Chapter ten

Notes:

1. pigeon-holes – ящички бюро
2. betting tickets – талон о ставке на скачках
3. schooling hurdles – учебные барьеры
4. a Regency terrace house – дом в стиле XVIII- XIX века, периода правления короля Георга IV

I. Explain the following phrases:

1. English home cooking at its very plainest.
2. Sleep produces the answers to puzzles in the most amazing way.

II. Find in the text the English for the following Russian words and word combinations:

1. разбирать, сортировать – p.54
2. скрепленные в хронологическом порядке – p.54
3. налог на наследство – p.55
4. штаб-квартира, головной офис – p.55
5. телефонный справочник – p.55
6. суть тайны – p.55
7. переделанный, перестроенный дом – p.55
8. стоимость – p.55
9. от имени сестры – p.55
10. обращение, петиция – p.57
11. записки с угрозами – p.57
12. придти к заключению – p.57

III. Answer the following questions:

1. What sort of Bill’s personal belongings did Scilla keep? Why?
2. What did Alan find among Bill’s papers? What did he keep?
3. What gift did Scilla give Alan? Why?
4. Why did Alan go to Brighton the next morning?
5. What information did Alan manage to gain at the Marconi-car headquarter?
6. Why did Alan in at the café opposite across the street? Did he like the food there?
7. Who happened to sit next to him at the table?
8. What did he learn from that middle-aged woman?
9. What conclusions did he come to pondering on the information he had gathered in connection with Bill’s death?
10. What idea occurred to him at night?

IV. Find in the text the following words and word combinations, translate them and use them while answering the questions:

personal belongings

methodical

the notebook contained day-to-day expenses

I gave in on those terms

The door, marked Private

Enquiries

to have a clear view of the Marconi-car office

the neon sign flashed on and off

no one in authority

in the best of spirits

casual snatches of conversation