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  The subject which is regarded as trivial by Harold his father's profession. The spectacled child considered the point for a moment gravely. Then, nodding, he arranged his books in readiness for his return and went out. The front door closed with a decorous softness.                          (i) Which point was considered gravely by the spectacled child? (ii) Where did the child went out? (iii) Who asked the spectacled child to go out?

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                  (i) The spectacled child never liked it when his mother talked to him in the third person, just like a small child. So, when she called, him 'dearie' or precious, he started thinking gravely for a while and then moved on from there. (ii) The child went out to the river. (iii) Mrs Bramble, asked the spectacled child to go out.