 34  “Not even Hatchards?” I’d said. “Then I’d be near your office and we could meet for lunch sometimes. That would be nice...”  “My dear girl, you wouldn’t stand a chance of getting a job in Hatchards!” Paul had answered. So I did get a year’s course in librarianship, and started work within a month of completing it. There aren’t that many librarians with a First from Oxford, and although I didn’t tell my colleagues, it showed up on my CV and must have impressed the selection committee. They probably thought I wouldn’t stay, but I have spent nearly nine years now in the same public library. It helped to tide me over the utter disorientation I felt when Paul left me, and my raging sense of pain and injustice over the divorce. My incredulity at the distortion of our marriage as expressed in solicitors’ letters, and later my fury over the court proceedings, were tamed and made bearable by the sweet unvarying routine of the Dewey classifying system and the old ladies, the truanting children and the coffee breaks. Paul disapproved of his wife’s job because it A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 1) deprived him of a chance to show off. 2) had nothing to do with computers. 3) made her look like a housewife. 4) was not acceptable in their circles. According to the text, the narrator was critical of her school environment as f 1) the headmistress had disapproved of her love for books. 2) the headmistress had teased her for her obsession. 3) the other girls had never shared her love for reading. 4) it had never been a source of excitement for her. The narrator decided to take a job in a bookshop because 1) it could offer her vast career opportunities. 2) she knew it would bring her a lot of money. 3) her daughter had grown up and did without her help. 34 |
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