Q1Written answer
Pick out the words and phrases in the text that indicate that the author was not financially well off.
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A few phrases and words which capture the unstable financial situation of the author are – “I was barely earning enough”, and possessing a “tiny apartment.” About his visit to Foyot, he said, “it was so far beyond my means”, and his “heart sank a little” when the lady friend of the author ordered salmon for lunch and said to himself, “I could not afford caviare”. When the lady ordered asparagus, the author’s “heart sank”. In the end, while coming out of the restaurant, the narrator was thinking of how he would manage his expenses with the little amount which was left with him to last for that month and said, “not a penny in my pocket”.