I read a sentence in the book Wind in the Willows: "Something up above was calling him imperiously, and he made for the steep little tunnel which answered in his case to the graveled carriage-drive..." What is the meaning of "which answered in his case to"? Thanks!
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It served the same purpose for him as a gravelled carriage drive does for other people.
— Fivejedjon
It served the same purpose for him as a gravelled carriage drive does for other people.
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