 
 <prompt> Translated text: 
```CHAPTER XIII. 

HAL SHOWS HIS METTLE. 

Hal sabi well well say wahala don show. Hardwick dey hold am for neck, and if e no gree do wetin book-keeper dey ask, e go dey immediate danger say dem go choke am die. 

"Leave me," e dey struggle talk. 

"No until you do wetin I talk," Hardwick reply. "I want make you sabi say you no fit outsmart me." 

Hal try push Hardwick comot, but the book-keeper use heavy ruler threaten am. 

"Keep quiet, if you value your head!" Hardwick shout. 

"Leave me!" 

"No until you don talk wetin you mean by your actions." 

"Wetin actions?" 

"Your actions wey reach Mrs. Ricket's place." 

"Who tell you about wetin happen for there?" 

"Forget that one; I sabi everything." 

"Then Ferris see you last night." 

"No, e no see me." 

"Or this morning." 

"Shut up. You implicate me." 

"Abi Dick Ferris talk say I implicate you?" Hal ask. 

"Forget who talk am. I want know wetin you mean by that work?" 

Hal no reply. E dey try think. Wetin be Ferris aim for tell Hardwick say e don mention Hal for the matter? 

E clear say na one reason fit dey. Ferris sabi say Hardwick no like Hal before, and e wan make the book-keeper vex for the boy, so that Hal go enter more trouble. 

"You dey hear me?" Hardwick ask, dey squeeze Hal neck well well. 

"I dey hear," Hal talk with difficulty. "Leave me." 

"No until you answer." 

Answer this series of questions:

1. Wetin be Hardwick work?
2. Wetin Hardwick dey hold?
3. Wetin again?
4. E dey fight back?
5. How e dey fight back?
6. Why dem dey attack am?
7. Something happen where?
8. Who tell Hardwick about this?
9. Why?
10. Why e wan do am?
11. Why Hal dey delay?
12. E answer Hardwick questions?``` <response>: ```1. book-keeper
2. one heavy ruler
3. Hal's throat
4. yes
5. e try push Hardwick comot
6. Hardwick think say e do something
7. for Mrs. Ricket's."
8. Possibly na Ferris
9. to put the book-keeper against Hal
10. so Hal go get problem
11. E dey think
12. never``` 