9."Oh,I wouldn't,sir,I wouldn't.And I don't want you to tell anyone that I came here.I might lose my Job. 10.The Chief sat behind a very small desk which made him look much bigger than he was.He didn't invite me to sit down nor did I ask if I could.I stood in front of his desk while he began to yell the rules of the office.The cardinal rule was DON'T MAKE TROUBLE.Don't look for trouble.Don't make waves. 4罪 658
9. “Oh, I wouldn’t, sir, I wouldn’t. And I don’t want you to tell anyone that I came here. I might lose my job.” 10. The Chief sat behind a very small desk which made him look much bigger than he was. He didn’t invite me to sit down nor did I ask if I could. I stood in front of his desk while he began to yell the rules of the office. The cardinal rule was DON’T MAKE TROUBLE. Don’t look for trouble. Don’t make waves
11.I was glad to get back to Mrs.Johnson's (my landlady's)house that night.I wondered if she would be glad to have me,knowing that I was a low man on the totem pole at the police station.I sat on the porch and. watched the traffic in the street.It was a side street,so only a few cars would pass.Mo. people walked here than drove.One of:the pedestrians was the woman I had seen in the police station that afternoon.She was.carrying a huge sack of groceries. 12."Hello!"I yelled to her from the porch
11. I was glad to get back to Mrs. Johnson’s (my landlady’s) house that night. I wondered if she would be glad to have me, knowing that I was a low man on the totem pole at the police station. I sat on the porch and watched the traffic in the street. It was a side street, so only a few cars would pass. More people walked here than drove. One of the pedestrians was the woman I had seen in the police station that afternoon. She was carrying a huge sack of groceries. 12. “Hello!” I yelled to her from the porch
13.She dropped her.sack and looked around.She saw me and nervously bent over to pick up the groceries that had fallen all over the sidewalk.I raced to her side to help her."I'm:so clumsy,"she offered as an excuse..: 14."I'm sorry,I frightened you." 15."Oh,my nerves have been on edge ever since Mrs. Fitch was killed.I mean,ever since she had the accident. 16.I stopped picking up oranges and looked at her She met my eyes
13. She dropped her sack and looked around. She saw me and nervously bent over to pick up the groceries that had fallen all over the sidewalk. I raced to her side to help her. ”I’m so clumsy,”she offered as an excuse. 14. “I’m sorry, I frightened you .” 15. “Oh, my nerves have been on edge ever since Mrs. Fitch was killed. I mean, ever since she had the accident .” 16. I stopped picking up oranges and looked at her. She met my eyes
17."I shouldn't have said that.I have no right to say that.Excuse me.I must be going." 18.She had not remembered me from the police station that afternoon;she was too concerned about her job and the possibility of being seen talking to a total stranger.She gathered her bags and hurried up the street.I returned to the porch and began thinking about the newspaper article that my sister had shown me before I left New york;ARIZONA HEIRESS KILLED IN FALL
17. “I shouldn’t have said that. I have no right to say that. Excuse me. I must be going.” 18. She had not remembered me from the police station that afternoon;she was too concerned about her job and the possibility of being seen talking to a total stranger. She gathered her bags and hurried up the street.I returned to the porch and began thinking about the newspaper article that my sister had shown me before I left New York; ARIZONA HEIRESS KILLED IN FALL
19.That evening at dinner I casually asked Mrs. Johnson about the Fitches.I especially wanted to know about the stepdaughter and the three wives. 20."Yes,indeed,Mr,Fitch had three wives all richer than Rockefeller,they say.When he married his first wife,he didn't have a penny.Her father was dead set against her marrying that no-good Fitch.He tried to keep them:apart.He even sent her to a girls'school in Switzerland or some place like that.But when she became twenty-one,she inherited her grandfather's money:and when she came back to Flagstaff;she had married Fitch.She also came back from Switzerland
19. That evening at dinner I casually asked Mrs. Johnson about the Fitches.I especially wanted to know about the stepdaughter and the three wives. 20. “Yes, indeed, Mr. Fitch had three wives all richer than Rockefeller, they say. When he married his first wife, he didn’t have a penny. Her father was dead set against her marrying that no-good Fitch. He tried to keep them apart. He even sent her to a girls’school in Switzerland or some place like that. But when she became twenty-one, she inherited her grandfather’s money; and when she came back to Flagstaff, she had married Fitch. She also came back from Switzerland