You are given an English sentence with a blank, and you need to predict the missing word. After completing, the whole sentence should be gramatically correct and non-ambiguous.
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Question: i don't understand said matthew helplessly wishing that marilla was at hand to cope with the situation well you'd better question the girl said the station master carelessly i dare say ____ be able to explain she's got a tongue of her own that's certain

Answer: she'll

Question: who had been afflicted with as severe a blow through her husband and son eugenie she said to herself is lost and so are we the ____ as it will be reported will cover us with shame

Answer: affair

Question: and here she ____ now knitting and the table behind her was laid for supper missus rachel before she had fairly closed the door

Answer:
sat