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1.Charles 's friend invited me stay with him last summer.
2.Since wife died in 1978.Charles has lived alone.
3.He lives a large house with a big garden in the country.
4.I expect to find a beautiful garden when I arrive.
5.But that is not case.
6.Garden looks wild and it is overgrown weeds.
7.I tell Charles how surprise I am .
8.He says wife is gardener because he always hates jobs