Laura 1)…..(stare) through the train window at the cold, snowy fields. It 2)…..(be) Christmas Eve and she 3)…..(travel) home from Newcastle to spend some time with her parents for the first time in months. Suddenly an elderly gentleman 4)…..(enter) her compartment. He 5)…..(wear) a black coat and he 6)…..(carry) a briefcase. He 7)…..(sit) opposite Laura, 8)…..(open) his briefcase, 9)…..(take) out an envelope and 10)…..(give) it to Laura. …
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Laura 11)…..(get) off the train, carefully 12)…..(put) the envelope in her bag and 13)…..(walk) towards the car which 14)…..(wait) for her. ‘What shall I do?’ she 15)…..(think) sadly.