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english ferry class 7 chapter 1 after 20 years solutions

Answer 1

English Supplementary: After Twenty Years by O. Henry. ... the childhood friends who agreed to meet - after 20 years - his friend there shows ...

Answer 2

Summary of After Twenty Years by O.Henry:

• 'After Twenty Years' is a short story by O.Henry about two best friends, Jimmy Wells and Bob, who decide to go down different paths and make a pact to meet at the same place after twenty years.
• Bob leaves New York to go try his luck in the West and Jimmy decides to stay and becomes a cop.
• A police officer is on the beat late one night in New York City. He notices Bob standing in a dark doorway. The officer approaches him, and Bob explains that he is waiting for his friend, Jimmy Wells.
• Twenty years ago, the two men had agreed to meet on this date at a restaurant right where Bob is waiting. Bob explains that he and Jimmy Wells grew up together like brothers in the city and that Jimmy was one of the most loyal and solid friends you could wish for.
• After around twenty minutes have passed, a man in an overcoat walks towards Bob and asks him if he is Bob. Bob becomes very excited and asks if this man is Jimmy Wells. The new man allows Bob to think he is Jimmy Wells, and suggests that they go to a restaurant to catch up since the one that they had agreed to meet at is gone.
• Bob notices that he is not Jimmy wells as they walk by. The man informs Bob that he is identified The man tells Bob that authorities in Chicago had alerted them that Bob might be in New York and that Bob is now under arrest. He gives Bob a note from Jimmy Wells, who was the police officer.
• In the note, Wells explains that he came to meet Bob, but recognized him as a criminal wanted in Chicago. He also says that he couldn't bring himself to arrest his old friend so he got someone else to do it.

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