“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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