4))1 Read the story. Then do the exercises below. On the evening before her wedding day, Irene heard the doorbell ing. She was surprised to hear Andrew's Voice. Wasn't he supposed to be at home with his family? Rosemary, her sister, waved him up staits, saying, “She's been busy infront ofthe mirror for hours.” She heard Andrew say, “Oh God!” in a funny, choked sort of voice, and she knew something ‘was very wrong, ‘As he came into her room, his face was white and his hands shook and trembled. What avful thing was he about to tll her? ‘The words came eventually. It wasnt that there was anyone else, oh no, and it wasn't even as if he had hurt, let me handle it my way. hy Im here, mo: “Of course, Irene, that's couldnt tell anyone anything, Not tonight. 1 He handed ther future into her han what you want and ldo it ‘Let me be the one not to turn up,” she said. “That least | get out of it with some dignity. At the church, everyone must believe that you are waiting for me. But your father and mother... [sit fair to leave it to the fast minute?” “They'd prefer to think that | let you down. Who wants a daughter who has been abandoned by the groom? But the plan will only succeed ifno one knows our secret.” “Just let me kn ‘Andrew stood by the altar his stomach like lead, “It’s only natural for you to be nervous,” said Marti, the best man. ‘Andrew felt ashamed as never before, allowing al these three hundred people to come to a ceremony that would nt take place. He looked fearfully at the priest. It took some seconds for him to realise that everyone had risen to thei feet, and that the organist had begun playing “Here Comes the Bride ‘turned and saw Irene, perfectly at ease on her father’s