PART FOUR - LIFE AT MOOR HOUSE
CHAPTER TWENTY
Getting to Know the Rivers Family

Mary said sadly, "We have lost our father. Now we'll lose our brother too!"

Just then St. John came into the room with a letter. "Our uncle John is dead," he said. Diana and Mary did not look sad. St. John gave them the letter to read, [-----1-----].

"Well," said Diana, "I suppose we don't really need any more money, anyway."

"Yes," said St. John, "but if we had that money, how different our lives would be!" He left the room.

After a few moments Diana looked at me. "Jane, you are probably surprised that we are not sad because Uncle John has died. He was our mother's brother. Years ago, he and my father quarreled with each other. [-----2-----]. Uncle John did not marry and had no children. He had no other family except for us and one other person, who we do not know. My father always hoped the Uncle John would help us when he died, by giving us his money. But it seems that this other person has gotten everything. [-----3-----]. Uncle John disliked my father, so he probably did not want to help us. But Mary and I would have felt rich with only a thousand pounds each. And St. John would have been able to help so many poor people around the world!" She said nothing else and soon left the room.

The next day, the Rivers family returned to their work, and I moved to the school in Morton.

Vocabulary Focus

I suppose...我想……，后面接宾语从句。例如：
I suppose it will rain tomorrow.（我觉得明天会下雨。）

I suppose还可与I think一样，作插入语，例如：
What do you suppose he wanted?（你认为他想要什么？）