1. She smiled at me when we were standing ________ the altar.

2. She too lives in this ________ and remote village where Andrew has his cottage.

3. It was a different sort of worry that was ________ a concern. He wants to see her again.

4. Naturally he had his umbrella with him and a heavy coat ________ that aphorism his mother always used: Never cast a clout (remove an article of clothing) before May is out.

5. Everyone in the pub looks ________ depressed at this remark and begins to think of all the price increases that will follow.

6. For probably the first time in his life Andrew actually ________ his worry from himself to someone else.

7. Suddenly Sally looked at her watch: I must ________ . My train leaves in ten minutes.

8. Immediately Andrew started to worry. He didn't know her name. He didn't know her address and he felt strange. He ________ his pulse. He tests his mental faculties: Two and two make four.

9. Six weeks ________ this extraordinary episode Sally got married.

10. He jumps down from the platform onto the ________ and waves at the train driver to stop. The train stops and Andrew gets onto it.