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Task-4. To read a text and work with vocabulary
Lost in the Post

A. Philips
Ainsley, a post-office sorter, turned the envelope over and over in his hands. The letter was addressed to his wife and had anAustralian stamp.
Ainsley knew that the sender was Dicky Soames, his wife's cousin. It was the second letter Ainsley received after Dicky'sdeparture. The first letter had come six months before, he did not read it and threw it into the fire. No man ever had less reason for jealousy¹ than Ainsley. His wife was frank as the day, a splendid housekeeper, a very good mother to their two children. He knew that Dicky Soames had been fond of Adela and the fact that Dicky Soames had years back gone away to join his and Adela's uncle made no difference to him. He was afraid that some day Dicky would re­turn and take Adela from him.
Ainsley did not take the letter when he was at work as his fellow-workers could see him do it. So when the working hours were over he went out of the post-of­fice together with his fellow workers, then he returned to take the letter addressed to his wife. As the door of the post-office was locked, he had to get in through a window. When he was getting out of the window thepostmaster saw him. He got angry and dismissed Ainsley. So another man was hired and Ainsley became unemployed. Their life became hard, they had to borrow money from their friends.
Several months had passed. One afternoon when Ainsley came home he saw the familiar face of Dicky Soames. "So he had turned up," Ainsley thought to himself.
Dicky Soames said he was delighted to see Ainsley. "I have missed all of you so much," he added with a friendly smile.

Ainsley looked at his wife. "Uncle Tom has died," she explained, "and Dicky has come into his money". "Congratulation," said Ainsley, "you are lucky."

Adela turned to Dicky. "Tell Arthur the rest," she said quietly. "Well, you see," said Dicky, "Uncle Tom had something over sixty thousand and he wished Adela to have half. But he got angry with you because Adela never answered the two letters I wrote to her for him. Then he changed his will and left her money to hospitals. I asked him not to do it, but he wouldn't listen to me!" Ainsley turned pale. "So those two letters were worth reading after all," he thought to himself. For some time everybody kept silence. Then Dicky Soames broke the silence, "It's strange about those two letters. I've often wondered why you didn't answer them?" Adela got up, came up to her husband and said, taking him by the hand. "The letters were evidently lost." At that moment Ansley realized that she knew everything.
NOTES:

¹ No man had less reason for jealousy — Никто не имел меньше оснований для ревности.

a post-office sorter	сортировщик почты
turn smt over and over in one’s hands	вертеть ч-л в руках
the letter had a stamp	на письме была марка
the sender was ___	письмо было отправлено к-л
Departure	отъезд
throw smt into the fire	бросить ч-л в камин
No man ever had less reason for jealousy than ___	Никто не имел меньше оснований для ревности, чем ___
frank as the day	открытый, чистосердечный
a splendid housekeeper	прекрасная хозяйка
a good mother to smb	хорошая мать к-л
be fond of smb	быть влюбленным в, увлекаться к-л
years back	много лет назад
go away to join one’s uncle	уехать жить к дяде
it makes no difference to me	для меня это не имеет значения
some day	как-нибудь, однажды
be at work	находиться на работе
As	так как
fellow-worker	сотрудник
the working hours are over	рабочий день окончен

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