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MAHESH TUTORIALS I.C.S.E.

ICSE X Marks : 80
SUBJECT : ENGLISH (PAPER 2)

Exam No. : MT/ICSE/PRELIM - I-SET A-005 Time : 2 hrs.

Model Answer Paper

SECTION A - DRAMA
A.1.
(i) Bassanio is on a street in Venice. He is speaking to Gratiano. In the
extract, Bassanio is asking Gratiano to make an effort to curb his
boisterous spirit with a little decorum, because Bassani° was eager to
make a good impression in Belmont where he was headed for. He was
hoping to woo Portia, and was apprehensive that Gratiano might create a
wrong impression by his reckless conduct. He was worried that he might
be rejected by Portia, if she disapproved of Gratiano's behaviour. [3]

(ii) Gratiano requested Bassani to be allowed to accompany him to Belmont.

He told Bassanio that he would put on a sober habit, talk with respect.
He would swear but occasionally, and carry a prayer book with him
everywhere he went, to create the impression that he was very devout.
He would look serious when grace was being said, cover his head with a
hat, sigh and say 'Amen' and use all outward aspects of good behaviour
like a person keen to impress his grandmother. [3]

(iii) Bassanio declared that Gratiano was too wild, too rude and bold of voice,
characteristics that were welcome by people who knew him, but would
be considered too liberal where people were not familiar with him. In the
opening scene, Bassanio told Antonio that Gratiano spoke an infinite
deal of nothing, grains of wheat hidden in two bushels more than any
man in Venice. His reasons were like two of chaff: an entire day's effort
would be wasted in searching for them., and it they, were found they
would not be worth the search. [3]

(iv) Bassanio has planned to go to Belmont to woo the beautiful heriress

Portia. He believed he had a good chance of winning Portia because he
had received fair speechless messages from her eyes when he had visited
Belmont earlier in the company of The Marquis of Montferrat. At present,
in Belmont, the Prince of Morocco has arrived to try his fortune at winning
Portia. He has declared his readiness to prove his love for Portia. Portia
has acquainted him with the rules of the lottery of the caskets. [3]

(v) Launcelot, who was Shylock’s servant, had approached Bassanio with
the request that he wanted to serve him. Launcelot claimed to be
famished in Shylock’s service and felt Bassanio treated his servants
better and gave rare new liveries.
Bassanio granted his request after asking him if he was sure he wanted
to leave the service of the rich Jew. To this Launcelot aptly replied that
Bassanio had the grace of God, whereas Shylock had enough. This is a
derivation of the old proverb - ‘The grace of God is gear enough. ‘ This
was certainly a lavish compliment to Bassanio, who then instructed his
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servants to give Launcelot a livery more decorated than the others.

Bassanio was indeed a generous person, and was inclined to be charitable
and generous to a fault. In fact he was in dire financial straits as a
result of his generous, and extravagant lifestyle. [4]

A.2.
(i) Portia and Bassanio are in a room in Portia’s house where the three
caskets are kept for choice by Portia’s suitors. Bassanio has just chosen
the lead casket, which is the right casket, in which he finds Portia’s
portrait.
The inscription on the lead casket was, “Who chooseth me must give and
hazard all he hath.” [3]

(ii) Praising Portia’s portrait, Bassanio says that a divine person must have
painted it to made it appear so alive. The eyes seem to be moving. While
painting her attractive eyes, the artist would have lost his eyesight in
painting one eye so that he would not have been able to paint the second
eye. The artist in painting her hair has created a golden web to capture
the hearts of men. Her servered lips seem to be separated by sweet
breath. Bassanio continues to say that yet, her portrait falls short of
Portia herself. [3]

(iii) The sad news for Bassanio is the one from Antonio, brought by Salerio,
that Antonio’s ships have been lost, his bond to Shylock has been forfeited
and while paying the penalty it is impossible that Antonio would live.
Portia asks Bassanio to first go to church and get married to her and
then take the required amount of money to pay Shylock and set out for
Venice to save Antonio. [3]

