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Why did Eveline review all the familiar objects at home?

Eveline reviewed all the familiar objects at home because she was feeling nostalgic as she was going to leave the house with her lover Frank. All the beautiful and joyous memories of her childhood days flashed in front of her eyes.


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Underline the parts that are parallel in the following sentences

• She had consented to go away, to leave her home.


• Strange that it should come that very night to remind her of the promise to her mother, her promise to keep the home together as long as she could.


• She prayed to God to direct her, to show her what was her duty.


• Frank would take her in his arms, fold her in his arms.


• Her time was running out but she continued to sit by the window, leaning her head against the window curtain, inhaling the odour of dusty cretonne.


• Not long before, when she had been laid up for a day, he had read her out a ghost story and made toast for her at the fire.

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Mark the stressed syllables in the following words chosen from the lesson. Consult the dictionary or ask the teacher if necessary.

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Where was Eveline planning to go?

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Who was Frank? Why did Eveline’s father quarrel with him?