9. After leaving Sir Harry's place, Hannay found himself in an open area trapped on three sides by men searching for him. But instead of escaping, he traded places with a man he found along the way. What was the man's job?
From Quiz The Thirty-Nine Steps
Answer:
Road construction worker
In the chapter, "The Adventure of the Spectacled Roadman", Hannay had spotted the roadman, Alexander Turnbull, as Hannay was trying to find somewhere to hide from his pursuers (not only were the Black Stone agents looking for him, the police were also pursuing him as a suspect in Scudder's murder). Turnbull was a bit the worse for wear, as he told Hannay, because he'd been up late drinking at his daughter's wedding, and he was worried because the new road surveyor was doing an inspection that day, and he'd be in trouble because of his condition. Hannay volunteered to take his place since the surveyor didn't know what Turnbull looked like. Turnbull was apparently too much out of it to question why Hannay would do so; he just gladly turned over his coat, hat and glasses to Hannay, and he returned to his house to sleep it off. Hannay meanwhile scuffed up his boots and rubbed dirt into his skin to disguise his appearance and then set to work in Turnbull's place. The disguise worked; when agents of the Black Stone stopped and questioned him, they believed him to be a workman.
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