XXVII Olimpiada Języka Angielskiego - FINAŁ- 2003

GRAMMAR

1. Gdyby nie muzyka, moglibyśmy zapomnieć, że jesteśmy na Bliskim Wschodzie. Większość gości byli
to albo Amerykanie, których firmy przysłały tu służbowo, albo brytyjscy inżynierowie uczestniczący w

jakimś projekcie irygacyjnym, a w holu prawie nie słyszało się innego języka niż angielski.

_______________________________________________________________________________.

________ Most of the guests ____________________________________________________

business, or British __________involved in some irrigation ________________________________

____________________________________________________in the lounge.

2. Nie da się przewidzieć [=ANTICIPATE], kiedy i czy w ogóle będziemy mieli jakieś wakaty, ale kiedy
etat już się pojawi [=OPEN UP], będzie to ogłaszane w lokalnej prasie, a wymagania zostaną określone

[=OUTLINE] na naszej stronie internetowej.

We ______________________________________________________ job vacancies,

___________ a position ________________________________________________________ our

website.

3. Kiedy klatkę z niedźwiedziem opuszczano [=LOWER] na ziemię, zwierzęciu jakoś udało się odciągnąć

zasuwę, co, już na ziemi, pozwoliłoby mu na wypchnięcie drzwi. Rzecz jasna, natychmiast wstrzymano
opuszczanie i znowu trzeba było sprowadzić samochód z wysięgnikiem.

As the cage _____________________________________________________________________

the beast somehow _______________________ the latch ___________________ once
_________________________________________________________________________ platform

truck ___________________________________

4. Wtedy nadal można było iść do banku, wyciągnąć [=PRODUCE] papierowego funta i poprosić o złoto

wartości funta. Pod warunkiem, że nie wszyscy próbowali wymienić swoje papierowe pieniądze na złoto
w tym samym czasie, banki były bezpieczne, nawet jeśli nie więcej niż jedna ósma pieniędzy

papierowych miała pokrycie w złocie.

In those days you ____________________________________________________________ and ask

_____________________ of gold. __________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________ backed by _________

5. Rzecz jasna, to wszystko jest supertajne, ale uważa się, że było od 10 do 20 udanych lotów tego

samolotu przed poniedziałkową katastrofą. Ostre środki bezpieczeństwa, które otaczają jej miejsce,
mają zapobiec [=PREVENT] wpadnięciu choćby strzępów informacji o samolocie w niewłaściwe ręce.

Of course, _____________________________ but there _________________________________

_________________________________________________________________ The high security

__________________________________________________________ bits of _______________

_______________________________________________________________________________

6. Bez względu na to, czyim jesteś świadkiem, nigdy nie wolno ci ignorować poleceń sędziego. Tak

więc, kiedy adwokat sprzeciwi się [=OBJECT] pytaniu, które ci zadano, nie zaczynaj odpowiadać dopóki
sędzia nie upoważni [=AUTHORIZE] cię do tego.

No matter ______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________ you to ___________

7. Jim Tracy - lekarz obozu a przy tym lekarz ogólny mający doświadczenie w leczeniu cukrzycy -

strona główna

publikacje

artykuły

olimpiada

mała liga

sklep internetowy

kontakt

Kurs został stworzony
z myślą o osobach,

które zamierzają
nauczyć się

angielskiego od
podstaw oraz dla tych,

którzy pragną szybko

odświeżyć sobie
zapomniane podstawy.

Kurs w wersji CD-ROM
(3 płyty). Więcej »

Kurs jest przeznaczony

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dobre podstawy języka

angielskiego i
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kontynuować naukę na

wyższym poziomie.
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powiedział, że trzytygodniowy obóz jest wystarczająco długi by dzieci wyrobiły sobie [=DEVELOP] dobre
nawyki, które mogą zabrać do domu.

Jim Tracy, ______________________________________________________________ diabetes,

_______________________ __________________________________________________

__________________________________________ with them.

8. Jego krajobrazy z okresu monachijskiego ujawniły [=REVEAL] szczególny styl, który według
niektórych krytyków był taki jak ojca czy nawet dziadka, chociaż moim zdaniem nie był ani jednym ani

drugim.

