The sound of my voice seemed to mean

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1. was about

2. We’re safe from interruption[ˌɪntə'rʌpʃən] here

3. I found no voice to speak

4. Pinkerton['pɪŋkətən]

5. to speak the truth[truːθ]

6. The sound of my voice seemed to mean

7. My idea was to draw out six dollars

8. How will you have it?

READING COMPREHENSION

Exercise 9. Find the answers to the questions in the text.

1. Why did the narrator decide to open a bank account?

2. Who did he want to talk to?

3. What was the manager like?

4. Where did the manager lead the way to? Why did he take the narrator there?

5. Why did the manager look worried?

6. How much money did the narrator intend to put in the bank?

7. Where did the narrator walk through a big door? Where was he supposed to go?

8. Why did the narrator need to draw out some money?

9. Who helped the narrator to write out a cheque?

10. How much money was he going to draw out? How much did he draw out instead? Why?

11. What notes did he get the money in?

12. What did the narrator hear when he left the bank?

13. Where does he keep his money and savings now?

Exercise 10. Correct the following statements. Begin with I’m afraid that’s wrong / that’s not quite true / as far as I know / on the contrary / I don’t think so / according to the story.

1. The narrator intended to speak to the owner of the bank.

2. The narrator was a detective.

3. The narrator was a son of Baron Rothschild.

4. He pushed the money to the manager.

5. Nobody wanted to give him a chequebook.

6. His idea was to draw fifty-six dollars out of the bank.

7. The narrator is a regular customer of the bank now.

Exercise 11. Who made the following utterances? When and why were they made?

1. “Are you the manager?”

2. “We’re safe from interruption here.”

3. “A large account, I suppose.”

4. “Here, put it on my account.”

5. “Are you drawing it all out again?”

6. “How will you have it?”

7. “In six-dollar notes.”

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