The Open Window

why is nuttels reaction to the return of the men comic rather than appropriate?

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Mr. Nuttel is shocked and panics when he sees the men. The reader understands that Vera's story is fiction but Mr. Nuttel takes it to heart. The comedy comes from Mr. Nuttel's overreaction to the men returning.