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III. What else do you know about the lady?




II. Explain why the lady and the doctor misunderstood each other. Why did the lady leave so abruptly?

I. Do you remember the title of the book the passage is. taken from?

IV. Have you seen the screen version of the story? Did you like it?

III. Did the men. manage to buy a tavern as they had planned?

XVIII

"Well, Ma'am, I am happy to congratulate you."

"What upon?" said my aunt, sharply.

The doctor was fluttered again, by the extreme severity of my aurit's manner; so he-made her a little bow and gave her a little smile, to mollify her.

Well, Ma'am," resumed Mr. Chillip, as soon as he had courage, "I am happy to congratulate you. All is over, Ma'am, and well over."

How is she?" said my aunt, folding her arms with her bonnet Still tied on one of them.

"Well, Ma'am, she will soon be quite comfortable, I hope," returned Mr. Chillip. "Quite as comfortable as we can expect a young mother to be, under these melancholy domestic circumstances. There cannot be any objection to your seeing her presently, Ma'am. It' may do her good."

"And she. How is s/ie?" said my aunt, sharply.

Mr. Chillip laid his head a little more on one side, and looked at my - aunt like an amiable bird.

"Ma'am," returned Mr. Chillip, "I apprehended you had known. "It's a boy."

My aunt said never a word, but took her bonnet by the strings, in the manner of a sling, aimed a blow at Mr, Chillip's head with it,'put it on bent, walked out, and never came back. She vanished like a discontended fairy; or like one of those supernatural beings, whom it was popularly supposed I was entitled to see;' and never came back any more.

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IV. Consult die Concise Oxford' Dictionary and comment on the origin of the following -words:

extreme; to bow; severity; to mollify; melancholy; a head; to apprehend; to walk; to vanish; to return

XIX

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

The New Year is a time for resolutions. Mentally, at least, most of us could compile formidable lists of "do's" and "don'ts". The same old favourites recur year in year out with monotonous regularity. We resolve to get up earlier each morning, eat less, find more time to play with children, do a thousand one jobs about the house, be nice to people you don't like, drive carefully, and take the dog for a walk every day. Past experience has taught us that certain accomplishments are beyond attainment. Most of us fail in our efforts at self-improvement because our schemes are too ambitious and we never have time to carry them out. We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody so that we look even more foolish when we slip back into our old ways. Aware of these pitfalls, this year I attempted to keep my resolutions to myself. I limited myself to two modest ambitions: to do physical exercises every morning and to read more of an evening. An all-night party on New Year's Eve provided me with a good excuse for not carrying out either of these new resolutions on the first day of the year, but on the second, I applied myself assiduously to the task.

The daily exercises lasted only eleven minutes and I proposed to do them early in the morning before anyone had got up. The self-discipline required to drag myself out of bed eleven minutes earlier than usual was considerable. Nevertheless, I managed to creep down into the living-room for two days before anyone found me out. After jumping about on the carpet and twisting the human frame into uncomfortable positions, I sat down at the breakfast table in an exhausted condition. It was this that betrayed me. The next morning the whole family trooped in to watch the performance. That was really unsettling but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humouredly and soon everybody got used to the idea. However, my enthusiasm waned. The time I spent at exercises gradually diminished- Little by little the eleven minutes fell to zero. By January 10th, I was back to where I had started from. I argued that if I spent less time exhausting myself at exercises in the morning I would keep my mind fresh for reading when I got home from work. Resisting the hypnotizing effect of television, I sat in my room for a few evenings with my eyes glued to a book. One night, however, feeling cold and lonely, I went downstairs and sat in front of the television pretending to read. That proved to be my undoing, for I soon got back to my old habit of dozing off in front of the screen. I still haven't given up my resolution to do more reading. In fact, I have just bought a book entitled "How to Read a Thousand Words a Minute". Perhaps it will solve my problem, but I just haven't had time to read it!

(From "Developing Skills" by L. G. Alexander)

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