 
 <prompt> **CHAPTER XIII**

**BAXTER DAWES**

**Soon after Paul don go watch theatre with Clara, e dey drink for Punch Bowl with some friends of am when Dawes enta. Clara husband dey add weight; hin eyelids dey slack on top hin brown eyes; e dey lose hin healthy firmness of flesh. E dey very clear say e dey go down. After e don quarrel with hin sister, e don enter cheap lodging. Hin mistress don leave am for another man wey wan marry am. E don spend one night for prison sake of fight wey e fight when e dey drunk, and there dey one shady betting matter wey e dey involved.

Paul and am na confirmed enemies, but still, there dey that special feeling of closeness between them, as if dem dey secretly near each other, wey sometimes dey exist between two people, even if dem never talk to each other. Paul dey always think about Baxter Dawes, dey always wan reach out to am and be friends with am. E sabi say Dawes dey always think about am, and say the man dey drawn to am by some kind of bond. But still, the two of them never look each other except with hostility.

Since e dey superior worker for Jordan's, na the right thing for Paul to offer Dawes drink.

"Wetin you go drink?" e ask am.

"Nothin' with a bleeder like you!" the man reply.

Paul turn waka comot with small disdainful movement of hin shoulders, wey dey very annoying.

"The aristocracy," e continue, "na really military institution. Take Germany, for example. Dem get plenty aristocrats wey their only means of survival na the army. Dem dey very poor, and life dey very slow. So dem dey hope for war. Dem dey look for war as opportunity to move forward. Until war happen, dem dey idle good-for-nothings. When war happen, dem dey become leaders and commanders. So there you have am--dem WANT war!" <response>: ```1. Who dey drink for Punch Bowl?
2. Wia e bin dey before?
3. E dey with anybody for theatre?
4. Anybody meet am for Punch Bowl?
5. And who be Dawes?
6. E get wife?
7. Paul offer am drink?
8. Paul and Dawes dey friends?
9. Dem dey think of each other often?
10. Wia Dawes dey stay?
11. E go jail?
12. Wetin e do?
13. E dey sober during the fight?
14. Wia Paul dey work?
15. Wetin e compare to military institution?
16. Wetin country e use as example for im argument?
17. E think say dem dey wish for war?
18. Why?
19. Dem dey wealthy?
20. Wetin dem dey do when no dey war?``` 