单选题Questions 147-149 refer to the following
note. Dear Cathy, I am terribly sorry
I couldn't get to the club this afternoon. I would have called you, but I was
hunting frantically for little Mike for almost two hours. He was out in the yard
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sitter, and I combed the neighborhood calling him and getting more and
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{{/U}}soundly on his blanket in his closet! Of course, then he woke up hungry and
furious, and it was too late for the club. Please forgive us,
Cathy, and come here next week, for I believe it's my turn to
entertain. Most contritely, Vicky