(iv) Balthazar is Portia’s trusted servant. Portia asks Balthazar to take her
letter and speed to Padua, hand over the letter to her cousin, Doctor
Bellario, take the notes and garments he gives and with all imagined
speed go to the common ferry in Venice where she would meet him. [3]

(v) Portia plans to go to Venice to save Antonio from his enemy Shylock. We
find that both Portio and Antonio are compassionate and their generosity
is boundless. Both are loyal to their friends.
In this scene we find Portia as a woman of strong will and intelligence.
She is extremely resourceful. This is evident from the strategy she
plans and successfully executes, by disguising herself as lawyer and
saving Antonio. [4]

A.3.
(i) Portia, the rich heiress of Belmont, who is disguised as Balthazar, the
learned doctor of law, is the speaker.
If Shylock continues to demand the forfeiture of the bond, the court of
Venice will be bound to give the sentence against Antonio, who will die if
the execution of the bond is carried out. Therefore the speaker appeals
to the Jew for mercy.
The Duke of Venice had earlier appealed for mercy. [3]

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(ii) The three qualities of mercy are -Mercy
drops of rain from heaven. It is twice
shows mercy and the one who received
mightyand is a nobler quality in a king
holds.
is not forced, it drops gently like
blessed, it blesses the one who
mercy. It is the mightiest of the
than the crown and sceptre he
[3]

(iii) Mercy is far above this world that is ruled by kings. Shylock says that he
is responsbile for his actions. He exclaims - My deeds upon my head! He
craves the law, the penalty and forfeiture of his bond. He insists on
having the pound of flesh from Antonio’s body that is allowed by law
because of the breach of agreement. [3]

(iv) Bassanio is ready to pay twice the amount or ten times over. If he failed
to pay ten times, he would forfeit his hands, head and heart. He requests
Portia to twist the law once to do great justice and do a little wrong to
Shylock.
In reply Portia tells him that there is no power in Venice that can alter
the law. It will be taken as a precedent and many errors may creep into
the affairs of the state. Moreover, Portia knows that there would be no
need to pay Shylock any money, therefore she snubs Bassanio who is too
eager to pay Shylock any amount of money. [3]

(v) Shylock seems calm and inflexible in this scene. Shylock is calm because
he has the best argument in his answers when the Duke appeals to him
to show mercy on Antonio. He calmly says he has sworn by the holy
Sabbath to take the penatly. He doesn’t give any reason why he wants
the pound of flesh.
Shylock is inflexible as he remains adamant in spite of several appeals
from Bassanio, the Duke and Portia. Nothing can prevent him from his
purpose. [4]
The Mousetrap: Agatha Christie
A.4.
(i) Everybody is in Monkswell Manor. Georgie is a young man who claimed
he was Sergeant Trotter. Georgie is Miss Casewell's brother. They had
been separated white they were children [3]

(ii) Miss Casewell reminds Georgie of a fat old pig, and of the day a bull
chased them across the field. She spoke of two dogs called Spot and
Plain. [3]

(iii) Earlier, Sergeant Trotter had been asking Miss Casewell questions about
her identity and details of her life when she revealed that she had left.
England when she was thirteen years old man and that she was now
twenty-four years old. When she says her name is Katherine, he recognize
her as his sister, Kathy. Miss Casewell notices Sergeant Trotter twirling
his hair with his right hand while questioning her. She recognizes him
as her long lost brother, Georgie. [3]

(iv) Georgie, as well as his brother and sister, were brought before court in
need of care and protection. They were entrusted to the care of Mr. and
Mrs. Stanning at Longridge Farm where they were victims of criminal
neglect and persistent ill-treatment. Jimmy, one of the children died as

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a result. The girl was adopted by someone and the boy grew up and
joined the army but deserted it. According to the Army psychologist, he
was definitely schizophrenic. [3]

