Question

What reason did Gaultier give for not giving alms to Pierre?

Answer 1

Hint: The given question is from the chapter “The Pie and The Tart”.It is a humorous play. It describes the story of two thugs named Jean and Pierre. They both were aiming to rob Gaultier. Jean and Pierre were extremely hungry and they had nothing to eat so they fooled Gaultier’s wife and robbed him and lastly, left that place by taking Tart along with them.

Complete answer:
This question is extracted from the play “The Pie and The Tart” and written by Hugh Chesterman. In this play, Jean and Pierre were shivering due to the cold and they had nothing to eat so they were feeling hungry. They felt tired due to walking so decided to sit on the bench. At that time, they saw the bakery so one of them knocked it but Gaultier refused to give anything to them because they were not properly dressed. Next time, another one knocked on the door and now his wife named Marion disagreed to give anything to them. Lastly, they both decided to rob them with some planning and finally they both got success in their plan and they fooled Gaultier and his wife twice.

According to the question we need to tell the reason why Gaultier refused to give alms to Pierre when he knocked at his door. At the time when Pierre begged for the alms as he was feeling hungry and shivering due to the cold, Gaultier denied giving anything to them as he told him to go away as he had nothing to give. Apart from him he also states that his wife is also not here so he is busy as he has lots of work to do.

Note: This story gives us a message that never trusts anyone easily. Pierre and Jean robbed Gaultier and his wife Marion two times because both of them believed their cooked story every time easily. Firstly, Pierre fooled Marion by acting as a messenger and secondly, Pierre again fooled Gaultier himself when he caught them.