Lesson 13
"It's only me'
"是我,别害怕"
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1Lesson 13
2'It's only me'
3What did the man expect to find under the stairs?
4After her husband had gone to work,
5Mrs.Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.
6She was too excited to do any housework that morning,
7for in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress party with her husband.
8She intended to dress up as a ghost
9and as she had made her costume the night before,she was impatient to try it on.
10Though the costume consisted only of a sheet,it was very effective.
11After putting it on, Mrs.Richards went downstairs.
12She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
13Just as Mrs.Richards was entering the dining-room,
14there was a knock on the front door.
15She knew that it must be the baker.
16She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door
17and to leave the bread on the kitchen table.
18Not wanting to frighten the poor man,
19Mrs.Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs.
20She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall.
21Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered.
22Mrs.Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board
23who had come to read the metre.
24She tried to explain the situation,saying 'It's only me',but it was too late.
25The man let out a cry
26and jumped back several paces.
27When Mrs.Richards walked towards him, he fled,slamming the door behind him.