1. last summer a friend of mine Charles invited me to stay with him
2. Since his wife died in 1978, Charles has been living alone
3. he liveed in a large country house with big garden
4.when i arrived , i expected to find a beautiful garden
5.but that was not the cases
6. Garden looked wild because it was cover with overgrow weeds
7.i told Charles how surprised i was
8.he said his wife was a gardener because he always hated the job