We all know that a magician does not really depend on "magic" to perform. his tricks, but
Houdini once asked the Chicago police to 【34】______ him in prison. They 【35】______ him in chains and locked him up, but he freed himself 【36】______ an instant. The police 【37】______ him of having used a tool and locked him up again. This time he wore no clothes and there were chains 【27】______ his neck, waist, wrists, and legs; but he again escaped in a few minutes. Houdini had probably hidden his "needle" in a wax like 【39】______ and dropped it on the floor in the 【15】______ . 【16】______ he went past, he stepped on it so that it stuck 【40】______ the bottom of his foot. Once he was heavily chained up and enclosed in an empty wooden chest, the lid of 【41】______ was nailed down. The chest was dropped 【42】______ the sea in New York harbor. Just in one minute Houdini had swum 【43】______ the surface.
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A.Therefore
B.Consequently
C.However
D.Likewise