My Unknown Friend

The stranger behaves as if he

The stranger behaves as if he knows the narrator very well, even though he does not. He uses friendly words and confidence to make the narrator trust

The narrator believes he can manage

The narrator believes he can manage any situation with calmness and clever talk, even when he does not remember the stranger.

The stranger keeps asking questions

The stranger keeps asking questions and bringing up old memories so that the narrator will stay involved in the conversation and lose caution.

At the end

At the end, the stranger asks for money to open the suitcase and takes all the money from the narrator's hand before jumping off the train.

The narrator first thinks the stranger

The narrator first thinks the stranger is talking about a financial loss and later realises the reference was to death in the family, showing how badl