His landscapes ____________________________________________ peculiar _______________

_______________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

9. Oferty muszą do nas wpłynąć nie później niż do końca maja, tak żebyśmy mieli dość czasu by je

rozpatrzyć [=CONSIDER], sprawdzić podane [=PROVIDE] liczby i umówić się na spotkania z tymi,
którzy zostaną wybrani do końcowej tury negocjacji.

The offers ________________________________________________ May so ________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

________________ round of negotiations.

VOCABULARY

1. The first thing I do while emptying my mailbox is throw away all that _ u _ _ mail from companies

and stores.

2. The road was so _ _ m _ _ that the car swerved and jolted; it was impossible to take photos.

3. Food imports won't be necessary as the frost has caused very little damage to the _ r _ _ _ .

4. Turtles live in water and _ _ _ t _ _ _ _ _ on land. Both are reptiles.

5. After the country regained independence, many streets had to be _ _ n _ _ _ _ to avoid offending

the memory of the victims of communism.

6. Before the Spanish came, this part of California was rather densely _ _ _ u _ _ _ _ _ by Indian

tribes.

7. In classical Greece lime juice was used by men and women alike to _ _ _ h _ _ _ their hair.

8. Police and military officers set up _ _ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ at every major road to inspect every car
going out of the city.

9. When fitting winter tyres, motorists can leave their summer tyres in _ _ _ r _ _ _ at the tyre shop.

10. As I looked left, I only caught a _ _ _ m _ _ _ of a man who might have been the thief. I'm really
not sure whether he was.

11. A blind goddess who represents Justice symbolises the _ _ _ a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the judges.

12. After giving birth a woman is entitled to a _ _ t _ _ _ _ _ _ leave of 18 weeks.

13. We use the _ _ r _ _ _ _ _ version of the novel because the full version with over 1200 pages is

simply too long for class use.

14. The force of the blast _ _ _ t _ _ _ _ _ many windows on nearby buildings.

15. After the fire the tenants were _ _ m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ placed in bed and breakfast accommodation.

16. On the whole, our daughter was _ _ p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dressed for the occasion, although the

cleavage might have seemed a bit risky.

17. The dog was _ _ f _ _ _ _ _ _ _ by the firefighters, who even built a doghouse for him in the yard
of the station.

18. His ability to take defeat with _ _ g _ _ _ _ has won him general respect.

19. Many kinds of heart surgery that were heralded as major breakthroughs not so long ago have now

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become
_ _ m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

20. The experts who examined the document had doubts about its authenticity, though they did not

state categorically that it was a _ _ _ g _ _ _.

21. In our materialist society, wealth appears to be the only _ _ r _ _ _ _ _ _ of success.

22. In Boston, she met Henry, a widower and 15 years her _ _ d _ _ , whom she married in 1900.

23 When he came to America in 1924, my grandfather was _ _ n _ _ _ _ _ _ and had no friends. But

he worked hard and in ten years became a successful businessman

24. The _ _ l _ _ _ _ _ of light is 186,000 miles/sec or 300,000 km/sec.

25. At ten, my life plan was uncomplicated: I was going to invent some device that everyone would

want and become _ _ b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ wealthy before I was thirty.

26. The appearance of sharp pains in the chest, especially if accompanied by a fast, pounding, or

irregular
_ _ _ r _ _ _ _ _ must be treated very seriously.

27. Among the _ _ _ r _ _ _ _ at Professor Jollie's funeral were many of his former students.

28. _ _ h _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases.

29. Students of architecture will admire the cathedral's _ _ r _ _ _ of style - not a single stone has

been changed in its magnificent Gothic shape.

30. Unlike _ _ l _ _ _ _ _ employees, who are paid monthly, wage earners are paid at the end of the

week.

31. The volume of noise outside a recording studio no longer matters because new insulating materials
can make any room _ _ u _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

READING

1. The Treaty of Utrecht is an instrument on which, ironically enough, Spain in some part bases its

claim to Gibraltar. Though the treaty ceded Gibraltar to Britain in perpetuity, its tenth article provided
that, in the event that Britain relinquished Gibraltar, Spain would have the right to reclaim possession.

A/ The treaty left the Anglo-Spanish conflict unresolved.

B/ Under the treaty Britain could keep Gibraltar indefinitely.

C/ There was a hidden contradiction in the treaty.

D/ The treaty left some room for Spain's foreign policy.

