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READING & WRITING
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He lived alone in a charming small house in Markham street, Chelsea. his parents had moved into it on
his father's retirement from his job in Malaysia nad Japan, and he had lived there with both his parents
until their deaths five years earlier.
Unl_ _ _ most expat_ _ _ _ _ _, th_ _ had bro_ _ _ _ nothing ba_ _ with th_ _ as meme_ _ _ _ of
those al_ _ _ years exc_ _ _ a few deli_ _ _ _
water-colours. F_ _ of these n_ _ rema_ _ _ _.
Monica had ta_ _ _ a fa_ _ _ to the be_ _ of them; his niece h_ _ an alm_ _ _ regal sk_ _ _ in
transf_ _ _ _ _ _ to her owne_ _ _ _ _ those it_ _ _ of va_ _ _ in Markham Street which cau_ _ _
her e_ _.
His par_ _ _ _ had furn_ _ _ _ _ the ho_ _ _ by tak_ _ _ his grandparents' f_ _
pie_ _ _ from st_ _ _ and buying wh_ _ el_ _ they nee_ _ _ from the che_ _ _ _ London auc_ _ _ _
hou_ _ _. He was caged in by he_ _ _ nineteenth-century
maho_ _ _ _, by bulbous armc_ _ _ _ _ and cupb_ _ _ _ _ so ornately car_ _ _ and so he_ _ _ that it
some_ _ _ _ _ see_ _ _ that the deli_ _ _ _ little ho_ _ _ would
coll_ _ _ _ under their wei_ _ _. Everything h_ _ been le_ _ as i_ was wh_ _ the ambu_ _ _ _ _
took h_ _ mot_ _ _ o_ _ to her la_ _ and fi_ _ _ operation. He h_ _ nei_ _ _ _ the wi_ _ nor t_ _
wish to cha_ _ _ a ponderous leg_ _ _ wh_ _ _ he no lon_ _ _ not_ _ _ _, and ind_ _ _ sel_ _ _
saw since mo_ _ of his ti_ _ was sp_ _ _ in his st_ _ _ on the t_ _ fl_ _ _ . He_ _ was the de_ _ he
h_ _ had si_ _ _ his Oxford da_ _, a high-backed wi_ _ ch_ _ _ which w_ _ o_ _ of his parents'
hap_ _ _ _ acquis_ _ _ _ _ _ , a_ _ his lib_ _ _ _ , meticu_ _ _ _ _ _ catal_ _ _ _ _ and arra_ _ _ _
on she_ _ _ _ fit_ _ _ from fl_ _ _ to cei_ _ _ _ and covering the wa_ _ _.
Nothing he_ _ was tou_ _ _ _ by Mrs Jordan, who cle_ _ _ _ for him th_ _ _ days a we_ _, but the
re_ _ of the ho_ _ _ rece_ _ _ _ from her a rigo_ _ _ _ attention. She was a la_ _ _ taci_ _ _ _
woman of fero_ _ _ _ _ energy. The furniture was wa_ _ _ until the surf_ _ _ _ sh_ _ _ like mir_ _ _
_, and the str_ _ _ sm_ _ _ of the lavender pol_ _ _ she us_ _ met him when_ _ _ _ he ope_ _ _ his
do_ _, and perm_ _ _ _ _ the wh_ _ _ house. Occasionally he wond_ _ _ _, but wi_ _ little curi_ _ _ _
_,
whe_ _ _ _ his clo_ _ _ _ sm_ _ _ of it. Mrs Jordan didn't cook for him. A woman who attacked
mahogany as if physically to subdue it was unlikely to be a good cook, and she wasn't. That, too, didn't
worry him. The district was well supplied with restaurants and he dined out and alone most evenings,
greeted at either of his two favourites with a deferential welcome and shown to his usual secluded
table.
Adapted from A Certain Justice by P.D. James
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