(v) Mollie Ralston was in grave danger a short while ago. She was a teacher
to whom he had written, seeking help, while he and his brother and
sister were being abused at Longridge Fram. Mollie had fallen ill and
didn’t read his letter. By the time she actually read his letter, Jimmy
had died. His brother, George, bore a grudge and vowed to take revenge.
Years later he came to Monkswell Monor under the guise of Sergeant
Trotter investigating a murder and confronted Mollie with a revolver and
then approached her with the intention of strangling her.
Miss Casewll begins speaking to Georgie gently, deflecting his attention,
and leads him away. [4]

A.5.
(i) Mrs. Boyle was a guest at Monkswell Manor. Earlier, she had been a
magistrate, sitting on the Bench, and was responsible for sending the
Corrigan children to Longridge farm. Mrs. Boyle now complained about
the difficulty of getting a taxi and the fact that the Ralstons had not sent
anybody to receive them at the station and bring them to Monkswell
Manor. She declared that the drive should have been cleared of snow, for
the taxi had inconveniently stopped near the gate, because of the risk. [3]

(ii) Mollie backed away and said that there had to be a beginning for everything.
Mrs. Boyle's assessment of Mollie's inexperience is true to a certain
extent because Mollie and Giles had not taken any payment from the
guests in advance yet. Mollie felt that they could retain the luggage if
any payment was due, notwithstanding the fact that the luggage might
be worthless. They took in the guests based on the addresses they had
written from which could easily have been wrong. [3]

(iii) Mrs. Boyle stated again that Mollie was inexperienced. She looked around
and said that the house looked old and hoped that they hadn't got dry rot
in the house. When Mollie denied it, she said that a lot of people didn't
know they had dry rot until it was too late to do anything about it. When
Mollie said that the house was in perfect condition, Mrs. Boyle said that
it could do with a coat of paint, and that there was worm in the oak. [3]

(iv) Mollie had initially thought of putting Mrs. Boyle in the Front Fourposter
Room. Mr. Wren was to be in the Oak Room. Mr. Wren, who arrived first,
was quite enthusiastic about the furniture at Monkswell Manor and liked
the fourposter in the Fourposter Room so much that Mollie put him up in
it. That was why Mrs. Boyle was put up in the Oak Room. [3]

(v) Mrs. Boyle was strangled to death. She was killed because she was the
magistrate on the Bench who was responsible for sending the Corrigan
children to Longridge Farm where they were subjected to ill-treatment
and neglect by the Stannings. One of the children, Jimmy died
consequently. His brother George was mentally affected by the trauma
and vowed to kill the people responsible for their plight. The Stannings
were imprisoned, and the farmer died in prison. His wife was released.
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George, by now, had grown up and deserted the Army. He was diagnosed
as afflicted with Schizophrenia. He first killed Mrs. Stanning, the wife of
the farmer at Longridge Farm. He then strangled Mrs. Boyle, who was
responsible for sending them to Longridge Farm. [4]

A.6.
(i) Trotter introduces himself as Detective Sergeant Trotter. He is a cheerful,
commonplace young man with a slight cockney accent. Though the snow
drifts were five feet deep, he managed to come there on skis. Mollie had
just announced that the police had rung up to tell a sergeant was coming
there. [3]

(ii) Paravicini, an unexpected guest who was there, saying his car was turned
in a snowdrift, was taken aback by the announcement. He seems to be a
disreputable character, who would not welcome the presence of a
policeman at the house. The other person who showed surprise was
Major Metcalf. After the Culver Street incident Major Metcalf himself, in
disguise, was planted at Monkswell Manor, to prevent any untoward event
from occurring. So, he was puzzled as to why another policeman should
be sent there. [3]