2. In Britain this elite opposition is quite open. Though polls show that 82 percent of the British would

like to see the death penalty restored, the politicians refuse even to discuss the matter. Their

reluctance is reinforced by strong pressure from the European Union that has decreed the death
penalty to be incompatible with membership in its civilized ranks.

A/ The British seem to be more bloodthirsty than the Europeans.

B/ Britain can no longer shape her own public institutions.

C/ Continental Europe appears to be more civilized than the UK.

D/ The abolition of the death penalty can be viewed as undemocratic.

3. By using stale metaphors, similes and idioms, you save much mental effort at the cost of leaving

your meaning vague, not only for your reader but for yourself. This is the significance of mixed
metaphors. The sole aim of a metaphor is to call up a visual image. When these images clash--as in

The Fascist octopus has sung its swan song, --it can be taken as certain that the writer is not seeing a
mental image of the objects he is naming; in other words he is not really thinking.

A/ Metaphors are seen as a substitute for thinking.

B/ No metaphor can directly link two abstract concepts.

C/ Some metaphors come to mind naturally.

D/ All thinking requires the use of images.

4. Teacher training has come under particular and well-deserved fire as it has bowed increasingly to

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eccentric fads and shortchanged the basics. A 1997 poll found that few education-school professors
thought it important to train student teachers to maintain discipline among the children (only 37

percent said yes), correct punctuation, grammar, and spelling (19 percent), and enforce student

punctuality (12 percent). They pass those cavalier attitudes on to the next generation of teachers.

A/ Maintaining discipline in class is not as important now as it used to be.

B/ University-trained teachers may lack some deep insights into their job.

C/ Education professors tend to be out of touch with the real needs of the school.

D/ University-based teacher training is increasingly marginalized.

5. You would think that the extravagantly paid analysts and money managers who follow IBM would
have known about this problem well before the company dropped its Big Blue bombshell, and warned

investors what lay ahead. After all, analysts - who, as the term implies, are supposed to analyze
companies' businesses and prospects - are supposed to talk with big customers of the companies they

cover rather than relying on companies to spoon-feed them.

A/ Analysts reporting on IBM are being accused of dishonesty.

B/ IBM's analysts seem to have been engaged in false accounting.

C/ IBM may have been misleading some of its customers.

D/ Some investment advisors can be blamed for being lazy.

6. But up until Barbie, manufacturers and advertisers generally respected the prevailing cultural view
about both the vulnerability of children and their subordination to their parents. Ruth Handler helped to

change all that. As those disapproving mothers well understood, Barbie invited girls to identify not with

mom but with their hormonal and independent older teenaged sisters.

A/ Barbie doll was advertised to sisters rather than mothers.

B/ Parents and children often differ in matters of aesthetics.

C/ Barbie greatly contributed to turning children into customers.

D/ Today's children are better guarded against advertising.

7. On his First Voyage, Columbus famously kept two sets of logs, one set for his men and the other for

himself. In the former, he deliberately understated the distances travelled, so that the men wouldn't

become nervous about sailing so far from home. But in his own logs Columbus mistakenly
overestimated the distances, so that the "fake" logs ended up being more accurate.

A/ Columbus discovered his error on reaching the Caribbeans

B/ Columbus admitted his deceit on reaching the Caribbeans.

C/ Columbus cared a lot about his reputation as a sailor.

D/ All through his voyage, Columbus ignored his position.

8. After arriving at the top of the tower-a journey that took twenty minutes-he leaned out into the sky

and went to work __________, and then, wearing rubber gloves, to smear a rust-resistant paste onto
whatever corrosion existed along the flat surface and bolts of the tower.

A/ with brushes to remove the rusty wiring

B/ against rusty scrap to remove it all

C/ on the tangled wiring to brush its rust

D/ with wire brushes and scrapers to remove rust

9. Some constitutional theorists have maintained that any obscenity law is a serious abridgment of free

speech. Others have maintained that the First Amendment was never intended to protect obscenity.
__________ free speech abridgements. There are restraints against false and misleading advertising or

statements shouting "fire" without cause in a crowded movie theatre, etc. that do not threaten, but

strengthen, our societal values.

