“I could see he was rather taken aback. He was not in good condition for sports. He looked at me for a moment and then he nodded.”

　　“I told him I’d drive round to the river at half past twelve and meet him.

　　"Done,"he said.

　　“I wished him good luck and he left me.I had a lot of work to do that morning and I only just managed to the creek at Tarumi at half past twelve.But I needn't have hurried;he never turned up

　　“Did he funk it at the last moment?” I asked.

　　“No,he didn't funk it. He started all right. But of course he'd ruined his constitution by drink. The currents round the beacon were more than he could manage. We didn't get the body for about three days

　　I didn't say anything for a moment or two.I was a trifle shocked.Then I asked.

　　“When you made him that offer of a job, did you know he'd be drowned?'

　　He looked at me with his kind blue eyes, smiling. "Well,I hadn't got a vacancy in my office at the moment.'

　　15．The author believes

　　A．some people are too easy to understand

　　B．appearance is just opposite to the quality

　　C．first impressions can be misleading

　　D．his fellowmen are not understandable

　　6．For some time, Edward Burton impressed the author most with his

　　A．age and position

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