“I could see he was rather surprised. 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 get to the river Tarumi at half past twelve. But I needn’t have hurried; he never turned up.”

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

　　“No, he didn’t fear it. He started all right. But of course he’d ruined his constitution(体质) 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 rather 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 position in my office at the moment.”

　　27. The underlined word “deceptive” may mean

　　.

　　A. puzzling B. misleading C. complex

　　D. impressive

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

　　.

　　A. age and position

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