There wasâ€Â¦.knock onâ€Â¦.door. I opened it and foundâ€Â¦..small dark man inâ€Â¦.check overcoat andâ€Â¦..soft hat.
He said he wasâ€Â¦.employer ofâ€Â¦.gas Company and had come to readâ€Â¦.meter.
But I hadâ€Â¦.suspicion that he was not speakingâ€Â¦the truth becauseâ€Â¦meter readers usually wearâ€Â¦peaked caps.
However, I took him toâ€Â¦.meters, which is inâ€Â¦.dark corner underâ€Â¦.stairs (â€Â¦.meters are usually inâ€Â¦dark corners underâ€Â¦stairs).
I asked if he hadâ€Â¦.torch; he said he disliked torches and always readâ€Â¦.. meters byâ€Â¦.the light ofâ€Â¦. match.
I remarked that if there wasâ€Â¦.leak inâ€Â¦.gaspipe there might beâ€Â¦..explosion while he was readingâ€Â¦. Meter.
He said: Asâ€Â¦.matter ofâ€Â¦..fact there wasâ€Â¦..explosion inâ€Â¦..last house I visited; and Mr Smith,â€Â¦..owner ofâ€Â¦. house, was burnt in â€Â¦.face.
Mr Smith was holdingâ€Â¦..lighted match atâ€Â¦..time ofâ€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦.explosion.
To preventâ€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦possible repetition of this accident, I lent himâ€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦torch.
He switched onâ€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦the torch, readâ€Â¦.. meter and wroteâ€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦reading down onâ€Â¦..back ofâ€Â¦.. envelope.
I said inâ€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦surprise thatâ€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦meter readers usually putâ€Â¦..reading down inâ€Â¦..book.
He said that he had hadâ€Â¦.book but that it had been burnt inâ€Â¦..fire inâ€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Mr Smith's house.
By this time I had come toâ€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦conclusion that he was notâ€Â¦..genuine meter reader, andâ€Â¦.. moment he leftâ€Â¦..house I rangâ€Â¦..police.
Where John and Maryâ€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦cousins. No, they were notâ€Â¦.. cousins, they wereâ€Â¦..brothers andâ€Â¦..sisters.
â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦ fog was so thick that we could not seeâ€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦side ofâ€Â¦..road. We followedâ€Â¦..car inâ€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦.front of us and hope that we were goingâ€Â¦..the right way.