While I was ________ (1) (engage) in watching the beautiful scenery around, the driver ________ (2)…

While I was ________ (1) (engage) in watching the beautiful scenery around, the driver ________ (2) (slow) the car down and brought it to a stop. “This is Tenzing’s house, sir,” he proudly ________ (3) (point) out. It was ________ (4) (perch) at a height, its lawn and flowerbeds sloping down towards the road. Wonderful surroundings to live in for a deserving hero of the mountains, I ________ (5) (muse) as I watched a man cutting grass in the garden. Our driver suddenly became all excited and in suppressed delight ________ (6) (whisper) to me, “That ________ (7) (be) Mr. Tenzing Norgay, sir!” The grass-cutter immediately turned to us, sharply ________ (8) (balance) himself on the slippery patch of grass. His expression seemed uncertain just for a fraction of a second and then his face cracked into a thousand bits, ________ (9) (reveal) a smile that only Tenzing could ________ (10) (give) with such universal warmth and sincerity.