A/ We live quite compatibly with a host of

B/ Yet, it is hard to advocate, they say, more

C/ And the lawmaking process is not aimed at

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D/ Simple decency sometimes calls for

10. Welsh-speaking Welsh people live almost everywhere in the country, and nearly all schoolchildren

learn something of the language. Only in certain rural areas, though, __________ that the language is

the true lingua franca of the neighbourhood, spoken every day by most people in the ordinary course of
events, in schoolyard as in corner shop.

A/ will zealots of rather mild Welsh nationalism say

B/ are hereditary Welsh-speakers so concentrated

C/ could those with a clearly stated goal pretend

D/ can one have qualms about stating with confidence

11. The father was a wiry man, his visible skin pitch brown but in the summer heat when he wore his

blue overalls with no shirt, the unexpected whiteness of his upper arms and body __________ his face
and forearms. The paleness of the body previously hidden from the outside weather gave him an air of

vulnerability, which none of his family ever mentioned because he was their strength.

A/ gave awkwardly frivolous looks to

B/ contrasted with the leathery skin of

C/ would always divert the gaze from

D/ was strangely counter pointed on

12. It was her habit, whenever one of the children fell from grace, to improvise something of a festival
nature from which __________; if all the children sinned collectively they were suddenly informed of a

circus in a neighbouring town, a circus of unrivalled merit and uncounted elephants, to which, but for

their depravity, they would have been taken that very day.

A/ some clear moral lesson could be read

B/ the rival, a one-day pick, would profit

C/ the offender would be rigorously debarred

D/ there could be absolutely no exemption

13. Now the political power on the island has shifted from the Irish to their co-religionists the Italian-
Americans. A majority of them are related ancestrally to agrarian villages in southern Italy, _________

a "village mentality," a sense of insularity and regularity, an affinity for the familiar and strong family
ties.

A/ and they have reinforced

B/ which runs counter to

C/ a factor which neutralizes

D/ because they opt for

14. There is something about battle - the ghastly effort to kill young people with state sanction - that

accelerates time and __________. The hundred years of talking about slavery was not as important as
two days at Gettysburg.

A/ reduces other considerations to trivialities

B/ unmasks the grim reality of realpolitik

C/ highlights the absurdity of the endeavour

D/ slows down civilised human efforts

READING & WRITING

Wpisz brakujące litery w miejsce kresek. Wykreślone zostały zawsze drugie części wyrazów - ani jedno
słowo nie zostało wykreślone w całości. Zacznij od przeczytania całego tekstu.

Late one brilliant April afternoon Professor Lucius Wilson stood at the head of Chestnut Street, looking

about him with the pleased air of a man of taste who does not very often get to Boston. He had lived
there as a student, but for twenty years and more, since he had been Professor of Philosophy in a

Western university, he h_ _ sel_ _ _ come East exc_ _ _ to take a ste_ _ _ _ for some for_ _ _ _ port.
Wilson was stan_ _ _ _ quite st_ _ _,

contem_ _ _ _ _ _ _ with a whim_ _ _ _ _ smile the slan_ _ _ _ street, with i_ _ worn

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pav_ _ _, i_ _ irre_ _ _ _ _, gravely colored hou_ _ _, and the r_ _ of naked tr_ _ _ on
wh_ _ _ the thin sunl_ _ _ _ was st_ _ _ shi_ _ _ _. The gleam o_ the river at the fo_ _ of

t_ _ hill ma_ _ him blink a lit_ _ _, n_ _ so mu_ _ because it w_ _ too bri_ _ _ a_ because he fo_ _ _

it so plea_ _ _ _. The f_ _ passers-by gla_ _ _ _ at him unconc_ _ _ _ _ _ _, and ev_ _ the chil_ _ _ _
who hur_ _ _ _ al_ _ _ with th_ _ _ school-bags under th_ _ _ ar_ _ see_ _ _ to fi_ _ it perf_ _ _ _ _

nat_ _ _ _ that a tall brown gentleman sho_ _ _ be standing th_ _ _, looking up thr_ _ _ _ his gla_ _ _
_ at the gr_ _ housetops.

