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She was very obedient and never made noise but she was not very good 33 ______ studies. I thought she was always shy and that prevented her from having good marks. 

Liza, our nursemaid, would set off in the morning with two of my children and Ned, Harry’s son. She usually took a mail-cart with her. This was for Ned to ride in when he was tired but it was not often that Ned would 34 ______ that he was tired.

The maid left the girls at Miss Davidson’s and then brought Ned on to the Beeches. She would take him back in time to 35 ______ the girls when school was over.

I often watched them play with Ned in the backyard or tell him fairy-tales. My daughters adored Ned but he didn’t 36 ______ attention to them.

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A special lunch

Dotty came to meet the editor Jerry Green in his London office. He praised her work and 30 ______ to publish her stories in his magazine. After discussing the contract Jerry invited Dotty for lunch. It was her first visit to a big city, so the young lady was really excited.

A shiny black cab stopped next to the beautiful building and Jerry took Dotty into the restaurant. A smart waiter in a black suit took their coats and escorted them to a table by the window.

“Please order 31 ______ you like,” Jerry told her as the waiter handed her a menu, and Dotty got lost.

She had been 32 ______ up on very plain food and everything on the menu looked so fancy and expensive. Jerry saw her discomfort.

33 ______, he asked after a while if he could order for her. Dotty gratefully agreed.

The meal was like nothing she had ever eaten before, and as one delicious course followed another she began to relax a little as she found that Jerry was good company and very easy to talk to. He 34 ______ Dotty of her elder brother.

“Thank you so much for a lovely day and a lovely meal,” Dotty said when the lunch was over. She was so full that she was sure she wouldn't be able to eat another thing for at least a month.

“It was my pleasure,” he assured her. “I’ve really enjoyed today. And I hope this will be the start of a long working relationship. I’ll be 35 ______ touch soon.”