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He had an unusually deep voice which suggested a strange combination of shyness and self-confidence. I was (1) ________ of a fairly strong foreign accent and I wondered what country he had (2) ________ come from. I said that I had to catch a train in 20 minutes’ time, but that he might (3) ________ me to the station. “I am going to (4) ________ you,” he said suddenly, after a moment’s (5) ________. “Can you lend me five pounds? I have no money at all.” I have (6) ________ many queer characters during my life and (7) ________ people have tried to borrow money from me. I have generally (8) ________ to avoid lending them any. But, perhaps because of the very directness of his (9) ________, I somehow had the impression that his need might be desperately (10) ________.