NCERT Class 11 English Elective The Luncheon

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Woven Words Short Stories Chapter 8 The Luncheon NCERT Book Class 11

The Luncheon

I caught sight of her at the play and, in answer to her beckoning, I went over during the interval and sat down beside her. It was long since I had last seen her and if someone had not mentioned her name I hardly think I would have recognised her. She addressed me brightly. ‘Well, it’s many years since we first met. How time does fly! We’re none of us getting any younger. Do you remember the first time I saw you? You asked me to luncheon.’

Did I remember?

It was twenty years ago and I was living in Paris. I had a tiny apartment in the Latin quarter overlooking a cemetery and I was earning barely enough money to keep the body and soul together. She had read a book of mine and had written to me about it. I answered, thanking her, and presently I received from her another letter saying that she was passing through Paris and would like to have a chat with me; but her time was limited and the only free moment she had was on the following Thursday; she was spending the morning at the Luxembourg and would I give her a little luncheon at Foyot’s afterwards? Foyot’s is a restaurant at which the French senators eat and it was so far beyond my means that I had never even thought of going there. But I was flattered and I was too young to have learned to say no to a woman. Few men, I may add, learn this until they are too old to make it of any consequence to a woman what they say. I had eighty francs (gold francs) to last me the rest of the month, and a modest luncheon should not cost more than fifteen. If I cut out coffee for the next two weeks I could manage well enough. I answered that I would meet my friend—by correspondence—at Foyot’s on Thursday at half-past twelve. She was not so young as I expected and in appearance imposing rather than attractive. She was, in fact, a woman of forty (a charming age, but not one that excites a sudden and devastating passion at first sight), and she gave me the impression of having more teeth, white and large and even, than were necessary for any practical purpose. She was talkative but since she seemed inclined to talk about me I was prepared to be an attentive listener. I was startled when the bill of fare was brought for the prices were a great deal higher than I had anticipated. But she reassured me.

UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT

1. Although the author was not a vindictive man he was very happy to see the twenty one stone lady who had impoverished him twenty years ago, and says he had finally had his revenge. What makes him says this?

2. There are quite a few places where the author uses the expressions ‘my heart sank’, ‘panic seized’ etc. What was the reason for this?

3. Locate instances of irony in the story.

TALKING ABOUT THE TEXT

Discuss in pairs or in small groups

1. People with foibles are often not conscious of them.

2. The author’s attempts at keeping up his pretence of friendliness while he was mentally preoccupied with the expense of the luncheon.


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Hornbill Chapter 01 The Portrait of a Lady
NCERT Class 11 English The Portrait of a Lady
Hornbill Chapter 02 Were Not Afraid to Die
NCERT Class 11 English Were Not Afraid to Die
Hornbill Chapter 03 Discovering Tut : the Saga Continues
NCERT Class 11 English Discovering Tut the Saga Continues
Hornbill Chapter 04 Landscape of the Soul
NCERT Class 11 English Landscape of the Soul
Hornbill Chapter 05 The Ailing Planet: the Green Movements Role
NCERT Class 11 English The Ailing Planet
Hornbill Chapter 06 The Browning Version
NCERT Class 11 English The Browning Version
Hornbill Chapter 07 The Adventure
NCERT Class 11 English The Adventure
Hornbill Chapter 08 Silk Road
NCERT Class 11 English Silk Road
Hornbill Writing Section Chapter 01 Note-making
NCERT Class 11 English Note making
Hornbill Writing Section Chapter 02 Summarising
NCERT Class 11 English Summarising
Hornbill Writing Section Chapter 03 Sub-titling
NCERT Class 11 English Sub titling
Hornbill Writing Section Chapter 04 Essay-writing
NCERT Class 11 English Essay writing
Hornbill Writing Section Chapter 05 Letter-writing
NCERT Class 11 English Letter writing
Hornbill Writing Section Chapter 06 Creative Writing
NCERT Class 11 English Creative Writing
Snapshots Chapter 01 The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
NCERT Class 11 English The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
Snapshots Chapter 02 The Address
NCERT Class 11 English The Address
Snapshots Chapter 03 Rangas Marriage
NCERT Class 11 English Rangas Marriage
Snapshots Chapter 04 Albert Einstein at School
NCERT Class 11 English Albert Einstein at School
Snapshots Chapter 05 Mothers Day
NCERT Class 11 English Mothers Day
Snapshots Chapter 06 The Ghat of the Only World
NCERT Class 11 English The Ghat of the Only World
Snapshots Chapter 07 Birth
NCERT Class 11 English Birth
Snapshots Chapter 08 The Tale of Melon City
NCERT Class 11 English The Tale of the Melon City
Woven Words Essays Chapter 01 My Watch
NCERT Class 11 English Elective My Watch
Woven Words Essays Chapter 02 My Three Passions
NCERT Class 11 English Elective My Three Passions
Woven Words Essays Chapter 03 Patterns of Creativity
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Patterns of Creativity
Woven Words Essays Chapter 04 Tribal Verse
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Tribal Verse
Woven Words Essays Chapter 05 What is a Good Book?
NCERT Class 11 English Elective What is a Good Book
Woven Words Essays Chapter 06 The Story
NCERT Class 11 English Elective The Story
Woven Words Essays Chapter 07 Bridges
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Bridges
Woven Words Poetry Chapter 01 The Peacock
NCERT Class 11 English Elective The Peacock
Woven Words Poetry Chapter 02 Let me Not to the Marriage of True Minds
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Let Me Not to the Marriage
Woven Words Poetry Chapter 03 Coming Philip Larkin
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Coming
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Haiku
Woven Words Poetry Chapter 04 Telephone Conversation
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Telephone Conversation
Woven Words Poetry Chapter 05 The World is too Much with Us
NCERT Class 11 English Elective The World is too Much with Us
Woven Words Poetry Chapter 06 Mother Tongue
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Mother Tongue
Woven Words Poetry Chapter 07 Hawk Roosting
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Hawk Roosting
Woven Words Poetry Chapter 09 Refugee Blues
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Refugee Blues
Woven Words Poetry Chapter 10 Felling of the Banyan Tree
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Felling of the Banyan Tree
Woven Words Poetry Chapter 11 Ode to a Nightingale
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Ode to a Nightingale
Woven Words Poetry Chapter 12 Ajamil and the Tigers
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Ajamil and the Tigers
Woven Words Short Stories Chapter 01 The Lament
NCERT Class 11 English Elective The Lament
Woven Words Short Stories Chapter 02 A Pair of Mustachios
NCERT Class 11 English Elective A Pair of Mustachios
Woven Words Short Stories Chapter 03 The Rocking-horse Winner
NCERT Class 11 English Elective The Rocking horse Winner
Woven Words Short Stories Chapter 04 The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
NCERT Class 11 English Elective The Adventure of the Three
Woven Words Short Stories Chapter 05 Pappachis Moth
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Pappachis Moth
Woven Words Short Stories Chapter 06 The Third and Final Continent
NCERT Class 11 English Elective The Third and Final Continent
Woven Words Short Stories Chapter 07 Glory at Twilight
NCERT Class 11 English Elective Glory at Twilight
Woven Words Short Stories Chapter 08 The Luncheon
NCERT Class 11 English Elective The Luncheon

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