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And then I told her why I had come, as respectful and earnest as I could. And I told her everything about myself, and what I was making, and how that all I asked was just to get acquainted with her and try to get her to like me. (a) Who is the speak...
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31/01/2021 5:13 pm
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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. And I told her everything about myself, and what I was making, and how that all I asked was just to get acquainted with her and try to get her to like me.
(a) Who is the speaker and who is he talking to?
(b) Who does ‘her’ refer to here?
(c) When did the speaker see ‘her’?
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31/01/2021 5:14 pm

(a) The speaker is John A. Pescud and he is talking to the narrator.
(b) Jessie Allyn.
(c) The speaker saw ‘her’ when he was going to Cincinnati in a chair-car.
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