“Dead when they picked him up,” said Godber’s man with relish.” Who was referred to as “him’? How did the person in question die? What did the Godber’s man come for? Analyse the character of the Godber’s man in the light of the quoted statement.

Here ‘him’ referred to Mr Scott, a cart-driver, who died in an accident on the day of the Sheridans’ garden party.

Mr. Scott was a poor cart-driver who lived at the bottom of the steep rise that led up to the Sheridan estate. On that fateful day, his horse shied at the traction engine at the comer of the Hawke Street. He was thrown out on the road, hit the back of his head and met with an immediate death.

The deliveryman from Godber’s came to deliver cream putts for the Sheridans garden party.

When he first broke the news of Mr Scott’s death, only Sadie, Hans and the cook were present. Later, Laura and Jose joined them. Godber’s man typically represents those gossip-lovers who love to spread news and enjoy attentiori. He relishes his importance to be the first one to bear the death news of Mr Scott and thinks this to be his privilege to share this information with the Shendans. This shows how in modern world sympathy has been replaced insensitivity.