You’ll have to go, Laura; you are the artistic one. – Who says this? Where will Laura have to go? What is the context of the speech? Why will Laura have to go? [1+1+2+2]
Ans. In Katherine Mansfield’s short story ‘The Garden Party’, Mrs. Sheridan says this to Laura, the youngest daughter of the Sheridan family.
> Laura will have to go to the garden.
> At breakfast, Mrs. Sheridan and her daughters – Meg, Jose and Laura – are talking about the arrangements for the garden-party. Mrs. Sheridan declares that she wants to leave the responsibility of arranging the party to her daughters. The discussion is interrupted by the arrival of workmen at the front gate. They are there to put up the marquee. At that moment, Mrs. Sheridan instructs Laura to supervise the workmen engaged in putting up the marquee.
> When the workmen arrive, Meg’s hair is wet and Jose is not properly dressed. So, Laura is the only alternative left to be sent to the garden to supervise the workers. Mrs. Sheridan also mentions that Laura is the artistic one among her daughters. As Laura is nominated by her authoritative mother, she will have to go.
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