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I was born and grew up in the small town of Peneville, which I left at the age of sixteen. Twenty years 1 I found myself back on a visit. I went to see my old friend Tom Clark, who, 2 as ever, was head of a readers’ club. He was busy getting ready to welcome a famous writer, who had been 3
to come to give a talk on novels at the public library that very evening. Since I happened to have read a book or two by this famous writer, when Tom asked me to go with him, I 4 accepted(接受).
Tom was going to introduce(介绍) the writer to the audience. So we went to the library a little earlier to welcome him. 5 the writer hadn’t arrived yet, I left Tom and went into the reading room. A large number of people had already been there. I was sorry to find that I didn’t know a single person. So I found a 6 in the corner and sat quietly waiting.
When it was just about time for the talk to begin, I saw Tom standing at the door making a sign for 7 to come out. He looked wo