I'm pretty sure that it's D. In addition
1) “mind if - if I..”
2) “I - I don’t..”
3) marathon - she really did!
4) “There - There’s a ghost..”
5) North pole alone - what a brave man!
6) final encore - what a performance!
7) “What - What was I..”
8) boat damaged - what bad luck!
9) On Monday night - or was it Tuesday - we went to the opera.
10) forgetting something - what is it?
Answer:
Where does the story take place? They seem to be walking through the woods due to being under the trees where they hear the birds. It also seems to take place before there were cars due to the fact that they are lawyers and they are riding horses. It is also interesting to note that they were going into the next town - riding horses.....
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