2015-08-12
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I
Saturday. It was the day on which he had promised... his landlady (to pay). He had expected something... up all through the week (to turn). Yet he had found no work. All he could do now was... her that he could not pay the bill (to tell). But he hadn't the courage... the woman (to face). It was the middle of June. The night was warm. He made up his mind... out (to stay).... down the Embankment, he kept... to himself that he had always tried... what he thought best, but everything had gone wrong (to walk, to say, to do). He was ashamed of... so many lies to his friends (to tell). It had been absurd... his pride... him from... for assistance (to let, to prevent, to ask). Now his lies made it impossible for him... to anyone for help (to turn). But it was no good... about it (to think).
II
When my sister Anne was six years old, I saved her from... (to kidnap). At the end of the war there were rumours about strange men who lured little children into quiet places with promises of toys and sweets, persuaded them into... about their parents and if the parents turned out... of no further interest to them, they usually left the children... their way home in tears (to talk, to be, to find). So my parents spent a great deal of time... Anne about... to strange men (to warn, to talk). One day, Anne went out... in the street after tea and could not be found an hour later (to play). We looked through... streets, but no one had seen her (to surround). My father went off in the car... forher, and I decided... in the park (to look, to search). Some boys there told me that they had seen a small girl in a blue dress... a cricket match, and someone else said that she had been seen... off with a man who was pushing a bicycle (to watch, to walk). The chances were against this child... my sister, but I walked off in the direction in which they had been seen... (to be, to walk). This brought me to a back alley. I called Anne's name, and was surprised... her voice... back (to hear, to call).
