Prologue

Question 1

Is not doubt substantially attributable to -

Answer 1

And why should I hide it? - the arrival of Miss Kenton’s letter

Question 2

I have a reluctance

Answer 2

To change too much of the old ways

Question 3

Miss Kenton… With her exemplary

Answer 3

Professionalism - the sort that is almost impossible to find nowadays

Question 4

I have, I should make clear,

Answer 4

Reread Miss Kenton’s recent letter several times

Question 5

What sorts of

Answer 5

Costume were appropriate

Question 6

It is important that one be attired

Answer 6

At such times in a manner worthy of one’s position

Question 7

[bantering] is, as I say,

Answer 7

A matter which has given me much concern

Question 8

One need hardly dwell on the catastrophic

Answer 8

Possibility of uttering a bantering remark only to discover it wholly inappropriate

Question 9

I can see no genuine

Answer 9

Reason why I should not undertake this trip

Question 10

You realise, Stevens, I don’t expect

Answer 10

You to be locked up here in this house all the time I’m away - Mr. Farraday