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Form a meaningful summary of the lesson by rewriting the numbers in the correct sequence: a) The narrator had only 63 pounds with him and did not know how to manage the situation. b) The

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Form a meaningful summary of the lesson by rewriting the numbers in the correct sequence:

a) The narrator had only 63 pounds with him and did not know how to manage the situation.  
b) The narrator thought of all his relations from whom he could borrow.  
c) Unfortunately he had made the highest bid.  
d) The narrator entered Christie’s as his friend persuaded him to visit the saleroom.  
e) Every time someone else made a higher bid and the narrator was not caught.  
f) The narrator on a sudden impulse added 50 more guineas, to the amount offered.  
g) His friend joined him then but left immediately unable to control his laughter.  
h) He even thought of borrowing from moneylenders and considered the possibility of confessing the truth to the staff at Christie’s.  
i) The picture was declared sold to the narrator.  
j) After some time a picture was put up and a bid for 4000 guineas was raised.  
k) A sudden stroke of luck befell the narrator when he heard that the gent who had made the bid of 4000 guineas would offer him the additional 50 guineas and buy the picture.  
l) The narrator kept bidding just for fun.  
m) The picture was given away to the other bidder and the narrator was saved from humiliation.  
n) His friend had left the place roaring with laughter at the narrator’s predicament.  
o) The narrator was quite happy at the offer but demanded 100 guineas instead of the 50. Now there was no need for him to make any payment.  
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a) The narrator had only 63 pounds with him and did not know how to manage the situation. 8.
b) The narrator thought of all his relations from whom he could borrow. 9.
c) Unfortunately he had made the highest bid. 6.
d) The narrator entered Christie’s as his friend persuaded him to visit the saleroom. 1.
e) Every time someone else made a higher bid and the narrator was not caught. 3.
f) The narrator on a sudden impulse added 50 more guineas, to the amount offered. 5.
g) His friend joined him then but left immediately unable to control his laughter. 11.
h) He even thought of borrowing from moneylenders and considered the possibility of confessing the truth to the staff at Christie’s. 10.
i) The picture was declared sold to the narrator. 7.
j) After some time a picture was put up and a bid for 4000 guineas was raised. 4.
k) A sudden stroke of luck befell the narrator when he heard that the gent who had made the bid of 4000 guineas would offer him the additional 50 guineas and buy the picture. 12.
l) The narrator kept bidding just for fun. 2.
m) The picture was given away to the other bidder and the narrator was saved from humiliation. 14.
n) His friend had left the place roaring with laughter at the narrator’s predicament. 15.
o) The narrator was quite happy at the offer but demanded 100 guineas instead of the 50. Now there was no need for him to make any payment. 13.
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