3 A Reunion The stranger shows himself Chapter BEFORE READING 1 The story so far. Fill in the blanks using the words in the box. arrive arrives bandages clothes find hand moving scared steals stranger On a cold winter s day, a mysterious man (1).................................. in Iping. The stranger takes a room at the local inn. He always wears (2).................................. from head to foot and is covered with (3).................................. . He is very rude. The day after, boxes with bottles and books (4).................................. at the inn. Dr Cuss visits the stranger. He s (5)............................ because he sees that the man is holding a piece of paper with an invisible (6).................................. . He runs to the vicar s to tell him.That night, someone (7)................................. money from Rev. Bunting s house. In the morning, Mr and Mrs Hall don t (8).................................. the stranger in his room but suddenly lots of things start (9).................................. .The inn s owners are pushed out of the room by a chair! Later, they see the (10)........................... that is going into the sitting room. 2 Match the words to their definitions. a. angrily 1. A large group of people. b. arrest 2. Feeling fear. c. crowd 3. Stupid. d. fortunately 4. Impossible to see. 5. A very strong feeling of fear e. frightened and shock. f. ghost 6. Not long ago. g. horror 7. In an angry way. h. invisible 8. By good luck. i. recently 9. The spirit of a dead person. j. silly 10. To take or keep in custody by the police. 3 Prediction. Look at the title of Chapter 3. What do you think will happen? a. The stranger says his name. b. The stranger takes off his clothes and people cannot see him. c. The stranger takes off his clothes and people see a monster. 30