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Why didn’t Jimmy Wells, being a cop himself, arrest Bob? - English

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Why didn’t Jimmy Wells, being a cop himself, arrest Bob?

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Jimmy Wells sent a note to Bob through a plainclothes man explaining his inability to arrest him. The note read that he had also remembered the rendezvous they had made twenty years ago. But, when he lit the cigar, he could find the features of the criminal wanted in Chicago. Somehow, he could not bring himself to arrest him. It is obvious his emotions prevented him from doing so. So, he had sent someone else to do the job.

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Chapter 1.3: After Twenty Years - Exercises [Page 32]

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Chapter 1.3 After Twenty Years
Exercises | Q 4. f) | Page 32

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