4 Read the next part of the text. Who do you think the stranger is? How do you think Watson feels when he finds out?
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Cold and alone, I sat in the dark corner of the hut and waited for the man to come.
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And then finally I heard him. Far away came the clink of a boot hitting a stone. Then another and yet
another, slowly coming nearer and nearer. I pushed myself back into the darkest corner and took out the qun
from my pocket. I knew I must not show myself until I could see this man. For a few moments there was no
sound and I knew he had stopped. Then once more the footsteps came towards me and a shadow fell across the
opening of the hut.
It's a lovely evening, my dear Watson, said a well-known voice. 'I really think you will be more comfortable
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out here than inside.
shining from pools of water on the moor. I could see the two towers of Baskerville Hall, and far away a curl of
Outside the sun was getting low. In the west the sky was brilliant with red and gold, and these colours
smoke came from the village of Grimpen. All was quiet and lovely in the golden evening light. But I could not
enjoy this beauty. I was thinking only of my meeting with the stranger. Every minute was bringing it closer.
1. She said she was starting a new job the following week.
2. He told them he had got his exam results the previous week.
3. Sally said she couldn’t afford to buy that dress.
4. He said to her he would have bought a car if he had had enough money.
5. Frank said that was the house where he had been born.
6. Jill said that had been a wonderful party.
7. The teacher says that oranges grow in hot countries.
8. He said that a lot of people visited museums.
9.The tour guide told us that was a very famous statue.
10. Bob said he didn't like that jacket.
11. The boy said he was lost.
12. She said she might be a little late that evening.
13. Mum told Claire that she had better clean up that mess.
14. She said she had already done the shopping.
15. Sue said she had found that note under the sofa.
16. He told us he wouldn't be late again.
17. She said that if she finished work early, she would call me.
18. He told the reporters he had been training hard recently.
19. Zoe suggested that she should make some tea. или
Zoe suggested making some tea.
20. The man told his children that they had to go home then.