Probably Unanswerable Questions
Career ladder; rudeness; Soviet-era hotel; Madame D’s will
In the discussion (4)
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- Lobby boy is treated as the starting point before becoming concierge.
- Rudeness as an expression of fear is affirmed.
- The hotel’s survival under socialism is explained through Zero surrendering his fortune and the tradition of retaining tourist hotels; bugged rooms are speculation.
- Madame D’s secret ownership and conditional second will explain Gustave inheriting the hotel after her murder.