Arjun is not the fastest typist in the district court, but he is the most trusted. Over one long night, a judgment has to be dictated, typed, lost to a power cut, retyped and checked — and the checking is what saves it.
What this story trains
- Nested and split quotations. Several parts break a line of speech with narration (
"Print it," she said. "I will sign it in the morning."). Track each opening and closing mark. - Apostrophes.
Arjun's, o'clock and similar forms appear throughout. - Precision on near-identical text. Part 8 quotes two phrases that differ by a single word. Type them exactly; that one word is the plot.
Why this story is in the course
Typing examinations, and almost every office that employs typists, count a missing word as an error just as they count a wrong one. A missing not is the most dangerous kind, because the sentence still reads naturally and nobody notices.
The habits in the story are genuinely useful ones: saving your work frequently, proofreading before printing, and searching specifically for small words such as not, no and never whose loss changes meaning.
How to approach it
Type at a pace where you are confident of every word. This story rewards a clean result over a fast one; aim for 97 percent accuracy or better across all eleven parts.
Practice notes
After you finish, look back at your errors. If any are missing words rather than wrong letters, that is a reading problem, not a finger problem — slow down your eyes, not just your hands.