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There were no attendants at home; they had absconded to make merry in honour
of the time. I had told them that I should not return until the morning and had given
them explicit orders not to stir from the house. These orders were sufficient, I well
knew, to ensure their immediate disappearance, one and all, as soon as my back
was turned.
What irony is the narrator using in this excerpt?
of the time. I had told them that I should not return until the morning and had given
them explicit orders not to stir from the house. These orders were sufficient, I well
knew, to ensure their immediate disappearance, one and all, as soon as my back
was turned.
What irony is the narrator using in this excerpt?
- Situational Irony
- Dramatic Irony
- Verbal Irony
- Directional Irony