He lived in a flat above the ship, alone. Except in the very bad weather, you always knew where to find him in the afternoon, as I have said. Once, on a sunny afternoon, I walked home along the river bank from a shopping trip to the village. By my watch it was three minutes past four, so I was astonished to see Bill sitting there on his little chair with a line in the, water. He had no luck, I could, see, but he was making no effort to move.

　　“What’s wrong, Bill?” I called out from the path.

　　For answer, he put a hand in his jacket and took out a big, golden object. For a moment I had no idea what it could be, and then it suddenly went off with a noise like a fire engine. Stopping the bell, Bill held the thing up and called back, "Ten to four, you see, and this is dead right. "

　　I had never known anyone carrying a brass alarm clock round with him before.

　　5. Bill Javis became a news-agent when ________.

　　A. he need the money.

　　B. he decided to take things easy

　　C. he was quite an old man

　　D. he gave up clock-repairing

　　6. Bill opened the shop so early in the day because ________.

　　A. he liked to do as much as possible before he went to work

　　B. the shop had to be open when the morning papers came

　　C. he was never sure of time

　　D. it was then that he did a lot of business

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