As
you can imagine, I felt tremendously flattered. But I turned him __down___
(9). I told him I was just too young to settle ___in__ (10). I needed more
time to think things ___over___ (11). For the next few months we played a
sort of game. He kept ____on___ (12) proposing and I kept ___on__ (13)
saying “no”. But then one night – it was May 10th – everything changed. I told my
father I was going to a poetry reading in the local Town Hall. In fact, I
slipped __out__ (14) of the side door and went to the cinema with Gerald.
When the film was over, we caught the last bus home but – along the way –
the bus broke ___down__ (15) and all the passengers had to get __off____ (16)
and walk.
It was now two o’clock in the morning. I took __out___ (17) my key and let
myself ___in___ (18) as quietly as I could. My father was waiting for me
in the hall. He normally went to bed at about eleven but – that night –
he’d decided to stay___up__ (19) until I come __back___ (20).