(iii) Mrs. Maureen Lyon was murdered at twenty-four Culver Street,

Paddington. The police were anxious to interview a man seen in the
vicinity, wearing a dark overcoat, light scarf, and a soil felt hat. Trotter
repeated the description of this man saying - Medium height,
indeterminate build, darkish overcoat, soft felt hat, face hidden by a
muffler. He remarked that there were three darkish overcoats hanging
up in the hall now, and one of them was Mr. Ralston's. He also said that
there were three lightish felt hats. [3]

(iv) Trotter said that he was there to provide police protection, in connection
to the death of Mrs. Maureen Lyon. He asked Mollie and Giles if they
knew her. Since Monkswell Manor was mentioned in a notebook found at
the scene of Mrs. Lyon's murder, Sergeant Trotter said Superintendent
Hogben, on receiving this information, thought it important to send Trotter
to come there and find out the connection. [3]

(v) Giles picks up Mollie's glove from the armchair. He finds a London bus
ticket in it, and is astonished. He looks from the ticket to Mollie, and
then to the ticket. He frowns at the bus ticket and then goes upstairs, in
a daze, to get the extension for Trotter. Trotter jumps out of the window
and disappears.
Mrs Boyle enters the room and turns on the radio. She finds that a
music programme is on air and tunes in to a different programme. The
voice on the radio talks about the mechanics of fear, and the effect
produced on the human mind. It goes on to describe a hypothetical
situation. [4]

SECTION B - POETRY
A.7.
(i) The poet often spends his leisure time alone, lost in thought. If he is in
a melancholic mood the image of the daffodils sparks off in his mind,

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inspires his imagination and brings great joy to him. This is the happiness
that is an outcome of being alone and lost in his thoughts. The line ‘I
wandered lonely as a cloud’, from the first stanza, tells us that he prefers
his own company and likes solitude. [3]

(ii) The mind’s eye, the seat of all imagination and creativity, is expressed
beautifully in the metaphor - the ‘inward eye’. The beautiful captivating
sight of the golden daffodils flashes in the poet’s mind. The results in
his heart filling with pleasure and dancing with the daffodils. [3]

(iii) The daffodils are personified in various ways. They are referred to as a
‘crowd’ and a ‘host’ of golden daffodils. They are seen ‘fluttering and
dancing in the breeze’. They were ‘tossing their heads in sprightly dance’,
they also ‘ outdid the sparkling waves in glee’. [3]

(iv) The poet saw a crowd of daffodils beneath the tree, beside the lake,
fluttering and dancing in the breeze. They were continuous as the stars
that shine and stretched in a never-ending line, along the margin of the
bay. They were so numerous that the poet exaggerates saying he saw
ten thousand at a glance. They tossed their heads in sprightly dance.
They outdid the sparkling waves in glee. [3]

(v) The poet felt very happy in such a bright and jolly company of the cheerful
daffodils. He gazed and gazed the daffodils for a long time, but did not
realize the extent of the wealth the show brought to him. Later when he
was sad, lonely and melancholic, the memory of the sight of the daffodils,
enjoyed by him. uplifted his flagging spiriits.
The poet seems to say that nature is the ultimate source of inspiration.
His poetry is an expression of overflowing emotion. Nature is a great
source of aesthetic and spiritual. The beautiful poem is a rich tribute to
nature, especially the beautiful daffodils. [4]

A.8.
(i) The speker was welcomed with roses and myrtle being showered on him
in his path. The house-roofs were crowded with people who had gathered
to welcome him. Bright flags decorated the church spires. It was very
festive. [3]

(ii) Roses symbolize the love and affection of the people for the speaker.
“Roses all the way” is a metaphor that symbolizes the complete adoration
and appreciation showered on the speaker by the crowd of people. ‘The
church-spires flamed’ is another metaphor that depicts how bright the
decorations were.
The house-roof are personified as they seem to be overwhelmed by the
crowd gathered there.
‘The house-rooof seemed to heave and sway.’
‘Myrtle mixed in my path like mad’ is an example of alliteration because
there is the close repetition of the consonant ‘m’ at the beginning of the
words - myrtle, mixed, my mad. [3]

