Gaultier: I can’t very well be seen carrying an eel pie through the streets of Paris, can I?

Question

Read the following extracts carefully. write the answers to the questions given below them:

Gaultier: I can’t very well be seen carrying an eel pie through the streets of Paris, can I? … Do you think you could bring it along after me? 

(a) Where is Gaultier supposed to carry the pie?

(b) What does the passage tell you about his character?

(c) Who is he addressing?

Answer 1

(a) Gaultier is supposed to carry the pie to the house of the Mayor of Paris.

(b) It tells us that Gaultier is very conscious of his position and importance, and thinks too high of himself.

(c) He is speaking to his wife, Marion.