“Catch him!” she cried, standing up and using her stick for support. The criminal(罪犯) was now rushing towards the seas and the officer was getting up. Her anger increased when she saw red blood on the offic er’s face. As the criminal reached the seat on her left, she pushed her stick towards him and he fell heavily to the ground with a loud cry …

A strange sound came from Mrs Frobisher’s mouth. Her heart was making a terrible (1) ______ in the ears. As the stick flew across the station, she (2) ______ back on the seat. She closed her eyes for a moment.

When she opened them, the criminal was (3) ______ to get up, but the police were beside him before he was on this feet. He had no (4) ______ of escape, and was led outside by the police.

The officer (5) ______ up Mrs Frobisher’s stick and took it back to her. “Yours, I think, Madam,” he said, (6) ______ heavily. Then he took out a (7) ______. “May I have your name and address, please, Madam?”