She lived alone, as told by her neighbour and the nurse said that no member of her family has ever visited her to date.Īns: The author was guilty that he opened the letter inside the drawer and read it. His wife never received any more letters from him after that. Hence it was likely that he didn't come back from the war. Do you think Jim Macpherson came back from the war? How do you know this?Īns: The sellotaped note paper was the last that was written by Jim last letter. Thomas Hardy was his favourite writer and from his novels, he learned a lot about England.ħ. Had Hans Wolf even been to Dorset? Why did he say he knew it?Īns: No, Hans never went to Dorset and had learned all about England from the school and reading books in English. Both were not soldiers and their normal life.Ħ. What jobs did Hans Wolf and Jim Macpherson have when they were not soldiers?Īns: Hans Wolf played the cello in the orchestra at Dusseldorf while Jim was a school teacher in the West of England. They even played a brief football match together.ĥ. Right in the middle of the war the soldiers were making peace and celebrating Christmas together. Germans and British were engaged in the war but on Christmas, they met in the no man's land. Why was the letter written? What was the wonderful thing that had happened?Īns: Jim wanted to narrate a beautiful incident that happened on Christmas. Who had written the letter, to whom, and when?Īns: The letter was written to the wife, Connie Macpherson on December 26, 1914, by Jim who had gone to fight the war against the Germans.Ĥ. Mrs Macpherson, Jim’s wife, would have put it there.ģ. The letter was sent by Jim, the husband, to his wife when he was on duty. It was received on 25 January 1915 and was meant to be buried with his wife, when the time comes. There was a piece of lined note paper with sellotape on the top. What did he find in a secret drawer? Who do you think had put it in there?Īns: There was a small tin box, found in the secret door of the roll-top desk. The top was broken into several pieces and there were scratch marks on one side.Ģ. It was in a bad condition and was made from oak wood. What did the author find in a junk shop?Īns: A roll-top desk that belonged to the 19th century, was found by the author in the junk shop.

Ancient desk with secret compartments