(iii) The speaker adds that the air broke into a mist with bells and the old
walls rocked with the crowd and cries. He says that if he had said that
mere noise reples, and had asked them to ‘give me your sun from yonder
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skies’ they would have readily agreed and answered, ‘And afterward,
what else?’ They would literally bring the sun to him and ask him if
there was anything else he wanted. [3]

(iv) The speaker observes that on the same path, a year later there’s nobody
on the house-tops now, just a palsied few at the windows set. Most of
the people have assembled at the gallows, by the foot of the scaffold. [3]

(v) A year ago ‘it was roses, roses, all the way’, with myrtle mixed in his path
like mad. And now people fling, stones at him for the year’s misdeeds.
A year ago, the house-roofs seemed to heave and sway with all the people
gathered to see him move in a grand procession and adore him; now, in
contrast, there is nobody on the house-tops, except for a palsied few at
the windows.
It was bright and sunny that day, a year ago, and now he goes in the
rain.
Just a year ago he was shown great adulation, now he is bound, injured
and bleeding, an object of hatred and derision.
This contrast depicts that the public is very fickle and life shows great
reversal in fortune in very short span of time of a year. [4]

A.9
(i) Abou Ben Adhem is the story of Ibrahim ibn Adham. He was also called
Ibrahim Balki, and was one of the most prominent Sufi saints, of the
eighth century. He had been a king, but renounced the throne and chose
the life of an ascetic. He advocated stillness and meditation for asceticism.
The words within the brackets mean that there should be more saintly
people like him, who renounce the world and walk away from riches in
search of spirituality, treading the path of righteousness. [3]

(ii) The literary devices in the extract are Alliteration and Simile. The
example for alliteration is `deep dream'. The simile is 'Making it rich,
and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold'. The presence
of the angle in the room brightened it like a white lily in full bloom. [3]

(iii) The angel writing in a book of gold brightens the moonlit room further,
making it rich like a lily in bloom. On the second night, the angel
comes back with a great wakening light.
Abou Ben Adhem is asleep, and wakes from his deep dream of peace.
The special effects in his room suggest a heavenly supernatural
experience. The angel writing in a book of gold, the vision raising its
head and looking at him with 'sweet accord', suggest a divine presence. [3]

(iv) Exceeding peace made Ben Adhem bold enough to question the angel,
referred to as the `presence in the room', as to what was being written.
'The vision raised its head, and with a look made of all sweet accord,
answered Ben Adhem courteously.' This tells us that the angel is
benevolent. [3]

(v) Ben Adhem boldly asked the presence in the room, "What writest thou?"
The vision raised its head, and with a look made of all sweet accord,
answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."
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"And is mine one?" said Abou. The angel replied in the negative.
Abou, disappointed, spoke more low, but cheerfully still. He said, "I pray
thee, then, Write me as one that loves his fellow men." The angel wrote,
and vanished.
The next night the angel came again with a great wakening light,
And showed the names whom love of God had blest,
And lo!A marvellous thing was revealed and Ben Adhem's name led all
the rest.
This poem conveys the beautiful truth that God blesses those who love
their fellow beings. [4]
SECTION C - PROSE
A.10
(i) The young man is in one of the coaches of the eastbound B. & M. Express.
He got in at Denver. Miss Fairchild was a very pretty young woman dressed
in elegant taste and surrounded by all the luxurious comforts of an
experienced traveller; the other a ruffled, glum-faced person, heavily
built and roughly dressed. The two were handcuffed together. [3]

(ii) This young man was of handsome presence with a bold, frank countenance
and manner. Miss Fairchild recognized him blushed, smiled and said
that if Mr. Easton, would make her speak to him first, she would. She
asked him if he didn’t ever recognize old friends when he met them in
the West. [3]

