영어2 미래엔 김성연 3과 본문 빈칸

Hughie is a charming young ____ who has achieved everything except making money.

He is in love with Laura Merton, the daughter of a ____ colonel.

Laura loves him sincerely, but the Colonel won’t let them marry until Hughie ____ 10,000 pounds.

One ____, Hughie dropped by to see his friend Alan Trevor, a painter.

He was adding the finishing touches to a painting of a ____.

In the studio, the beggar himself was ____ on a raised platform.

He was an old man with a very ____ face.

His clothes were ____ and worn out.

“____ old man!” said Hughie.

“How unfortunate he looks! But I ____, for you painters, his face is his fortune?”

“Certainly,” replied Alan, “you wouldn’t ____ a beggar to look happy, would you?”

“How ____ does a model get for sitting?” asked Hughie.

“A ____ an hour,” answered Alan.

“And how much do you get for your picture, Alan?” ____ Hughie.

“Oh, for this I get ____ thousand!” “Pounds?” “Guineas. Painters, poets, and doctors always get guineas.”

“Well, I ____ the model should get a fair share of that,” cried Hughie, laughing.

He continued, “as they ____ just as hard as you do.”

“Nonsense, nonsense! Look at the effort it takes to ____ and paint and stand in front of the canvas all day!

You mustn’t talk. I’m very busy. Keep ____,” said Alan.

After a while, the servant came in and told Alan that the frame-maker wanted to see ____.

Alan ____, “I will be back in a moment,” as he went out.

The old beggar took ____ of Alan’s absence to rest for a moment on a chair.

He looked so sad and ____.

Hughie couldn’t help pitying him and felt his own pockets to see ____ money he had.

All he could find, however, was a ____ coins.

“Poor old fellow, he wants them more than I do, but it means no ____ for two weeks,” he thought to himself.

He walked ____ the studio and put the coins into the beggar’s hand.

The old man was surprised and smiled ____. “Thank you, sir,” he said.

Then Alan arrived, and Hughie said goodbye, blushing a little at ____ he had done.

____ spent the day with Laura, received a gentle scolding for his actions, and had to walk home.

That night he walked into the Palette ____ about eleven o’clock and found Alan sitting alone.

Hughie asked, “Hey, Alan! ____ you got that picture finished?” and Alan replied, “Finished and framed!”

Then, Alan continued, “And by the way, that ____ model you saw is quite devoted to you.

He wanted to ____ who you are, where you live, and what your prospects are.”

“My dear Alan,” cried Hughie, “I shall probably ____ him waiting for me when I go home.

Poor old man! I wish I could do ____ for him.

I have some old clothes at home—do you ____ he would like any of them?

His clothes were ____, falling to pieces.”

“But he looks wonderful in ____,” said Alan.

“What ____ call worn clothes I call romance.

I find them romantic and ____.

____, I’ll tell him about your offer.”

When Hughie commented seriously, “You ____ are heartless,” Alan replied, “An artist’s heart is his head.

Our job is to show the world as we see it, not to ____ it as we know it.

Now ____ me how Laura is. The old model was quite interested in her.”

“You ____ mean to say you talked to him about her?” said Hughie.

“Sure I did. He knows all about the Colonel, Laura, and the ____ pounds,” replied Alan.

“You told that old beggar all my private affairs?” cried Hughie, looking very ____ and angry.

“My dear boy,” said Alan, ____, “that old beggar, as you call him, is one of the richest men in Europe.

He is Baron Hausberg. He is a great friend of mine, buys all my pictures, and asked me a ____ ago to paint him as a beggar.”

“____ Hausberg!” cried Hughie, feeling embarrassed.

“____ heavens! I gave him some coins,” he said, sinking into an armchair.

“____? You gave him coins?” cried Alan, bursting into laughter.

He went on, “Well, it never occurred to me that you would distribute money in that ____.

Besides, when you came in, I didn’t know if ____ would like his name mentioned. You know he wasn’t in full dress.”

“Oh no, what did I do? The best thing I can do is to go to bed, and, my dear Alan, you mustn’t tell anyone,” said Hughie, and he went home, feeling very ____.

The next morning, ____ Hughie was having breakfast, an old gentleman visited his house.

The man said, “I have come from Baron Hausberg,” and continued, “The Baron ....” Hughie interrupted, “I ____, sir, that you will offer him my sincerest apologies.”

Then, with a smile, the old gentleman said, “The Baron ____ asked me to bring you this letter,” and gave Hughie a sealed envelope.

On the outside was written, “A wedding present to Hughie Erskine and Laura Merton, from an old beggar,” and inside was a check for ____ pounds.

When they were married, Alan was the best ____, and the Baron made a speech at the wedding.

“____ models,” remarked Alan, “are rare enough, but model millionaires are rarer still!”