10th English
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10th English
Way to success
Prose
Prose – 1
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE
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Pre-reading Activity:
Have You Mistaken a teacher or your friend
for someone else, while looking at them from a
distance? 'Appearances are deceptive'. Can you
judge a person by his mere appearance? Here is a
story
which
describes
the
unexpected
consequences of mistaking a person for someone
else.
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Hughie was wonderfully good looking with
his crisp brown hair, his clear cut profile and his
grey eyes. He was as popular with men as he was
with women, and he had every accomplishment
except that of making money. He had tried
everything. But he became nothing, a delightful,
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Hughie wanted to marry Laura Merton, the
daughter of a retired Colonel. The Colonel was
very fond of Hughie but would not hear of any
engagement. 'Come to me my boy, when you
have got ten thousand pounds of your own and we
will see about it," he said. Hughie looked very
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One morning as he was on his way to
Holland Park, he dropped in to see a great friend
of his, Alan Trevor. Trevor was a painter. He was
a strange rough fellow with a freckled face and a
red ragged beard. When he took up the brush, he
was a real master and his pictures were eagerly
sought after.
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When Hughie came in, he found Trevor
painting the finishing touches to a wonderful life
size picture of a beggar man. The beggar himself
was standing on a platform in a corner of the
studio. He was a wizened old man with a face
like wrinkled parchment and a most piteous
expression. Over his shoulders was flung a coarse
brown cloak, all tears and tatters; his thick boots
were patched and cobbled and with one hand he
leant on a rough stick while with the other he held
out his battered hat for alms.
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“What an amazing model!" whispered
Hughie, as he shook hands with his friend.
“An amazing model?" shouted Trevor at the
top of his voice. 'I should think so! Such beggars
as he are not to be met with every day."
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“Poor old chap!" said Hughie, 'how miserable
he looks! But I suppose to you painters, his face is
his fortune?"
“Certainly you don't want a beggar to look
happy, do you?"
“How much does a model get for sitting?"
asked Hughie.
“A shilling an hour."
"And how much do you get for your picture,
Alan?"
“Oh! For this I get two thousand pounds."
After sometime, the servant came in and told
Trevor that the frame maker wanted to speak to
him. "Don't run away Hughie" he said, as he went
out, 'I'll be back in a moment". The old beggar
took advantage of Trevor’s absence to rest for a
moment on a wooden bench. He looked so
forlorn that Hughie could not help pitying him.
All he could find was a sovereign and some
coppers. "Poor old fellow", he told himself and
slipped the sovereign into the beggar’s hand. The
old man said, "Thank you sir". Then Trevor
arrived and Hughie took his leave.
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The next day when Hughie visited Trevor, he
was surprised to hear that the model kept asking
Trevor for all details about him. Trevor informed
Hughie that he had clearly explained Hughie's
condition to the old model. “What! You told that
old beggar all my private affairs?" cried Hughie
looking very red and angry. 'My dear boy", said
Trevor smiling, '"that old beggar as you call him
is one of the richest men in Europe. He is Baron
Hausberg. He is a great friend of mine".
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"Good Heavens! I gave him a sovereign!" and
he sank into an armchair. "Gave him a
sovereign!" shouted Trevor and he burst into a
roar of laughter.
"What will he think of me?" said Hughie. 'Oh,
my God! I could not make out why he was so
interested to know all about you; but I see it all
now. He will invest your sovereign for you,
Hughie, pay you the interest every six months and
have a capital story to tell after dinner,"
commented Trevor.
The next morning as he was at breakfast, the
servant brought him a card on which was written
Baron Hausberg and Hughie told the servant to
show the visitor up. An old gentleman came into
the room. "I have come from Baron Hausberg",
he continued. "I beg sir, that you will offer him
my apologies," stammered Hughie.
"The Baron", said the old gentleman with a
smile, "has commissioned me to bring you this
letter", and he extended a sealed envelope, on
which was written "A wedding present to Hugh
Erskine - Hughie and Laura - from an 'old
beggar"' and inside was a cheque for ten thousand
pounds.
"Millionaire models" remarked Alan, "are rare
enough, but by Joe! Model Millionaires are rarer
still!"
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profile
popular *
accomplishments *
mastered*
ineffectual
glum
freckled
ragged
wizened
parchment
piteous
coarse
alms
forlorn
commissioned
amazing
battered
extended
patched
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Synonym
shape, out line
famous, well-known
achievements, ability, skill
learnt
useless
dejected, displeased, sullen
mole
untidy
dried skin
a piece of paper
sad, sorrowful
rough cloth
offerings
forsaken, lonely
ordered
surprising
beaten out
offered
sewn up
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clear )oktquie*
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fortune )uvl<*
friend )f{<he<*
happy )lgqp<s<sq*
inside )dm<Hxl<*
master )w\lie<*
perfect )LPjlbie*
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enemy )wkqvq*
unhappy )Kbvl<*
outside )outqh<Hxl<*
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1st Round Important Questions:1. What was Hughie’s financial status? (June-2013, Sep-2013)
Hughie had no job. So his financial status was very poor.
