Part 1: Put ONE suitable word in each space                                                                                                               Miss Darby was one of those people who never threw anything away. “You never know when you might need it” was (1)...................................... of her favorite sayings. She lived (2) ...................................... herselfin a large Victorian house across the road from us. Although I never went to her house, I knew it was full (3)...................................... antique furniture, Persian carpets and so on. In every room, there were dozens of paintings so that her house was (4) ......................................an art gallery. I remember my father (5) ...................................... that she was a “ Staffordshire Darby” but I had (6) ...................................... idea what he meant. I (7)...................................... out years later that the Darby family had made their money from
coalmining in Staffordshire. We used to make up stories (8) ...................................... her. My
sister Alice, (9) ...................................... was a romantic girl, told us that Miss Darby once
had a lover, but he walked out one day and she (10) ...................................... saw him again!