The sun sa_ _ rap_ _ _ _; the sil_ _ _ _ light h_ _ fa_ _ _ from the bare bou_ _ _ and the watery twil_
_ _ _ was set_ _ _ _ in when Wilson at la_ _ wal_ _ _ down the hi_ _,

desce_ _ _ _ _ into cooler and cooler dep_ _ _ of grayish sha_ _ _. His nostril, long unu_ _ _ to it, was

qu_ _ _ to det_ _ _ the sm_ _ _ of wood sm_ _ _ in the a_ _, ble_ _ _ _ with the odor o_ mo_ _ _
spring earth a_ _ the saltiness th_ _ came up the river wi_ _ the ti_ _. He cro_ _ _ _ Charles Street

bet_ _ _ _ jangling street cars and shelving lumber drays, and
af_ _ _ a mom_ _ _ of uncer_ _ _ _ _ _ wo_ _ _ into Brimmer Street. The street was quiet, dese_ _ _

_, and hu_ _ wi_ _ a thin blu_ _ _ haze.

He h_ _ already fi_ _ _ his sh_ _ _ eye up_ _ the ho_ _ _ which he reas_ _ _ _ sho_ _ _ be his
objective po_ _ _, wh_ _ he not_ _ _ _ a wo_ _ _ appro_ _ _ _ _ _ rap_ _ _ _ from the oppo_ _ _ _

dire_ _ _ _ _. Always a_ interested obse_ _ _ _ o_ wo_ _ _, Wilson wo_ _ _ have slac_ _ _ _ _ his pa_
_ anywhere to fol_ _ _ this o_ _ with h_ _ impersonal,

apprec_ _ _ _ _ _ gla_ _ _. She w_ _ a per_ _ _ of disti_ _ _ _ _ _ he s_ _ at on_ _, and,
more_ _ _ _, very hand_ _ _ _. She was tall, car_ _ _ _ her beautiful he_ _ pro_ _ _ _, and mo_ _ _

with ea_ _ and cert_ _ _ _ _. One immediately took for granted the costly privileges and fine spaces

that must lie in the background from which such a figure could emerge with this rapid and elegant
gait. Wilson noted her dress, too, for, in his way, he had an eye for such things, particularly her brown

furs and her hat. He got a blurred impression of her fine color, the violets she wore, her white gloves,
and, curiously enough, of her veil, as she turned up a flight of steps in front of him and disappeared.

Adapted from Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather

KLUCZ

GRAMMAR

Przyznajemy punkty za fragmenty tłumaczeń wyróżnione tą samą czcionką. We fragmentach tych nie

chodzi o tłumaczenie, które od biedy można by uznać - chodzi o formę najbardziej idiomatyczną i
naturalną. Zatem ocena oparta jest o kryterium pozytywne (forma najwłaściwsza), a nie jak na ogół

w testach gramatycznych negatywne (brak błędu). Na końcu przyznajemy jeden punkt dodatkowy za

bezbłędne przetłumaczenie reszty zdania (w tym przypadku można zadowolić się kryterium
negatywnym braku błędów). Sumę (od 0 do 4) zdobytych punktów za dane zadanie wpisujemy na

marginesie obok numeru zadania. Proszę o zaznaczanie punktacji poszczególnych składników.

UNREAL COND / INVERSION + SEQ OF TENSES & PROPER NAME + negative hardly

1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4

1. Were it not/Had it not been/ for the music, we might have forgotten we were in the Middle East.

Most of the guests were Americans whose companies had sent them there on business, or British

engineers involved in some irrigation project and hardly any language but English could be heard in the
lounge.

OBJECT CLAUSE + EMPHATIC DO 1 + 1 + 1 = 3

2. We cannot anticipate when and if we will have job vacancies, but when a position does open up, this

will be advertised in area newspapers and the requirements will be outlined on our website.

PROGRESSIVE + RELATIVE WHICH (comma) + ARTICLE 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4

3. As the cage with the bear was being lowered to the ground, the beast somehow managed to pull the

latch back, which, once on the ground, would allow it to push the door open. Of course the lowering
was stopped immediately and a platform truck had to be brought in again.

GENITIVE + CONDITIONAL + CONJUNCTION & NUMERAL 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4

4. In those days you could still go into the bank, produce a paper pound and ask for a pound's worth of

gold. Provided that not everyone tried to exchange their paper money for gold at the same time, the

banks were safe, even though/if/ no more than an eighth of the paper money was backed by gold.

