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Mr Jones, the manager of a large company, was
worried. His money was missing. When he went ___1___
a meeting this morning, he had ___2___
an envelope with five hundred dollars on his table.
When he returned to his office ___3___
, the envelope was gone. As Mr Jones always locks
his office when he leaves, no one could have ___4___
it. No one
___5___ for the cleaning lady, Mary, who
also had the ___6___
to his office. Mary cleaned his office every
morning.
Mr Jones sighed. He had no choice but to ___7___
Mary to his office. Mary was soon ___8___
to tears. She swore that she had not seen the
envelope. Mr Jones ___9___
Mary had always been an honest and hardworking
worker. However,
___10___
were bad for her as her husband had been jobless
for several months. As Mary was the ___11___
one who could have taken the money, all suspicion ___12___
on her. Mr Jones told her firmly that if she ___13___
to return the money, he would not ___14___
the matter to the police.
After Mary left, Mr Jones sat down to resume his
work. as he opened his top drawer, he found, ___15___
his horror, the missing envelope. Mr Jones suddenly ___16___
he had put the money ___17___
for safe-keeping just before going off for the
meeting. He felt ___18___
of himself for falsely accusing Mary ___19___
the theft and decided to apologise to her at ___20___.
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Mr Jones, the manager of a large company, was
worried. His money was missing. When he went
for a meeting
this morning, he had left
an envelope with five hundred dollars on his table.
When he returned to his office
later, the envelope was gone. As Mr
Jones always locks his office when he leaves, no one
could have entered
it. No one except
for the cleaning lady, Mary, who also had the
key to his
office. Mary cleaned his office every morning.
Mr Jones sighed. He had no choice but to
summon Mary to
his office. Mary was soon
close to tears. She swore that she had
not seen the envelope. Mr Jones
knew
Mary had always been an honest and hardworking
worker. However,
times
were bad for her as her husband had been jobless
for several months. As Mary was the
only one who
could have taken the money, all suspicion
fell on her. Mr
Jones told her firmly that if she
were to return
the money, he would not
report the matter to the police.
After Mary left, Mr Jones sat down to resume his
work. as he opened his top drawer, he found,
to his horror,
the missing envelope. Mr Jones suddenly
remembered he
had put the money there
for safe-keeping just before going off for the
meeting. He felt ashamed
of himself for falsely accusing Mary
of the theft and
decided to apologise to her at
once.
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