Question

The only drawback was that his very ‘perfection’ had made necessary a series of evasions and even deliberate falsehoods on the part of herself and her husband, highly distasteful to both.
(а) Whose ‘perfection’ does the extract point out ?
(b) How was ‘he’ perfect ?
(c) What does ‘evasion’ mean ?

Answer 1

(а) It points out the perfection of Harold, the Bramble’s son.
(b) He was perfect in studies and behaviour. Everyone admired him as an unusual child.
(c) ‘The act of avoiding.”