填空题 As my train was not due to leave for another hour, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some (36) to read on the journey, I went to the luggage office to (37) the suitcase I had left there three days before. I rook out my purse to find the receipt for my (38) The receipt did not seem to be where I had left it. I took out all the things in the purse, but no matter how hard I (39) , the receipt was nowhere to be found.
When my (40) came, I explained the situation to the assistant. The man looked at me (41) and asked me to (42) the case. The assistant then gave me a form and told me to make a list of the (43) things in the case. (44) I tried to remember all the articles I had hurriedly packed and wrote them down as they came to me.
After I had done this, I went to look among the shelves. I found the case lying in a comer. (45) Again I took out my purse and this time to pay. I pulled out a ten dollar note and the "lost" receipt slipped out with it. (46) . He was nodding his head knowingly, as if to say that he had often seen this happen before too!