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Insisted upon returning ...
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A woman asked another one to open her handbag and show its contents:
More puzzled than ever,MissMayfield did so, exposing
its meagre contents. There was a purse which, when she
had opened it and looked into it in the hospital, had
contained eight shillings and four pennies and which had
been reduced by one and sixpence for the smallest size of
tubes of toothpaste, and by two shillings when she insisted
upon returningMrsMott-Tyler’s ‘treat’ of morning coffee
during one of their visits to the town; there was a comb
and some hairpins, a powder compact of the old-fashioned
kind, a fountain pen, the book of stamps, a nail file and a
key ring.
Does it mean she paid one shilling and sixpence for a few tubes of toothpaste or only for one tube?
Does it say that she returned Mrs Mott-Tyler two shillings for the coffee which Mrs Mott-Tyler once bought her when in town? Or maybe she bought her a coffee for two shillings as well?
A woman asked another one to open her handbag and show its contents:
More puzzled than ever,MissMayfield did so, exposing
its meagre contents. There was a purse which, when she
had opened it and looked into it in the hospital, had
contained eight shillings and four pennies and which had
been reduced by one and sixpence for the smallest size of
tubes of toothpaste, and by two shillings when she insisted
upon returningMrsMott-Tyler’s ‘treat’ of morning coffee
during one of their visits to the town; there was a comb
and some hairpins, a powder compact of the old-fashioned
kind, a fountain pen, the book of stamps, a nail file and a
key ring.
Does it mean she paid one shilling and sixpence for a few tubes of toothpaste or only for one tube?
Does it say that she returned Mrs Mott-Tyler two shillings for the coffee which Mrs Mott-Tyler once bought her when in town? Or maybe she bought her a coffee for two shillings as well?
Top answer
Good question. She paid one shilling and sixpence to purchase one tube of the smallest size of toothpaste and two additional shillings for morning coffee during one of their visits to the town.
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Good question.
She paid one shilling and sixpence to purchase one tube of the smallest size of toothpaste and two additional shillings for morning coffee during one of their visits to the town.
She paid one shilling and sixpence to purchase one tube of the smallest size of toothpaste and two additional shillings for morning coffee during one of their visits to the town.
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Hi
But it says that she insisted upon "returning"? So what did she return? to me it sounds like Mrs Mott-Tyler bought her coffe once and now she gave her back two shillings for that coffe?
But it says that she insisted upon "returning"? So what did she return? to me it sounds like Mrs Mott-Tyler bought her coffe once and now she gave her back two shillings for that coffe?
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Again, a good question. This is not an easy text.
She was returning a "treat". In this context, returning means to reciprocate.
Mrs. Mott-Tyler treated her to coffee on one of their visits to town. This means that on a previous visit, Mrs. M-T bought coffee for both of them. To treat means to buy.
So, the text infers that on the day in question, she
She was returning a "treat". In this context, returning means to reciprocate.
Mrs. Mott-Tyler treated her to coffee on one of their visits to town. This means that on a previous visit, Mrs. M-T bought coffee for both of them. To treat means to buy.
So, the text infers that on the day in question, she
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