Use the word from the box to fill in each gap
always/earlier/hardly/now/rather/silently/skillfully/stiffly/very/warmly
She shut the door silently (1) after her. Her father wasn’t expecting her—she had arrived________ (2) than she had said. He was sitting where he _________ (3) sat, in his favourite armchair by the window. It was ___________ (4) old but had been repaired __________ (5) so that he could continue using it. The room had been redecorated since her last visit and was looking __________ (6) elegant. On the shelves were all the books which her father _________ (7) ever looked at any more. She called her father’s name. He stood up and she noticed that he moved very __________ (8). He smiled and held out his arms to her. She hadn’t been in touch with him for five years but _________(9) he welcomed her as ___________ (10) as he always had.