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He remained motionless, staring at the telephone. The bell continued to ring: the sound tore at his nerves. He realized that Dong Ham and the girl must also be listening to the bell. They were probably standing as motionless as himself, looking at each other, wondering why he wasn't answering the telephone.

The bell abruptly ceased to ring. The sudden silence in the room pressed down on him. Carefully, he stepped away from the broken pieces of glass. He must get out of the house, he told himself. He couldn't stay here a minute longer. Later, he would come back, but right now, until his nerves settled, he must get out.

He went quickly up the stairs, took off his shorts and had a shower. He put on a pair of trousers and a shirt that were lying on a chair, thus avoiding opening the closet. He checked his money and was dismayed to find he had only 500 piastres in his wallet. He rummaged among his handkerchiefs in a drawer in his closet and found another too piasters note.

Exercise 15. Fill the gaps with the appropriate prepositions and adverbs.

He had no idea how menacing he looked when he was angry. His huge, towering figure, his hard, angry expression and the viciousness ____ his voice struck terror ____ Haum. The Vietnamese had now only one thought: to get ____ ____ the room and tell the police _____ the diamonds. He darted _____ the table, _____ the wall, putting the table ______ himself and Jaffe, and then made a wild dash _____ the door.

_____ spite _____ his size, Jaffe had perfect balance and his body, still hard _____ spite _____ his drinking and his lack _____ exercise, responded _____ his quick mind _____ a degree Haum hadn't suspected.

As Haum's sweating fingers closed ______ the door handle, Jaffe's fingers closed _____ his shoulder and jerked him _____. Haum was horrified _____ the strength _____ those fingers. It was as if his flesh was being squeezed ______ steel pincers. The agony _____ the grip made him cry _____: a thin scream like that ____ a terrified rabbit. He tried to break free, struck feebly _____ Jaffe's wrist, then opened his mouth to scream again.

Exercise 16. Fill the gaps with the appropriate articles where necessary.

Suppose he told ___ police that he had come upon Haum stealing ___ diamonds and that Haum had attacked him and that during ___ struggle, Haum had been accidentally killed? Such ___ story might get him off ___ murder charge, but it would mean giving up ___ diamonds, and there was always ____ risk he would receive ___ prison ___ sentence.

It was at this moment that Jaffe made up his mind that whatever ___ risk, he was going to stick to ___ diamonds, and having decided this, his panic subsided and he began to think more clearly.

If he could get to ___ Hong Kong with the diamonds, he could get lost without any difficulty. He would be ___ very rich man. He could begin ___ new life. With ___ money from ___ sale of ___ diamonds, he would be free to do anything he liked. But ___ trick question was, of course: how to get to ___ Hong Kong?

Exercise 17. Read the passage and fill in the missing sentences (A-G). There is one extra sentence that you do not need to use.

The old man was staring blankly at the closed door and he picked nervously at the hard skin of his hand. _______________ .She said something. The old man went to her with slow, shuffling steps. They began jabbering together: their voices discordant and loud in the hot silence of the courtyard.

Not a good lie, Jaffe thought uneasily, but the best he could have thought of in the circumstances. He had had to say something. ____________________________ .On these occasions Haum always wore his white drill coat and trousers. He always spent some time in preparing himself. He enjoyed these outings, and invariably boasted to Dong Ham where he was going.

_____________________ .He would never have gone to any of Jaffe's friends in this dress. The old man would know that. He and the girl had only to go to Haum's sleeping quarters, to find the white drill clothes and nail Jaffe's lie to the mast. Then what would they do? Jaffe wondered. _______________________ .Even if they had heard Haum's cry and knew he was lying about Haum going out, they wouldn't go to the police. Probably they would wrangle and talk together for the rest of the evening._____________________. They would try to believe that Haum had gone out wearing his blue working clothes. But eventually, of course, they would be forced to accept the fact that something had happened to Haum, and then trouble would begin for Jaffe.

At least he had a little time. He felt certain these two would wait to see if Haum returned. They would wait until the morning, then, possibly, the girl would go to the police. Jaffe returned to the sitting-room. _________________________ . He felt tempted to go to someone and ask for help. Maybe if he went to the Embassy . . .

A. He stood looking down at Hum's body with revulsion.

B. They would try to persuade each other they hadn't heard the cry.

C. This Sunday, he had worn his blue working dress.

D. He felt pretty certain they wouldn't have the initiative nor the courage to call the police.

E. He turned the key and put it in his pocket.

F. It was true that from time to time he did lend Haum to one or the other of his friends who happened to be throwing a party.

G. The girl too was staring at the door.

Exercise 18. Fill the gaps with the words from the list below.

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