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ii. Read the text again, and put the following sentences in the correct order.

a. He began to blackmail his brother for money.
b. He left his wife and his of¿ ce.

c. When his money was spent, he borrowed it from friends and spent it on
luxuries.

d. George continued to pay for his brother's expenses.
e. He bought a motor-car and some very nice jewellery.
f. Tom took help of Cronshaw to cheat his brother, and left for Mont
Carlo.

g. He promised to make a fresh start.
h. The Ramsays were perfectly respectable people.

i. He never settled down.
iii. Using the information above, summarise the story in a paragraph.
C. Follow-up activities
CDC
1. Work in a pair. You and your partner collect information about Tom and
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George respectively. Then you describe Tom to your partner, and your
partner describes George to you.
2. Have you ever seen, heard or experienced a person like Tom in your
community? Describe the similarities between them.
Grammar

A. Engage yourself
1. Read the following excerpt from the story above, and identify who the
speaker was.

'How are you?’ I asked.

‘I’m not in hilarious spirits,’ he answered.

‘Is it Tom again?’ He sighed.

‘Yes, it’s Tom again.’

‘Why don’t you chuck him? You’ve done everything in the world for him.
You must know by now that he’s quite hopeless.'

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