After lunch,I felt at a loose end and roamed about the little flat.It suited us well when mother was with me,but now I was by myself it was too large and I'd moved the dining room table into my bed room.That was now the only room I used,it had all the furniture I needed,a brass bedstead,a dressing table,some cane chairs whose seats were more or less caved in,a wardrobe with  a tarnished mirror.The rest of the flat was never used,so I didn't trouble to look after it.

The flat did not really suit him any more because

When the author says 'all would be well' he says

The time available to the author for shooting the tigress was

The author found it difficult to decide the question because

The author says 'some of us would not reach the camp' because

The tigress was a mile away and the ground between her and us was densely wooded,scatterd over by great rocks and cut up by a number of deep ravines,but she could cover the distance well within half an hour-if she wanted to.The question I had to decide was,whether or  not I should try to call her.If I called and she heard me,and came while it was still daylight and gave me a chance to shoot her,all could be well,on the other hand,if she came and did not give me a shot,some of us would not reach camp,for we had nearly two miles to go and the path the whole way ran through the jungle.

According to the author