3. Condense the following:

A man whose success in life was due solely to his own efforts rose in his

place and addressed the man who presided over the meeting.

A girl who sat in the seat behind me giggled in an irritating manner.

We heard the wild shriek of the locomotive. Any sound in that savage

region seemed more terrible than it would in civilized surroundings. So as

we listened to the shriek of the locomotive, it sounded terrible too.

I heard what kind of chauffeur he was. A former employer of his told me.

He was a chauffeur who speeded in reckless fashion because he was fond of

having all the excitement possible.

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