2. What was the condition laid down by the Colonel to allow Hughie’s engagement to Laura?
(April-2013)
The Colonel asked Hughie to earn ten thousand pounds of his own to marry Laura. This was
the condition.
3. Why was Hughie upset? (April-2012, 2014, QY-2012)
Hughie was unable to fulfill the condition of the Colonel. So he was upset.
4. What made the old man look a typical beggar? (PTA-4, QY-2012, HY-2013)
The old man had a wizened face. He looked very miserable. His tattered cloak and patched
boots made him a typical beggar.
5. What was the beggar’s true identity? Why did Hughie mistake him to be a beggar?
(Model, June-2012)
The beggar model was Baron Hausberg. He was one of the richest men in Europe. The
beggar model had a wizened face. He looked very miserable. His tattered cloak and patched
boots made him a typical beggar. So Hughie mistook him as a real beggar.
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2nd Round Important Questions:6. Why is the model’s face, his fortune? (PTA-2, QY-2013, Oct-2012)
The beggar model had a wizened face. He looked very miserable. His face brings money for
both him and the painter. So, his face is his fortune.
7. What makes you feel Alan was a good painter? (PTA-3)
The author said that Alan’s pictures were eagerly sought after. It makes me feel that Alan
was a good painter.
8. Why did Hughie grow angry with Trevor? (HY-2013)
Trevor discussed Hughie’s personal affairs with the beggar model. So Hughie grew angry
with him.
9. Why did Hughie fear an adverse reaction from the Baron? (PTA-5)
Hughie mistook the Baron for a real beggar and gave him a sovereign. When he came to know
the truth, he feared an adverse reaction.
10. Why did Hughie wish to apologise to the Baron? (PTA-1)
Hughie had treated the Baron like a beggar. So, he wished to apologise to him.
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Other Questions:11. How many shillings make a pound?
20 shillings make a pound.
12. What was the Baron’s reaction to Hughie’s innocent act of awarding him a coin?
Baron thanked Hughie when he gave him a coin. Later, he sent Hughie a cheque for
ten thousand pounds as a wedding gift.
13. In our country models pose for advertisement. How much do you think they are paid?
Models are paid high. Celebrity models are paid in Lakhs.
14. Why did Trevor remark that such beggars as the model were not to be met with every day?
Though the Baron was a millionaire, he came forward to work as a beggar model. So, Trevor
remarked that such beggars as the model were not to be met with every day.
15. Why did Hughie grow offended at Trevor’s act of discussing his affairs with some one?
Hughie didn’t like his affairs to be discussed with someone. So, he grew offended.
16. Differentiate – Millionaire Model and Model Millionaire.
Model millionaires are very generous and kind. But Millionaire models aren’t so noble.
17. How would you justify the title of the story?
The title ‘The Model Millionaire’ refers to Baron Hausberg. He is really a Model Millionaire
with generosity. So the title is suitable one.
18. Attempt a character sketch of (a) Hughie (b) The Baron.
a) Hughie : Hughie is a poor handsome young man but kind. He never wants to share his affairs
with others.
b) The Baron : The Baron is generous and forgiving. He rewards Hughie who mistook him as a
beggar.
19. Think of different a way in which Hughie’s problem could have been solved.
Hughie might have joined a good job and earned ten thousand pounds. Thus, his problem could
have been solved.
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20. Imagine another possible reaction the Baron could have had on receiving alms from Hughie.
The Baron could have invested Hughie’s sovereign and paid him the interest.
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1. Who was Hughie? How had Hughie treated the model who posed for Trevor? (June, Oct-2012,
April-2013, QY-2013) What was the result of Hughie’s mistaking the Baron for a beggar?
(April-2012,2014, June2013, QY-2012) How does Baron Hausberg prove to be a ‘model
millionaire’? (PTA-2, Model-2012)
Lesson
: The Model Millionaire
Author
: Oscar Wilde
Theme
: Mistaken Identity
Characters : Hughie, Trevor, Beggar model
Outline
: About Hughie – love with Laura – condition of
the Colonel – visiting Trevor – appearance of
the beggar model – Hughie’s act – the reward
Hughie was a handsome young man. He had no job. So his financial status was very poor. He
wanted to marry Laura Merton. Her Colonel-father asked Hughie to earn ten thousand pounds of
his own to marry Laura. Hughie was unable to fulfill the condition of the Colonel. So he was upset.
Once, Hughie visited his friend Trevor’s studio. He saw a beggar model there. The old model
had a wizened face. He looked very miserable. His tattered cloak, patched and cobbled boots made
him a typical beggar. Hughie took pity and gave him a sovereign. Actually the beggar model was
Baron Hausberg, one of the richest men in Europe. After knowing the truth, Hughie felt very sorry
for his act. But the Baron sent a cheque for ten thousand pounds as a reward. Thus the charitable
act of Hughie was rewarded. Really the millionaire model was a model millionaire.
“Kindness is repaid with kindness.”
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