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12.02.2023 02:54 •  Английский язык

Ileft my friend's house shortly after seven. it was still too early for me to have my evening meal, so i walked along the seafront for about an hour until i began to feel hungry. by that time i was not far from a favourite restaurant of mine, where i often went to eat two or three times a week. i knew the owner well and frequently complimented him on his excellent cooking. i went into the restaurant, which was already crowded, and ordered my meal. while i was waiting for the soup to arrive, i looked around to see if i knew anyone in the restaurant. it was then that i noticed that a man sitting at a corner table near the door kept glancing in my direction as if he knew me. i certainly did not know him, for i never forget a face' the man had a newspaper open in front of him, which he was pretending to read, though all the while i could see that he was keeping an eye on me. when the waiter brought my soup, the man was clearly puzzled by the familiar way in which the waiter and i addressed each other. he became even more puzzled as time went on and it grew more and more obvious that i was well known in the restaurant. eventually he got up and went into the kitchen. after a few minutes he came out again, paid his bill and left without another glance in my direction. when i had finished and was about to pay my bill, i called the owner of the restaurant over and asked him what the man had wanted. the owner was a little embarrassed by my question and at first he did not want to tell me. i insisted. «well,» he said, «that man was a detective.» «really? » i said, considerably surprised. «he was certainly very interested in me. but why? » «he followed you here because he thought you were a man he was looking for,» the owner of the restaurant said. «when he came into the kitchen, he showed me a photograph of the wanted man. he certainly looked like you! of course, since we know you here, i was able to convince him that he had made a mistake.» «it's lucky i came to a restaurant where i am known,» i said, «otherwise i might have been arrested! » 1. why did the narrator walk along the seafront for about an hour? 2. why was the narrator sure that he had never met the man with a newspaper before? 3. what was the man with a newspaper puzzled by? 4. why did the detective follow the narrator?