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Why Do You Think the Desk Had Been Sold, and When?

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Why do you think the desk had been sold, and when?

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The desk must have been sold when the house in which Connie Macpherson lived had caught fire. She was taken to a nursing home. All the burnt up things must have been sold by the neighbours after that.

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Chapter 1.1: The Best Christmas Present in the World - Working with the Text [Page 16]

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Chapter 1.1 The Best Christmas Present in the World
Working with the Text | Q 2 | Page 16

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