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Complete the mind map given below and write a brief summary of the story in your own words. |
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Answer» (i) a letter from Basil breaking the engagement (ii) irritable (iii) sing a lament (iv) Basil as a knife piercing her heart (v) deserted her (vi) of mpod (vii) Head mistress Miss. Wyatt (viii) the letter A brief summary: Miss Meadows was upset over a letter from Basil breaking the engagement. She remains gloomy and irritable in class. She taxes the students making them sing a lament. She thinks of the letter from Basil as a knife piercing her heart. Basil seems to have deserted her. Suddenly she is called by Head mistress Miss. Wyatt. The headmistress gives her a telegram which asks her to forget the letter. Miss Meadows feels happy and returns to the class with vigour and good cheer. |
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