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c) At least an hour and a half before it was time to leave the house for the station, Mrs. 
Foster would step out o f the elevator all ready to go.
d) It was quite difficult to pull herself together until her husband emerged and suggested that 
they should go.
4. What was Mr. Foster's reaction on his wife's behaviour?
a) Mr. Foster was well aware o f his wife's state but he was absolutely indifferent.
b) He was irritated by the foolishness o f Mrs. Foster and that's why they constantly 
quarrelled.
c) Mr. Foster understood his wife and tried to do everything possible to support and calm her
down.
d) Mr. Foster increased her misery by keeping her waiting unnecessarily.
5. In what way had Mr. Foster disciplined his wife?
a) Knowing that his wife would never dare to tell him to hurry Mr. Foster had a very 
accurate timing - just a minute or two late.
b) In order to intensify the poor woman's suffering, Mr. Foster forced his wife to miss the 
train whenever they were to go somewhere.
c) Mr. Foster made his wife leave the house at least half an hour before it was time.
d) Every five minutes he told his wife that they had plenty o f time and there was no 
necessity to worry.
Text 2
As soon as George Cleaver had made his first million, he and Mrs. Cleaver moved out of 
their small suburban villa into an elegant London house. They acquired a French chef called 
Monsieur Estragon and an English butler called Tibbs, both wildly expensive. With the help o f 
these two experts, the Cleavers set out to climb the social ladder and began to give dinner parties 
several times a week on a lavish scale.
But these dinners never seemed quite to come off. There was no animation, no spark to set 
the conversation alight, no style at all. Yet the food was superb and the service faultless.
«What the heck's wrong with our parties, Tibbs?» Mr. Cleaver said to the butler. «Why don't 
nobody never loosen up and let themselves go?»
Tibbs inclined his head to one side and looked at the ceiling. «I hope, sir, you will not be 
offended if I offer a small suggestion.»
«What is it?»
«It's the wine, sir.»
«What about the wine?»
«Well, sir, Monsieur Estragon serves superb food. Superb food should be accompanied by 
superb wine. But you serve them a cheap and very odious Spanish red.»
«Then why in heaven's name didn't you say so before, you twit?» cried Mr. Cleaver. «I'm 
not short o f money. I'll give them the best flipping wine in the world if that's what they want! What 
is the best wine in the world?»
«Claret, sir,» the butler replied, «from the greatest chateaux in Bordeaux - Lafite, Latour, 
Haut-Brion, Margaux, Mouton-Rothschild and Cheval Blanc. And from only the very greatest 
vintage years, which are, in my opinion, 1906,1914, 1929 and 1945. Cheval Blanc was also 
magnificent in 1895 and 1921, and Haut-Brion in 1906.»
«Buy them all!» said Mr. Cleaver. «Fill the flipping cellar from top to bottom!»
«I can try, sir,» the butler said. «But wines like these are extremely rare and cost a fortune.»
«I don't give a hoot what they cost!» said Mr. Cleaver. «Just go out and get them!»
That was easier said than done. Nowhere in England or in France could Tibbs find any wine 
from 1895, 1906, 1914 or 1921. But he did manage to get hold o f some twenty-nines and forty- 
fives. The bills for these wines were astronomical.
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