THERE & PERF INF + ARTICLE 1 + 1 + 1 = 3

5. Of course it's all supersecret, but there are thought to have been between ten and twenty successful

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flights of the aircraft before Monday's crash. The high security that surrounds its site is to prevent even
bits of information about the plane /from/ falling into the wrong hands.

RELATIVE (no comma) + conditional & substitute so 1 + 1 + 1 = 3

6. No matter whose witness you are, you must never ignore the judge's orders. So when a lawyer
objects to the question you have been asked, don't start to answer unless the judge has authorized

/authorizes/ you to do so.

VERB PATTERN 1 + 1 = 2

7. Jim Tracy, the camp's physician and a GP experienced in diabetes, said the three-week camp is just

long enough for the children to develop good habits they can take home with them.

ARTICLE & NOUN + GENITIVE + PRONOUN 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4

8. His landscapes from the Munich period revealed a peculiar style that, in some critics' opinions, was
like his father's or even his grandfather's, although in my view was neither.

CLAUSE OF PURPOSE + position of participle 1 + 1 + 1 = 3

9. The offers must reach us no later than the end of May so that we will have enough time to consider

them, check the numbers provided and make appointments with those that will be selected for the

final round of negotiations.

VOCABULARY

1. junk

2. bumpy

3. crops

4. tortoises

5. renamed

6. populated

7. lighten

8. checkpoints

9. storage

10. glimpse

11. impartiality

12. maternity

13. abridged

14. shattered

15. temporarily

16. appropriately

17. befriended

18. dignity

19. commonplace

20. forgery

21. yardstick

22. elder

23. penniless

24. velocity

25. fabulously

26. heartbeat

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27. mourners

28. ophthalmology

29. purity

30. salaried

31. soundproof

READING

1. B

2. D

3. B

4. C

5. D

6. C

7. D

8. D

9. A

10. B

11. B

12. C

13. A

14. A

READING & WRITING

Zliczamy liczbę błędów i luk. Sumę dla całego tekstu wpisujemy w prawym dolnym rogu pracy. Dla
całego testu jest (52 +37 + 40 =) 129 słów do wpisania. Przeliczenie liczby błędów na liczbę

zdobytych punktów odbywa się po poprawieniu wszystkich prac i ustaleniu przelicznika błędów.

Late one brilliant April afternoon Professor Lucius Wilson stood at the head of Chestnut Street, looking
about him with the pleased air of a man of taste who does not very often get to Boston. He had lived

there as a student, but for twenty years and more, since he had been Professor of Philosophy in a
Western university, he had seldom come East except to take a steamer for some foreign port. Wilson

was standing quite still, contemplating with a whimsical smile the slanting street, with its worn paving,
its irregular, gravely colored houses, and the row of naked trees on which the thin sunlight was still

shining. The gleam of the river at the foot of the hill made him blink a little, not so much because it

was too bright as because he found it so pleasant. The few passers-by glanced at him unconcernedly,
and even the children who hurried along with their school-bags under their arms seemed to find it

perfectly natural that a tall brown gentleman should be standing there, looking up through his glasses
at the gray housetops.

The sun sank rapidly; the silvery light had faded from the bare boughs and the watery twilight was
setting in when Wilson at last walked down the hill, descending into cooler and cooler depths of grayish

shadow. His nostril, long unused to it, was quick to detect the smell of wood smoke in the air, blended

with the odor of moist spring earth and the saltiness that came up the river with the tide. He crossed
Charles Street between jangling streetcars and shelving lumber drays, and after a moment of

uncertainty wound into Brimmer Street. The street was quiet, deserted, and hung with a thin bluish
haze.

He had already fixed his sharp eye upon the house, which he reasoned should be his objective point,
when he noticed a woman approaching rapidly from the opposite direction. Always an interested

observer of women, Wilson would have slackened his pace anywhere to follow this one with his

impersonal, appreciative glance. She was a person of distinction he saw at once, and, moreover, very
handsome. She was tall, carried her beautiful head proudly, and moved with ease and certainty. One

immediately took for granted the costly privileges and fine spaces that must lie in the background from
which such a figure could emerge with this rapid and elegant gait. Wilson noted her dress, too, for, in

his way, he had an eye for such things, particularly her brown furs and her hat. He got a blurred
impression of her fine color, the violets she wore, her white gloves, and, curiously enough, of her veil,

as she turned up a flight of steps in front of him and disappeared.

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