 
 <prompt> text: ```CHAPTER XXIII 

AN EVENING AT APPLEYARD 

Rankine bin get small time leave and e dey spend am for Appleyard. E sit down near Elsie for one corner of the billiard-room, where the party gather after dinner. E don show up during afternoon, and Andrew no too happy to see am, even though e like the man. Elsie bin suggest say Dick suppose invite am, and e add say make e show when Madge Whitney dey there. Since Elsie never see Rankine until e show up, Andrew dey wonder wetin e mean; but e gree say she dey always get reason for wetin she dey do. 

Nobody dey play billiards or wan start. Elsie and Mrs. Woodhouse dey knit and others dey talk quietly, while dem dey wait for evening newspaper. 

Soon, Staffer talk about the Navy, and Madge Whitney look Rankine with smile. 

"You no think say you suppose answer that?" 

"I no sabi if I fit," Rankine answer with good nature. "To some extent, Mr. Staffer dey right. The Navy dey really dey for background of the stage, right now." 

"E be like say e dey completely out of sight," Staffer talk. 

"Well, maybe na im proper place be that. But I believe say e go show face when e dey needed." 

"We gats hope so," Staffer reply. "No doubt, your commanders dey wait for the right moment to make dramatic entrance for scene; but one fit imagine say ambitious young officers fit dey vex say dem dey kept for background." 

Answer the following questions:
1. Wetin be the chapter number?
2. Wetin be the name of the chapter?
3. Who dey sit near Elsie?
4. How e take manage show for Appleyard?
5. Where e dey sit with am?
6. When dem go there?
7. Who no too happy with im arrival?
8. Who suggest say make e invite am?
9. Who suppose dey there when e show?
10. Who suppose invite am?
11. Wetin Elsie and Mrs. Woodhouse dey do wey dey common?
12. Wetin others dey do?
13. And wetin Elsie and Mrs. Woodhouse dey do?
14. Who break the silence?
15. Who make comment about the military?``` <response>: ```1. CHAPTER XXIII
2. AN EVENING AT APPLEYAR
3. Rankine
4. E don show during afternoon
5. corner of the billiard-room
6. during afternoon
7. Andrew
8. Elsie
9. unknown
10. Dick
11. dey play billiards
12. dey talk softly
13. dey knit
14. unknown
15. Staffer``` 