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I had walked along the sea for about an hour until I began to feel hungry.It was seven.At that time I was not far from a favourite restaurant of mine, where I often went to eat two or three times a week.I knew the owner well.
I went into the restaurant, which was already crowded, and ordered my meal.While I was waiting, I looked 1 to see if I knew anyone in the restaurant.Then I saw a man sitting at a corner table near the door keeping looking in my direction, as if he knew me.I certainly didn’t know him, for I never forgot a 2 .The man had a newspaper 3 in front of him.But I could see that he was keeping an 4 on me.When the waiter brought my soup, the man was 5 puzzled(迷惑)by the familiar(熟悉)way that the waiter and I called each other.He became even puzzled as 6 went on.He could see that I was well 7 in the restaurant.At last, he got up and went into the kitchen.After a few minutes he came out again, 8 for his meal and left.
When I had finished, I called the owner of the restaurant and asked him 9 the man had wanted.The owner told me he was a detective.“Really?” I was 10 .“He was certainly 11 in me.But why?” I asked.“He followed you because he thought you were a man he was looking 12 , ” the owner said.“When he came into the kitchen, he showed me a 13 of the man.He certainly looked like you! Of course, since we 14 you, I told him that he had made a mistake.”It was 15 I came to a restaurant where I was known, or I might have been arrested!
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