Estate - land holding.
• Dot - Dowry
• Disgracefully - shameful
• Comforter - muffler
• Presently - soon
• Courtesy - respect

5. Difficult Words
• Hastened - hurried
• Dupe - a person who is easily deceived
• Pity - a unfortunate thing
• Minx - cunning
• Mend - fix
• Ridiculous – humorous