grammar exercise

Hela wrote:

Dear teachers, Would you please correct this exercise for me? Fill in with the right preposition (simple or multiword) and put the verbs in the right tense or form:  In the morning I arrived I went to call for [on] Hislop. [is this structure correct with no commas at all? yes] He (modal + not + pretend) could not pretend he (not know) did not know me, but he behaved as though he knew nothing about what I (do) would do. When I asked for permission to stay, he said it was out of his hands. He said the merchants (not want) would not want me (land) to land [meaning?Difficult to tell - usually in this form it means to arrive on shore from a boat, or to land a plane on the ground]. They had made a petition to him. They said that for six months they had been cut off from trade with the Main because of me, and [now] they (ruin) were ruined for nothing at all. The petition (debate) was debated that very morning in the Council. Hislop thought I (modal + attend) should not attend the meeting. I suppose that was friendly advice. If I (not go) did not got, perhaps Bernard (not speak up) would not speak up, the vote (go) would NOT (?) go against me [This sentence is obscure. Who is Bernard and why is he speaking for or against you?]. Hislop (be) was full of regrets, of course, but I (modal + leave) would not leave. Heaven (know) knows where I would have been now.   Best regards, Hela