(iii) Mr. Easton’s right hand was bound at the wrist by a shining “bracelet” to
the left hand of his companion. The glad look in Miss Fairchild’s eyes
slowly changed to a bewildered horror. The glow faded from her cheeks.
Her lips parted in a vague, relaxing distress. [3]

(iv) The young man’s companion was a ruffled, glum-faced person, heavily
built and roughly dressed. The glum-faced man who had been watching
the girl’s countenance with veiled glances from his keen, shrewd eyes,
said that the young man was a Marshall there. He requested her to ask
him to speak a word for him, when they got to the pen, for if he put in a
word, it would make things easier for him there. He said that Mr. Easton
was taking him to Leavenworth prison. He had to serve seven years for
counterfeiting. [3]

(v) Easton said that he had to do something, for money has a a way of taking
wings into itself, it took money to keep step with their crowd in Washington.
He saw this opening in the West, and decided to take it up.
The glum-faced man then said that he needed a drink and wanted to
have a smoke and Easton took him away to the smoker.
The two passengers in a seat nearby had heard most of the conversation.
One of them appreciated the Marshall, saying he was a good sort of chap.
The other man said that he was pretty young to hold an office like that.
The first speaker was surprised to hear the Marshal being described as
young and realized that the other hadn’t caught on.
All Marshals handcuff themselves to their prisoners to keep them from
getting away. But they handcuffed a prisoner to their left hand. The
right hand of the prisoner was cuffed to the left hand of the Marshal.
So, the reality was that Mr. Easton was the prisoner and the glum- faced
man was the Marshall. [4]
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A.11
(i) In the summer of 1936, the Olympic Games were being held in Berlin.
Adolf Hitler had insisted that his performers were members of a “master
race,” and nationalistic feelings were at an all-time high. Owens wasn’t
too worried about all this. He had trained, sweated and disciplined himself
for six years, with the Games in mind. He was confident about taking
home one or two of those gold medals. He had his eye especially on the
running broad jump. A year before, as a sophomore at Ohio State
University, Owens set the world’s record of 26 feet 8-1/4 inches. Everyone
thought he would win that Olympic event hands down. [3]

(ii) Owens was in for a surprise. When the time came for the board-jump
trials, he was startle to see a tall boy hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on
his practice leaps. He turned out to be a German named Luz Long. Owens
was told that Hitler had kept him under wraps, evident hoping to win the
jump with him. Owens guessed that if Luz Long won, it would add some
new support to the Nazis’ Aryan-superiority theory. A little hot under the
collar about Hitler ways, Owens was determined to go out there and
really show Der Fuhrer and his master who was superior and who wasn’t.[3]

(iii) An angry athlete is an athlete who will make mistake. Owens was no
exception. On the first of his three qualifying jumps, He leaped from
several inches beyound the take-off board for a foul. On the second jump,
he fouled even worse. “Did I come 3000 miles for this?” he thought bitterly.
“To foul out of the trials and make a fool of myself?” He was utterly
dejected and kicked disgustedly at the dirt. Suddenly, he felt a hand on
his shoulder and turned to look into the friendly blue eyes of the tall,
German broad jumper, who had easily qualified for the finals on his first
attempt. He offered him a handshake and introduced himself. He
observed that something was troubling him. They had a comfortable
conversation and Luz Long seemed to understand what was troubling
Jesse Owens. He didn’t believe in the Aryan-supremacy business any
more than Jesse did. [3]

(iv) After Luz Long sensed Owens had calmed down, he pointed to the take-
off board. He asked Owens to draw a line in the back of the board and
take off from there. He would be able to jump far enough to qualify and
he would not foul. He could save his efforts for the actual even, the
position at the trials did not count. Jesse Owens did as was suggested
and qualified with almost a foot to spare. If Luz Long had not given
Owens a pep talk, he would probably not have qualifed.
That night Owens walked over to Luz Long’s room in the Olympic village
to thank him. They sat in the quarters and talked for two hours, about
track and field, the world situation, their lives and a dozen other things.
When he got up to leave, they knew that a real friendship had been
formed. They would compete on the field but they wished each would do
his best and wished each other well. [3]

