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повседневные дела, события; весело, ободряюще улыбнуться; пожать плечами; было удушающее жарко; пепельно-серое лицо; список постояльцев; ампула; несоответствие в счете; готовая одежда; небогатый человек; торговля одеждой; иметь смысл; обязательство о продаже; успокоиться; другие мелочи.

46. Answer the questions:

1. Where is the scene laid? 2. What was Christine’s position at the hotel? How well was she informed about what was going on in the hotel? 3. What was Peter McDermott? What did he mean by saying that fifteen things broke loose at once? 4. Why was Christine so anxious to find out what was happening in room 1439? What was wrong with room 1439? Why had Albert Wells been moved there from a much better room? 5. What did it feel like inside room 1439 when Christine and the bellboy entered it? What made Christine make an urgent call for a doctor? How did it happen that it was one of the hotel guests that attended to Mr. Wells? 6. Why did Christine remember Albert Wells so well? What impression did he produce on her? 7. What caught Christine’s eye when the three of them were having coffee in the hotel dining-room three days later? How did Mr. Wells explain his habit of holding his hands around his cup? 8. What had brought Albert Wells and Hymie Eckstein together? What kind of man was Hymie? How did they happen to find gold? 9. Why did Albert Wells end up in hospital? 10. How did Hymie happen to get full title to the gold mine? How did Albert Wells get his share back? What did that story teach him? 11. What did Albert Wells turn out to be? What was his latest purchase? What made him buy new businesses despite his old age and poor health?

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Retell the text as if you were

· Christine Francis

· Peter McDermott

· Jimmy Duckworth

· Albert Wells