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11 December, 08:54

Mr. Clark put out his hand.

"I am glad you told me this, Thornton," he said quietly, "and I believe you. See, here is a sheet of paper, it is scrawled over with letters and

figures of every sort. Turn it over."

Wonderingly the man obeyed. Nothing was written on the other side. It was a blank page.

"You see there is nothing on that side," went on Donald's father. "We can there write what we will. Turn your own page the same way. Let us

forget the past. Now for the future! Will you take the position as manager of Crescent Ranch?"

(from The Story of Wool by Sara Ware Bassett)

Which idiomatic phrase is best illustrated by the conversation in the passage?

a) turn tails and run

b) turn a new leaf

c) turn the tables

d) turn up the heat