“What do you do every day, Delia? Do you really give music lessons? Tell me the truth. ”

　　She began to cry.

　　“I couldn’t get any pupils, ” she said,

　　“So I got a place in a laundry ironing shirts. This afternoon a girl accidentally set down an iron on my hand and I got a bad burn. But tell me, Joe, how did you guess that I wasn’t giving music lessons?”

　　“It’s very simple, ” said Joe.

　　“I knew all about your bandages because I had to send them upstairs to a girl in the laundry who had an accident with a hot iron. You see, I work in the engine-room of the same laundry where you work. ”

　　“And your pictures? Did you sell any to that man from Peoria?”

　　“Well, your general with his Clementina is an invention, and so is my man from Peoria. ”  

　　And then they both laughed.

　　55. To support the family, Delia worked as　.

　　A. a tutor　B. a music teacher

　　C. an artist

　　D. a laundry assistant

　　56. It happened that　.

　　A. a man from Peoria liked Joe’s pictures

　　B. Delia earned $15 a week easily

　　C. the couple worked at the same laundry

　　D. Clementina and the general were kind

　　57. Who hurt Delia’s hand?

　　A. The general.

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