Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one job by myself

Since my family were not going to be helpful, I decided I would look for one job by myself and not tell them about it till I'd got one.                

I had seen an agency advertised in a local newspaper. I rushed out of the   21    in search of it. I was wildly excited, and as    22   as if 1 were going on the stage. Finding the    23   quite easily, I ran breathlessly through a door which said " Enter without knocking, if you please. "

The simple atmosphere of the office    24   me. The woman looked carefully at me   25   through her glasses, and then    26   me in a low voice. I answered softly. All of a sudden I started to feel rather   27   . She wondered why I was looking for this sort of   28   . I felt even more helpless when she told me that it would be   29  to get a job without    30   . I wondered whether I ought to leave,   31    the telephone on her desk rang. I heard her say:

“   32   , I've got someone in the   33   at this very moment who might    34    . " She wrote down a   35    . and held it out to me, saying: "Ring up this lady. She wants a    36   immediately. In fact, you would have to start tomorrow by cooking a dinner for ten people."

"Oh yes, " said I――   37    having cooked for more than four in my life. I   38   her again and again, and rushed out to the   39   telephone box. I collected my thoughts, took a deep breath, and rang the number. I said confidently that 1 was just what she was looking for.

I spent the next few hours   40    cook books.