Angus Pym _________ (wake) up on the dot of six o'clock, as he always ________

(do), no matter where he ________ (be) or what he________ (do) the previous day.
His first thought was the realization that he __________ (wear) still shirt and
trousers, and when his eyes__________(fall) on the reports piled up around him on
the bed, the events of the previous evening _________(come) back to him. He
_________(go) to his club for supper, ___________(finish) just his steak tartare and
_________(look) forward to a splendid zabaglione when his meal
__________(interrupt) rudely by a call from M, his controller. After an ice-cold
shower, Pym _________(think) carefully about which suit to put on. He
_________(see) M at nine o'clock that morning, and he _________(want) to make a
good impression. Glancing at himself in the mirror , he ________(notice) that he
________(put) on weight recently. He __________(have) to pay more attention to his
diet in the future. An hour later, as he _________(drive) through the rush-hour traffic
on his way to meet M, Pym ____________(consider) carefully the contents of the
files. So Zircon, the organization which sought to control the free western world, was
back in business? Its founder, Leon Biarrowitz, was dead. Pym ________(know)this ,
because he ___________________(arrange) personally his death. But who
_____________(control) Zircon now? Doubtless M ___________(tell) him.