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"I should explain," he added, "what I was really too cold and fatigued to do before, that I am an experimental investigator. "I...Question
"I should explain," he added, "what I was really too cold
and fatigued to do before, that I am an experimental
investigator.
"Indeed,
sir,
said Mrs. Hall, much
impressed. "And my baggage contains apparatus and
appliances.
"Very useful things indeed they are, sir,"
said Mrs. Hall. "And I'm very naturally anxious to get on
with my inquiries."
"Of course, sir.
"My reason for
coming
to lping,
he proceeded,
with a certain
deliberation of manner, "was ... a desire for solitude. I do
not wish to be disturbed in my work. In addition to my
work, an accident-"'"I thought as much," said Mrs. Hall
to herself. "My eyes-
-are sometimes so weak and
painful that I have to shut myself up in the dark for hours
together. Lock myself up. Sometimes-now and then.
Not at present, certainly. At such times the slightest
disturbance, the entry of a stranger into the room, is a
source of excruciating annoyance to me-it is well
these things should be understood." "Certainly, sir," said
Mrs. Hall. "And if I might make so bold as to ask-
." "That
think, is all," said the stranger, with that quietly irresistible
air of finality he could assume at will. Mrs. Hall reserved
her question and sympathy for a better occasion.What text evidence
supports the theme? In a short sentence
and fatigued to do before, that I am an experimental
investigator.
"Indeed,
sir,
said Mrs. Hall, much
impressed. "And my baggage contains apparatus and
appliances.
"Very useful things indeed they are, sir,"
said Mrs. Hall. "And I'm very naturally anxious to get on
with my inquiries."
"Of course, sir.
"My reason for
coming
to lping,
he proceeded,
with a certain
deliberation of manner, "was ... a desire for solitude. I do
not wish to be disturbed in my work. In addition to my
work, an accident-"'"I thought as much," said Mrs. Hall
to herself. "My eyes-
-are sometimes so weak and
painful that I have to shut myself up in the dark for hours
together. Lock myself up. Sometimes-now and then.
Not at present, certainly. At such times the slightest
disturbance, the entry of a stranger into the room, is a
source of excruciating annoyance to me-it is well
these things should be understood." "Certainly, sir," said
Mrs. Hall. "And if I might make so bold as to ask-
." "That
think, is all," said the stranger, with that quietly irresistible
air of finality he could assume at will. Mrs. Hall reserved
her question and sympathy for a better occasion.What text evidence
supports the theme? In a short sentence
Answers
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The theme of isolation and the struggle for privacy is supported by the stranger's desire for solitude and his discomfort with disturbances, as indicated when he says, "I do not wish to be disturbed in my work."