11 (i) : 'The Man' is referring to his not been found hiding behind the curtain in Raina's room by the Russian officer whom Raina's mother, Catherine had invited to check Raina's room as there had been a suspicion that an enemy Serb who was on the run had climbed up the pipe of the house entered the room. So many things could have happened - like the officer might have wanted to check the room more thoroughly, or the bullets which had been fired during the time the officer had come might have struck 'The Man' through the curtain, etc., etc.
Thus 'The Man' had come very close to being found and thus he refers to his not being found as "a narrow shave".
(ii) : The Man thanks Raina, because Raina had hid him behind the curtain. She had made sure that the Russian officer did not look behind the curtain, by standing directly in front of it and she did not flinch when the firing took place and shattered a pane of glass just next to where The man was hiding. raina had also strongly denied the claim that any fugitive had entered her room and stated that she was sure that no fugitive could have got into her room as she had not been to bed. All this behaviour had convinced the Russian officer that those who had claimed to see a fugitive climbing up the pipe into the room were only imagining and he left the room in a sort time.
(iii) : 'The Man' wished that he had joined the Bulgarian army because he wanted to express how thankful he was to Raina for saving him and in so saying that he should have joined the Bulgarian army he convey the sense that if Raina is an example of the Bulgarian people he would like to be in association with such fine human beings.
The "other one" is the opposing army - the Serbian army which 'The Man' had joined because they were the first to ask for his services.
(iv) : Raina claims that the man is Austrian because the Man is wearing the uniform of a Serbian officer and if he is not Serbian she believes that he would surely be Austrian as the Austrians were allied to the Serbians in the was against the Bulgarians.
(v) : raina says that she hates the Austrians because, she clams that the Austrians had mislead the Serbians and instigated them to age a war and rob the Bulgarians of their freedom. She also hated the Austrians because the Austrians were helping the Serbians in their war against by the Bulgarians by leading the Serbian army as their officers.
(vi) : The reality which this extract portrays about the act of soldiering is that mercenaries fight wars as professional soldiers for the sake of money and sometimes they could be fighting against really kind and good people, whom they might regret fighting against when they get to know them.In addition, it tells us that nations like Austria, fight proxy wars against other nations to further their own advantage.
Thus 'The Man' had come very close to being found and thus he refers to his not being found as "a narrow shave".
(ii) : The Man thanks Raina, because Raina had hid him behind the curtain. She had made sure that the Russian officer did not look behind the curtain, by standing directly in front of it and she did not flinch when the firing took place and shattered a pane of glass just next to where The man was hiding. raina had also strongly denied the claim that any fugitive had entered her room and stated that she was sure that no fugitive could have got into her room as she had not been to bed. All this behaviour had convinced the Russian officer that those who had claimed to see a fugitive climbing up the pipe into the room were only imagining and he left the room in a sort time.
(iii) : 'The Man' wished that he had joined the Bulgarian army because he wanted to express how thankful he was to Raina for saving him and in so saying that he should have joined the Bulgarian army he convey the sense that if Raina is an example of the Bulgarian people he would like to be in association with such fine human beings.
The "other one" is the opposing army - the Serbian army which 'The Man' had joined because they were the first to ask for his services.
(iv) : Raina claims that the man is Austrian because the Man is wearing the uniform of a Serbian officer and if he is not Serbian she believes that he would surely be Austrian as the Austrians were allied to the Serbians in the was against the Bulgarians.
(v) : raina says that she hates the Austrians because, she clams that the Austrians had mislead the Serbians and instigated them to age a war and rob the Bulgarians of their freedom. She also hated the Austrians because the Austrians were helping the Serbians in their war against by the Bulgarians by leading the Serbian army as their officers.
(vi) : The reality which this extract portrays about the act of soldiering is that mercenaries fight wars as professional soldiers for the sake of money and sometimes they could be fighting against really kind and good people, whom they might regret fighting against when they get to know them.In addition, it tells us that nations like Austria, fight proxy wars against other nations to further their own advantage.
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