 
 <prompt> text: ```CHAPTER XVII 

DRUMMOND OFFERS HELP 

Na evening wey dey calm and Thirlwell and Scott dey sit outside the shack, dey watch the river while the sunset dey fade across the woods. Some _Metis_ freighters don go to the settlements to buy supplies and mining tools, and although plenty things dey depend on the condition of the portages, Scott dey expect dem that night. 

"Antoine go bring our mail," he talk. "E don tey wey Miss Strange write give you about her plans." 

Thirlwell talk say e don nearly three months, and Scott continue: "Well, I think if I bin get hand for the matter, I for try find out if the Hudson's Bay agent dey alive. E fit sabi something about the location of the ore." 

"I no sure say I get hand for the matter," Thirlwell reply. "I promise to follow Miss Strange, but na all." 

"If she find the lode, she go need mining engineer." 

"She no go get wahala to hire one if the pay good." 

"But you no go think say you get first claim to the post? Infact, if you help the girl find the ore, you go dey okay to waka commot and leave am alone?" 

Thirlwell frown. E never plan for the future and e no mean say e go take advantage of Agatha's gratitude, but e know say e go pain am, so to speak, to waka commot and make am find another person to help am. 

"The lode never dey found yet," e talk. 

"Anyhow, I feel say the girl or you suppose don find the agent's track," Scott dey insist. "E sabi where Strange go, and e see am when e come back. E fit be say Strange confuse hin memory with hin subsequent trips, but the agent hear hin tori when the matter dey fresh." 

Answer this series of questions:

1. who dey sit outside?
2. wetin dem dey watch?
3. who dey bring the mail?
4. how long e don tey since dem hear from Miss strange?
5. wetin Thirwell promise am?
6. who dem no sure say e still dey alive?
7. wetin e fit sabi?
8. wetin she go need if she find ore?
9. e go hard to find one?
10. E fit make claim to the ore?``` <response>: ```1. Thirlwell and Scott
2. di river
3. Antoine
4. almost three months
5. to follow Miss Strang
6. di Hudson's Bay agent
7. di place wey di ore dey."
8. one mining engineer
9. no
10. yes``` 