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Which text from "After Twenty Years" best supports the idea that Jimmy Wells is a good man?

"'If Jimmy is alive on earth he'll be here by that time.'"

"'I'll be on my way. Hope your friend comes around all right.'"

"The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively."

"'Somehow I couldn't do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job.'"

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Audrina Marsh

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11 January, 22:31

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this story.

Which text from "After Twenty Years" best supports the idea that Jimmy Wells is a good man?

"'If Jimmy is alive on earth he'll be here by that time.'"

"'I'll be on my way. Hope your friend comes around all right.'"

"The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively."

"'Somehow I couldn't do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job.'"

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Lorelei Camacho · Answer 1

In the Novel After Twenty Years,' by O. Henry the Cop Jimmy Wells shows he is a good man by not wanting to arrest himself his friend Bob, the quotation that best describes this scene is:

'Somehow I couldn't do it myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job.'"