Chapter XLIII

David has turned ____________ so he is of age.

He has started working as a __________________________.

______________ has sold the ________________.

__________________________ get married.

Chapter XLIV

Dora turns out to be a ______________ housekeeper. The couple employs a number of _______________, but _______________ does a competent job.

Nonetheless, David is happy because _________ is happy. However, Dora seems to feel she is not up to the requirements of a housewife so she asks David to think of her as his “_______________” whenever he thinks she has done something wrong.

David asks his aunt to counsel Dora but she _____________. She says:

·        she doesn’t want to _______________________________________________ and

·        she doesn’t want to be ______________ to Dora.

Indeed, she:

·        does her best to make ___________ happy and

·        advises David not to ____________________________________________.

Chapter XLV

____________ tells David that he wants to try and reconcile ________________ and ____________. He thinks he can restore communication between them better than anyone else because he is _________________, so they will be more tolerant of him.

The next time David and Miss Betsey are at the Strongs’, Mr. Dick brings Annie to Doctor Strong. There ensues an explanation scene between _____________ and __________, attended by ____________, ______________, _____________ and ____________________.

___________ narrates that she has always been manipulated by ______________. She suggested Annie marry ____________. Then, she tried to make her take ______________ as a lover. Annie says she has _________ yielded to this.

Throughout this scene, _________________ is upset by Annie’s accusations, while ____________ and ______________ are irritated by ______________ behaviour.

David is touched by a sentence uttered by __________________:

“_________________________________________________________________________”

We can suppose it is because __________________________________________________.

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