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Read the following extract from the opening of a detective story
called Broken Promises. Write a summary of what it reveals about the
personality of the detective, Lian.
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Lian quietly knocked on the door, and waited. She knew the
owner of the shop, Mr Chan, a large, unfriendly man who was
always getting into arguments with people. But now he was in
need of help. Jewellery - and lots of it - had been stolen from
his shop the previous evening.
Mr Chan opened the door. 'Wondered when you'd bother to
turn up,' he said abruptly.
Lian said nothing but entered the shop, stepping quietly
behind Mr Chan. He walked like an angry bear. She let him talk.
'They got in through this window. I called you lot twelve times.
Where have you been?' he demanded.
Lian said nothing, but looked carefully at the broken window
and the way the glass lay on the floor. She knew straight away.
'I think I can solve this very quickly,' she said quietly, as she
confidently looked Mr Chan right in the eye. Mr Chan blinked
and for once, said nothing.