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1 There was ... knock on .. door. I opened it and found... small dark man in .. blue overcoat and.. woollen cap.
2 He said he was... employee of... gas company and-had come to read ... meter.
3 But I had... suspicion that he wasn't speaking... truth because ... meter readers usually wear... peaked caps.
4 However, I took him to ... meter, which is in... dark corner under ... stairs (... meters are usually in ... dark
corners under... stairs).
5 I asked if he had... torch; he said be disliked torches and always read ... meters by... light of... match.
6 I remarked that if there was... leak in ... gaspipe there might be .. explosion while he was reading... meter.
7 He said, 'As... matter of ... fact, there was... explosion in ... last house I visited; and Mr Smith, ... owner of ...
house, was burnt in ... face."
8 'Mr Smith was holding ... lighted match at... time of ... explosion.'
9 To prevent ... possible repetition of this accident, I lent him... torch.
10 He switched on... torch, read
meter and wrote... reading down on... back of... envelope.
11 I said in ... surprise that ... meter readers usually put ... readings down in ... book.
12 He said that he had had... book but that it had been burnt in ... fire in ... Mr Smith's house.