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The diaries of Colonel Manning

I went to a meeting of our Literary Society last night. We had a most interesting speaker, a man by the name of Weston, who has written several books. He is in fact the person who was invited to address the society on the occasion of our fifth anniversary, but unfortunately he was ill at the time. He had been overworking and as a result his doctor ordered him to take a complete rest for at least three months.

However, he was recovered from his illness now and last night he told us about his most recent work. It is a book about the famous traveller, Colonel Manning, who lived in India in the early part of this century.

Weston said that for years he had been planning to write a book about Colonel Manning but, apart from a collection of letters and notes which the family had provided him with, he did not have much material.

Then one day he got a letter from one of Colonel Manning’s nephews, saying that his uncle had kept a diary. Weston at once went round to see Manning’s daughter to enquire about them. She was not aware that her father had kept a diary but she suggested that he should look in the attic, where some of his boxes were stored. One of these was locked, but Miss Manning managed, after searching through a number of drawers, to find the right key. When they opened the box, Weston was delighted to find a bundle of exercise books inside. They were the diaries he was looking for, and with the help of these he was able to write a very full account of Colonel Manning’s life. (after Donne Byrne)



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  1. Weston was not able to address the Literary Society because

  2. Colonel Manning was

  3. Colonel Manning’s nephew informed Weston

  4. Manning’s daughter and Weston found the box with the diaries

  5. Weston was delighted to find a bundle of exercise books because

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