romance of busy broker

1.  Name : parmar keval Yogeshbhai
 Enorllnment No:160210111079
 Branch: Ec-B
 Topic : Romance of Busy Brocker
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3.  b.1862, d.1910
 Real Name : William Sidney Porter
 Pen Name : O. Henry
 Served five-year sentence of imprisonment
due to some wrong charges
 Written about 600 short stories
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4. CHARACTERS
◦Harvey Maxwell : A Broker
◦Pitcher : A Personal Clerk in the
office of Maxwell
◦Miss Leslie : Maxwell’s Secretary
◦A Young Girl : An Interviewee
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5. STORY
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6.  STORY
◦ Beginning
 Observation
 …when his employer entered at half past nine ….
 She dressed in a very simple manner…..
 Confusion
 …with his secretary
 She was beautiful in way that was quite unsecretarial….
 You told me yesterday to call them up and…..
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7.  STORY
◦ Beginning (Observation, Confusion)
◦ Proposal
 Miss Leslie, I have only a moment to spare. I
want to say something in a moment .. . . . . .
 Don’t you understand? … . . I want you to marry
me. I love you, Miss Leslie……
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8.  STORY
◦ Beginning (Observation, Confusion)
◦ Proposal
◦ Turning Point at the End
 I know now…… It’s this old business that has driven everything
else out of your head for the time…..
 Don’t you remember Harvey? We were . . . . . . . . .
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