Taste

1. n
2. Pratt would win Mike`s daughter hand.
3. Richard Pratt was a famous gourmet. He was president of a small society known as
the Epicures. He organised dinners where rare wines were served
4. The claret was breathing in the study. His first bet was a case of wine.
5. She thought that Mike shouldn’t bet his own daughter.
6. Yes, he did.Pratt guessed the name of the wine because he saw the name of the
wine in the study before he took the bet.
7. He revealed that Richard had cheated Mike

A swim
1. j
2. He waited until all the other numbers had been sold to know how much
money he could earn. Because the next morning the weather had improved
and the ship was going faster than he had expected and all the money he had
bet would have been in vain
3. n
4. mç
5. She either might have believed what Mr. Botibol had told her or she might
have been a person who had bet on high field and didn't want to stop
because, that way, she wouldn't earn the money.

Mrs Bixby and the colonel's coat

1. To visit a gentleman known as the Colonel. She went to Baltimore

2. He was a dentist and a dishonest man. Mrs Bixty was talkative, manipulative,
selfish and dishonest.
3. It was a lie. Both had secret couples, both were dishonest.
4. She said she had fouNd the ticket on her taxi seat
5. She took it to a pawnbroker. Colonel, her lover,l gave it to her.
6. Because she doesn’t want him to recognise her.