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31. MISSING ADDRESS The girl had just arrived at the town where her aunt was living, when to her horror, she found out that her aunt’s address was missing from her handbag. She went to the waiting room of the railway station, sat at a table and emptied the contents of her handbag. Various articles came tumbling out and she examined every piece of paper carefully, though she was sure that she had put her aunt’s address in her purse together with her railway ticket. She had given the ticket to the railway inspector and it suddenly occurred to her that the paper the address was on must have slipped out with the ticket. She didn’t have enough money to stay in a hotel, or to catch the next train back home. She decided to go to a police station and ask for help. The police officer listened to her attentively and asked whether her aunt was in telephone book. She said she wasn’t. then he asked her to try to remember some particular details of her aunt’s address, but to no effect. Then he asked her whether she had visited her aunt before, “Yes, I have,” the girl answered, “but that was years ago.” The officer asked whether she would be able to recognize the district where her aunt lived, if he took her around in his car. For, as he explained, the residential part of he town was not very large. The girl didn’t object to trying that. They both got into the officer’s car and, as he was about to start, he casually asked her her aunt’s name. on hearing the name, the officer beamed. “Her first name is not Jane, is it?” “Yes, it is”, the girl said, “how do you know?” “Well,” the officer laughed, “you needn’t worry any more. Your aunt is my next door neighbour.” 1- Reproduce the story from the point of view of the girl. 2- Who said the following and why? a) ‘That was years ago.’ 3- What events are connected with these feelings? a) Feeling at a loss b) relief 4- Look at these sentences and then build them up into a paragraph: She had left in a great hurry. She had taken her overcoat. But she had forgotten her gloves, her mobile and hat. She had even forgotten to say good-bye. She had just vanished.