(v) Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games, probably

had Luz Long in mind when he said, “The most important thing in the
Olympic Games is not winning but taking part. The essential thing in life
is not conquening but fighting well.” Long truly epitomized through his
behavioer with Jess Owens. [4]
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A.12
(i) Chief Seattle says that the ashes of their ancestors are considered to be
sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground. The White Man wanders
far from the graves of their ancestors and seemingly without regret. The
religion of the White Man is written upon tablets of stone by the iron
finger of the God of the White Man so that they cannot forget. The Red
Man can never comprehend or remember it, for their religion is the
traditions of their ancestors -- the dreams of their old men, given them
in solemn hours of the night by the Great Spirit; and the visions of their
sachems, and is written in the hearts of their people.
The dead of the White Man cease to love them and the land of their
nativity as soon as they pass the portals of the tomb and wander away
beyond the stars. They are soon forgotten and never return. Chief Seattle
says, in contrast, that the dead of the Red Man never forget this beautiful
world that gave them being. They ever yearn in tender fond affection
over the lonely hearted living, and often return from the happy hunting
ground to visit, guide, console, and comfort their people. [4]

(ii) In his words, 'Your God is not our God!' Chief Seattle and his people
believe that the God of the White Man loves only them and hates the Red
Man. The God of the White Man protects the 'paleface' and leads them by
the hand as a father leads an infant son. But, He has forsaken His Red
children, if they really are His. Chief Seattle says that their own God,
the Great Spirit, seems also to have forsaken them. The God of the
White Man makes His people become stronger every day, while the Red
Man's tribe continues to dwindle. The White Man's God cannot love the
Red Man's tribe or He would protect them. They seem to be orphans who
can look now where for help. Chief Seattle questions - How then can
they be brothers? How can the God of the white Man become their God
God Man's tribe of the e White Man become their God and renew their
prosperity and awaken in the Red Man's tribe dreams of returning
greatness?He continues to say if they had a common Heavenly Father,
He must be partial, for He comes to the rescue of only His paleface
children and that Chief Seattle's men never saw Him. He gave the white
Man laws but has no word for His Red Children. Chief Seattle firmly
concludes that they are two distinct races with separate origins and
separate destinies. There is little in common between them. [4]

(iii) Chief Seattle says that they would ponder on the proposition and when
they decide they would let the White Chief know.
But he makes, here and now, the condition that they will not be denied
the privilege, without molestation, of visiting at any time the tombs of
their ancestors, friends, and children. He declares that every part of
this soil is sacred in the estimation of his people. Every hillside, every
valley, every plain and grove, has been hallowed by some sad or happy
event in days long vanished. Even the rocks, which seem to be dumb and
dead as they swelter in the sun along the silent shore, thrill with
memories of stirring events connected with the lives of his people, and
the very dust upon which they now stand responds more lovingly to their
footsteps than those of the White Man, because it is rich with the blood
of the ancestors of the Red Man, and their bare feet are conscious of the
sympathetic touch.

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The departed braves of the Red man, fond mothers, glad, happy hearted
maidens, and even the little children who lived here and rejoiced here
for a brief season, love these somber solitudes and at eventide they greet
shadowy returning spirits. And after the last Red Man perishes, and the
memory of his tribe has become a myth among the White Men, these
shores will swarm with the invisible dead of his tribe, and when the
future generations of the white man think themselves alone in the field,
the store, the shop, upon the highway, or in the silence of the pathless
woods, they will not be alone. In all the earth there is no place dedicated
to solitude. At night when the streets of the cities and villages are silent
and deserted, they will throng with the returning hosts that once filled
them and still love this beautiful land. In this way the White Man will
never be alone. Chief Seattle concludes saying that the dead are not
powerless. There is no death, only a change of worlds. [8]

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