Mr. Bascomb was upset. At times like this he wished he had never become a candidate for mayor. Everything had gone wrongly that morning. (1) ______ Even though before leaving the house, he had received a telephone call from (2) ______ his election campaign manager asking money. This made him angry and he (3) ______ left the house in bad mood. When Mr. Bascomb arrived at the office, he could (4) ______ feel his head swinging. He reached out the medicine but the bottle was (5) ______ empty. He had forgotten picking up some medicine at the drug store. Mr. (6) ______ Bascomb looked at his watch. He Was to deliver a campaign speech before a group of businessmen at the club at 11 o’clock. He had given a rough draft of his speech to Barbara a day before and asked her to type it out for him. Just (7) ______ then, the telephone rang. It was Barbara. She explained that her car had broken up and she couldn’t be at work until 12 o’ clock. Mr. Bascomb was (8) ______ desperate. He didn’t know how to do. He was very nervous when he arrived (9) ______ at the club. He couldn’t remember anything he had planned to say to his audience. He started talking about himself and his problems regardless of (10) ______ talking about the problems of the city. Most of the people in the audience were bored. By the time Mr. Bascomb finished his speech, almost everyone had fallen into sleep or left the room.