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“The windows of the three rooms open out upon the park. That fatal night Dr. Roylott had gone to his room early, though we knew that he had not gone to bed, for my sister was troubled by the smell of the strong Indian cigars which he smoked. She left her room, therefore, and came into mine, where she sat for some time, talking about her approaching wedding. At eleven o’clock she rose to leave me, but she paused at the door and looked back.
“ ‘Tell me, Helen,’ said she, ‘have you ever heard anyone whistle at night?’
“ ‘Never. But why?’ said I.
“ ‘Because during the last few nights I have always, about three in the morning, heard a low, clear whistle. I cannot tell where it came from – perhaps from the next room, perhaps from the park. I thought that I would ask you whether you had heard it.’
‘No, I have not. It must be those gypsies in the park.’
“ ‘Very likely. And if it were in the park, it is strange that you did not hear it also.’
“ ‘Ah, but I do not hear anything when I am asleep.’
She smiled back at me, closed my door, and a few moments later I heard her key turn in the lock.”
“Did you always lock yourselves in at night?” asked Holmes.
“Always.”
“And why?”
“I think that I said that the doctor kept a cheetah and a baboon. We had no feeling of security if our doors were not locked.”
“I see. But forgive me for interrupting you. Please continue your story.”
Exercises
1. Answer the questions:
1. What did you learn about the Roylotts of Stoke Moran?
2. Why did Dr. Roylott return to England from India a gloomy and disappointed man?
3. How did it happen that Dr. Roylott lived in Stoke Moran with his two stepdaughters?
4. Who else lived in the house?
5. What were the relations between Dr. Roylott and other people in the village?
6. Why weren’t Julia and Helen happy?
7. How did it happen that Julia became engaged to be married?
8. What did you learn about the house where Julia’s tragic death occurred?
9. What did the sisters speak about before Julia’s death?
10. Why did the sisters lock their bedrooms?
1. Was Dr. Roylott a good doctor? Would you like him to be your family doctor? Why do you think so?
2. Was it easy for the sisters to marry? Why do you think so?
2. Find the following phrases in the text and reproduce situations from the text with them. Give Russian equivalents.
1. to be left
2. to leave smth to smb
3. to make friends with smb
4. to be / become engaged to smb
engagement (to smb)
5. to open out on / upon / into
3. Paraphrase the underlined parts of the sentences so as to use the phrases above.
1. Tony is a very sociable boy, he can
2. How long
3. It was only after his aunt’s death that Robert learned
