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Agatha Christie would never forget the night when she met a robber many years ago. That evening, she went to a birthday party which 1
D
until two o'clock in the morning. Agatha walked in the 2
B
street alone. Suddenly from the back of a dark 3
B
a tall man with a sharp knife in his right hand ran out at her. "Good 4
A
, lady," the man said in a low voice. "I don't think you wish to 5
A
here!" "What do you want?" "Your earrings. Take them off!"
Agatha suddenly had a(n) 6
D
idea. She tried to cover her necklace with the collar(衣领) of her overcoat while she used 7
C
hand to take off both of her earrings and then quickly 8
B
them on the ground.
"Take them and let me go," she said. The robber thought that the girl didn't like the earrings at all, only trying to 9
D
the necklace. It would cost 10
B
, so he said, "Give me your necklace."
"Oh, sir. It doesn't 11
D
much. Please let me wear it."
"I'm not that 12
C
. Quick!"
With shaking 13
A
, Agatha took off her necklace. As soon as the robber left, she picked up her earrings and ran as 14
D
as she could to one of her friends'. The earrings cost 480 pounds and the necklace the robber had taken away cost 15
C
six pounds.