one afternoon i was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food i had ordered to arrive. suddenly i ___36___ that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction, ___37___ he knew me. the man had a newspaper ___38___ in front of him, which he was ___39___ to read, but i could ___40___ that he was keeping an eye on me. when the waiter brought my ___41___the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the ___42___ way in which the waiter and i ___43___each other. he seemed even more puzzled as ___44___went on and it became ___45___that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. finally he got up and went into the ___46___. when he came out, he paid his bill and ___47___without another glance in my direction.
