STOLEN FAME
When Paul і rushed to Jane among the crowd leaving the train and dragged her into a small restaurant near the station, Jane at once saw that Pauli was very nervous. When they were seated in a quiet corner Pauli said to the waiter: "Two coffees, please." Jane said: "I've got your telegram. Now, please, what is the matter?" Pauli watched the waiter go back to the counter, then took a newspaper out of her handbag. She passed it to Jane with her finger marking one of the pages. It was the news of Framm's discovery. "I've read it on the train," Jane said. "What does Brad have to say about it?" "That's just the point," Pauli tried hard to be calm. "He refuses to do anything. But it is... it is his own discovery... Brad's... and Hugo Framm has stolen it. It's Brad's work, not Framm's at all." "That's pretty serious," Jane said at last. "How are you going to prove it?" "I have hundreds of proofs. Pages and pages of Brad's notes. I have been copying them for him every night when he came home from the laboratory — every night for months. And I know his work well enough to realise that all the conclusions are the same." Jane's silence made her exclaim: "You do not think I speak the truth? You think it is impossible!" But Jane was convinced that Pauli was speaking the truth. "Of course not. I just can't get over it — the idea of Brad doing all the work and Framm getting all the fame." "Oh, no... I'm not going to let that happen. Something must be done. Do you think I would stand by and see my husband ruined?" (after "Nothing So Strange" by J. Hilton)
Ex. 39. Answer the following questions, using the active vocabulary of the text. Sum up your answers.
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