I had no house. In London I rented a service flat in Dolphin Square.
It consumed my money in steady installments on a weekly basis.
The bill arrived in a woman’s handwriting : rounded and flowing easily with the lower line of the writing creating a regular, almost scalloped pattern.
The handwriting spoke of a woman at absolute peace, without anxiety.
I envied her calmness and absence of ambition.
And when I went down to the office to settle the bill, I tried to figure out which clerk it was - among all of those slaves of routine - who was so blessed.
The author of the figures of the fierce, debilitating demand had stirred my curiosity.
15 I can be inferred from the last sentence that the author had to pay a …rent.
1 low
2 moderate
3 high
4 reasonable
16 The writer of the passage probably… .
1 is not ambitious
2 is always contened
3 has no anxiety
4 has a difficult life