EHClass.cs

using System;
using System.IO;

namespace mscorlib.Prig
{
    public class EHClass
    {
        public void ReadFile(string path, int index)
        {
            var file = default(StreamReader);
            var buffer = new char[10];
            try
            {
                file = new StreamReader(path);
                file.ReadBlock(buffer, index, buffer.Length);
            }
            catch (IOException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error reading from {0}. Message = {1}", path, e.Message);
            }
            finally
            {
                if (file != null)
                    file.Close();
            }
        }
    }
}