ICSE Class 9 · English · Treasure Chest
The Model Millionaire
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About the author
Oscar Wilde. Hughie Erskine, a kind but penniless young man, gives his last sovereign to a 'beggar' who is secretly Baron Hausberg - a millionaire who later rewards Hughie's generosity.
Summary
Hughie Erskine was handsome and popular but had no money. Colonel Merton would not let him marry Laura without £10,000.
Hughie Erskine was handsome and popular but had no money. Colonel Merton would not let him marry Laura without £10,000.
Hughie visited painter Trevor and saw a ragged old beggar posing as a model for a picture of a warrior.
Hughie visited painter Trevor and saw a ragged old beggar posing as a model for a picture of a warrior.
Hughie slipped his last sovereign into the beggar's hand, thinking Trevor was paying the model.
Hughie slipped his last sovereign into the beggar's hand, thinking Trevor was paying the model.
Trevor laughed: the beggar was Baron Hausberg, one of the richest men in Europe.
Trevor laughed: the beggar was Baron Hausberg, one of the richest men in Europe.
Hughie felt foolish for giving a coin to a millionaire.
Hughie felt foolish for giving a coin to a millionaire.
At Hughie's wedding, a card came: a cheque for £10,000 from "an old beggar" - Hausberg.
At Hughie's wedding, a card came: a cheque for £10,000 from "an old beggar" - Hausberg.
Hard words & meanings
| sovereign | gold coin |
| conclave | private meeting |
| penniless | having no money |
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