Given below is a text with some words missing (Blank 1-2) followed by some words. Choose the most suitable words to complete the text.
At first, Alfred is the prime suspect. He has the most to gain financially from his wife's death, and, since he is so much younger than Emily was, the Cavendishes already suspect him as a fortune hunter. Evelyn Howard, Emily's companion, seems to hate him most of all. His behaviour, too, is 1) _______; he openly purchased strychnine in the village before Emily was poisoned, and although he denies it, he refuses to provide an 2) ______. The police are keen to arrest him, but Poirot intervenes by proving he could not have purchased the poison. Scotland Yard police later arrest Emily Inglethorp’s oldest stepson, John Cavendish.
Blank 1: A. clear B. suspicious C. suspended D. malicious
Blank 2: A. accomplice B. alimony C. abbot D. alibi