What did she notice after looking more closely?
When the historian Elena Vargas found a keeper's diary in a box of papers at a Cornish museum, she nearly put it back. The entries seemed dull: lists of weather conditions and oil supplies. Then she noticed a pattern. Every few weeks the keeper had written a single sentence about a ship he had warned off the rocks, never mentioning that he might be thanked. 'He saved dozens of lives and recorded it as if it were routine,' she says. The diary is now displayed in the museum, and Vargas hopes it will encourage visitors to think about the ordinary people behind historic events.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Occasional lines about ships he warned off
- Step 1: Find the part of the text that deals with this. Step 2. The 'pattern' is explained next. Answer: Occasional lines about ships he warned off. Why not the others: The keeper never mentions being thanked.
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