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Holidays

Ronald and Brenda left for Wales to spend their holidays in Templeton Castle, the ancestral home of Lord and Lady Usher, Brenda's late grandparents. The castle brought back many happy memories – they 30________ how they'd spent a holiday there just before Ronald went up to Cambridge. They roamed the hills together during the day, rarely returning to the castle before the sun had 31________ behind the highest mountain. They 32________ delicious food and after supper they sat by a roaring log fire reading novels and short stories.

After a fortnight, during which time they encountered more cattle than human beings, they reluctantly set out on the long journey back to London. They 33________ at the Russell House looking forward to a life of domestic tranquility. 34________, it was not to be.

Ronald's mother-in-law confessed that she could 35________ wait to get Billy off her hands. Tears before bedtime had occurred once too often, she told them as her cat leapt up on to her mistress's lap and promptly fell asleep. "Frankly, you haven't returned a moment too soon," she added. "I haven't 36________ to complete The Sun crossword once in the past fortnight." Ronald thanked his mother-in-law for her understanding, and he and Brenda took their hyperactive five-year-old son back to the Russell House.