9 (i) : The "idea" the Man is talking about is the idea as to how to ensure that made so scared that she will not reveal his position to either the people in the house or to the Bulgarian people and soldiers who are after the Serb fugitives. He decides that the best idea is not to threaten Raina with being killed but by working on her sense of modesty that she will not wish to see strange and bloodthirsty men see her in her "undress" in only her night gown - he realises that Raina is most vulnerable in this way.
He calls the idea "good" because Raina may be patriotic enough to risk being shot and killed but she would surely fear seeing drunken and bloodthirsty men in the vulnerable position of being dressed only in her night gown.
(ii) : The man considers the cloak a better weapon than the revolver because Raina would surely feel more vulnerable in her being not suitably dressed to have strange, drunken and bloodthirsty men enter her room. It would probably work more effectively on Raina from keeping her from revealing his presence in her room.
Just after he makes this decision 'The Man' reveals that anyhow his revolver had no bullets so in reality it was no deterrent. Later Louka enters and describes the crowd at the door as "so wild and drunk and furious" and even Catherine, ensures that only the Russian officer who knew Sergius would enter her daughter's bedroom when she was in such a state of undress.
(iii) : Raina says that "it is not the weapon of a gentleman" because she believes in the romantic notion of the chivalry men who rely on recognised weapons of defense against an enemy and would never exploit the vulnerability of a woman to secure their safety. This is what the man seems to be doing by making her his defence.
(iv) : Raina thinks very poorly of the man in this extract. She believes that he is ungentlemanly.
Raina has the romantic notion of how men should relate to women. Raina expects a higher degree of chivalry from a soldier. But 'The Man' is everything she thinks a soldier should not be : he is scared of dying; he threatens a woman with a gun and now he uses her vulnerability as his defence.
(v) : The reason for the "sharp fusillade in the street" was that the Bulgarian soldiers had probably seen a fleeing Serb soldier and had fired at him with the purpose of killing him.
The effect this has on the man is that he realises that death for him could come very soon as his pursuers are very close ("the chill of immanent death"), and he lowers his tone of voice and he becomes even more concerned for his safety and thus wishes to ensure that he is not handed over by Raina, and so he attempts to make her save him having her fear for her own safety.
(vi) : Only the the Russian officer leading the :blackguards" is allowed into Raina's room by Raina's mother and she and Louka are only allowed in after "the man' hands Raina her cloak back as the "blackguards" had come to the house and were in danger of breaking into her room if Riana did not open up. Raina had, however, by that time hidden 'The Man' and had thrown the cloak on the ottoman in an act to convince those who had entered that she had been roused from her sleep.
He calls the idea "good" because Raina may be patriotic enough to risk being shot and killed but she would surely fear seeing drunken and bloodthirsty men in the vulnerable position of being dressed only in her night gown.
(ii) : The man considers the cloak a better weapon than the revolver because Raina would surely feel more vulnerable in her being not suitably dressed to have strange, drunken and bloodthirsty men enter her room. It would probably work more effectively on Raina from keeping her from revealing his presence in her room.
Just after he makes this decision 'The Man' reveals that anyhow his revolver had no bullets so in reality it was no deterrent. Later Louka enters and describes the crowd at the door as "so wild and drunk and furious" and even Catherine, ensures that only the Russian officer who knew Sergius would enter her daughter's bedroom when she was in such a state of undress.
(iii) : Raina says that "it is not the weapon of a gentleman" because she believes in the romantic notion of the chivalry men who rely on recognised weapons of defense against an enemy and would never exploit the vulnerability of a woman to secure their safety. This is what the man seems to be doing by making her his defence.
(iv) : Raina thinks very poorly of the man in this extract. She believes that he is ungentlemanly.
Raina has the romantic notion of how men should relate to women. Raina expects a higher degree of chivalry from a soldier. But 'The Man' is everything she thinks a soldier should not be : he is scared of dying; he threatens a woman with a gun and now he uses her vulnerability as his defence.
(v) : The reason for the "sharp fusillade in the street" was that the Bulgarian soldiers had probably seen a fleeing Serb soldier and had fired at him with the purpose of killing him.
The effect this has on the man is that he realises that death for him could come very soon as his pursuers are very close ("the chill of immanent death"), and he lowers his tone of voice and he becomes even more concerned for his safety and thus wishes to ensure that he is not handed over by Raina, and so he attempts to make her save him having her fear for her own safety.
(vi) : Only the the Russian officer leading the :blackguards" is allowed into Raina's room by Raina's mother and she and Louka are only allowed in after "the man' hands Raina her cloak back as the "blackguards" had come to the house and were in danger of breaking into her room if Riana did not open up. Raina had, however, by that time hidden 'The Man' and had thrown the cloak on the ottoman in an act to convince those who had entered that she had been roused from her sleep.
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