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And then I told her why I had come, as respectful and earnest as I could. (а) Who is the speaker? Who is ‘her’? (b) What did the speaker tell him?
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01/02/2021 11:18 am
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Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :
And then I told her why I had come, as respectful and earnest as I could.
(а) Who is the speaker? Who is ‘her’?
(b) What did the speaker tell him?
(c) Give the meaning of the word ‘earnest’.
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01/02/2021 11:19 am

(a) The speaker is John A. Pescud. ‘Her’ is Miss Jessie, whom Pescud married later.
(b) The speaker told her that his purpose in coming there was to marry her.
(c) ‘serious’.
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