Шешімі: Choosing the Correct Word

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Maggie

Maggie was happy. She had been given the task of entertaining Mrs King while her parents and Uncle William had some sort of business meeting in the library. She was glad they had asked her to 32 ______ Mary King’s company because she really liked her. In fact, she 33 ______ the woman. There was something about Mary that was intriguing and special. Maggie knew that Mary liked her in return, and there was an ease between them. That this woman was truly lovely to look 34 ______ was a given; that she was charming, kind and extremely intelligent was a bonus, Maggie thought. She was 35 ______ by the older woman’s knowledge of art and sculpture. Mary knew a great deal about certain artists and their work, especially French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, and she was happy to share.

The two of them were seated in a yellow drawing room chatting. At one moment, Maggie couldn’t help thinking that Mary King 36 ______ perfect in this amazing room tonight. She was 37 ______ a most elegant and fashionable sapphire blue velvet dress and sapphire earrings, which exactly echoed the blue in some of the fabrics her mother had chosen for the room. She ought to be painted in here, Maggie thought, and it should be called Portrait in Blue.

After a brief discussion about a recent art exhibition at a well-known gallery in Chelsea, with Mary 38 ______ most of the talking, they fell silent. But it was a friendly silence.