The winter visitor
An original fiction passage set in the nineteenth century.
The visitor arrived after sunset, carrying a green valise and a rolled blanket. Snow had gathered along the brim of his hat. Mrs Webb asked his name, then directed him towards the kitchen fire. He removed his gloves slowly, as though each finger resisted the movement. Before accepting the soup, he set the valise beneath his chair and rested one foot against it. The blanket remained across his knees.
Give two possessions the visitor carries when he arrives.
120 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE English Language 1.3 Content: prose fiction study requirements, covering 1.3.1 Read challenging prose fiction for the unseen 19th-century extract. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.