10. When Ebenezer Dorset writes, "You had better come at night, for the neighbours believe he is lost, and I couldn't be responsible for what they would do to anybody they saw bringing him back," the boy's father is implying that:

Question

Responses:
a) his neighbours could accost the kidnappers because of their fierce belief in justice.
b) his neighbours could tip off the police and have the kidnappers arrested.
c) his neighbours could become angry at the kidnappers for returning such a terrible child.
d) his neighbours could call the newspapers and expose the kidnappers' identities.

Answer 1

a) his neighbours could accost the kidnappers because of their fierce belief in justice.