"After Twenty Years" tells the story of two friends who made a pact to meet at a specific time and place. Bob, a noted criminal from Chicago, arrives on time and speaks to a policeman who happens to be walking by. Later, it's revealed that this policeman was Jimmy Wells, Bob's friend.
Bob and Jimmy were friends when they were younger. Before Bob left to try his luck in the West, he and Jimmy made a pact to meet again exactly twenty years later.
At the appointed time, Bob waits outside a hardware store. A policeman walks up and asks what he's doing. Bob explains, boasting about how well he has done for himself.
Later, a man claiming to be Bob's friend arrives. It turns out that this man is a plainclothes police officer sent to arrest Bob, a known criminal from Chicago. The original policeman, Jimmy Wells, didn't have the heart to arrest Bob, because Bob was his friend.
Answer:
C.
Explanation:
Wuthering Heights is the novel written by Emily Bronte under the pen name Ellis Bell. It is the novel that presents the most complicated yet the most cherished courtship of Catherine and Heathcliff. Catherine is a daughter of Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heights, whereas, Heathcliff is the adopted son of Mr. Earnshaw. He brought him up from the streets of Liverpool. There's is difference of class between them. Despite this difference, Catherine falls in love with Heathcliff. But when the time came for marrying, she chose Edgar over Heathcliff, to earn the status in the society. But she still loves Heathcliff in her heart. So when Heathcliff returns to Thrushcross Grange after six months of marriage of Catherine and Edgar, Catherine is excited with his return but Edgar feels jealous.
Have you provided the passage in which the question corresponds to? I do not see the passage that is meant for the question, however, if I had to take an educated guess based upon my experience when it comes to the analysis of such passages, I would have to say that the answer is... B.
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