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What does he say about the different reactions of people when they are robbed?

Hari said that in his short career as a thief he had seen different people react differently on their losses. A greedy man’s face showed fear, a rich man would get angry and a poor man would show mere acceptance.


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What does he get from Anil in return for his work?

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How does the thief think Anil will react to the theft?

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Does Anil realise that he has been robbed?

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What are Hari Singh’s reactions to the prospect of receiving an education? Do they change over time? (Hint: Compare, for example, the thought: “I knew that once I could write like an educated man there would be no limit to what I could achieve.” With these later thoughts: “Whole sentences, I knew, could one day bring me more than a few hundred rupees. It was a simple matter to steal – and sometimes just as simple to be caught. But to be a really big man, a clever and respected man, was something else.”) What makes him return to Anil?