Question

 

 

 

Lestrade heard someone ^(I)      in the house. Holmes kicked the door down and they rushed in. To

their surprise, they saw (²⁾_____________ instead of Stapleton. The room had been made into a kind of

⁽³⁾___________ for the butterflies and insects. Mrs. Stapleton was ⁽⁴⁾________________ to a post in the centre of the room. A cloth had been tied around her neck and another across her⁽⁵⁾________________ so that she couldn't speak. They untied her. She asked if Sir Henry was ⁽⁶⁾_______________ . They told her he was. Mrs. Stapleton cried.  She knew her husband was trying to ⁽⁷⁾______________ _ Sir Henry. She should have⁽⁸⁾_____________ him but she couldn't. Holmes asked her⁽⁹⁾_____________ her husband was. She supposed he was in an old mine in Grimpen

Mire where he kept his⁽¹⁰⁾_____________ .

Answer 1

1. moving      2. Mrs. Stapleton    3. museum    4. tied

5. mouth      6. safe      7. kill     8. stopped

9. where     10. hound/dog