 
 <prompt> text: ```CHAPTER XXIII 

A NIGHT RIDE 

Na six o'clock for evening. Curtis don just finish im supper and dey sit dey doze for im quarters for police post afta im don dey outside for frost all day. The temperature don dey fall since morning and the cold dey worse now as breeze dey blow clouds across moon and dey fling fine snow against board walls, but the stove wey dey glow dull red dey keep the room warm. A nickeled lamp dey shine light, and the tired corporal dey look forward to long night rest. Private Stanton dey near am, dey clean carbine. 

"E dey strange say you never hear anything from Regina since you send those clothes," e talk. "E look bad for Prescott." 

"I no sabi," Curtis reply. "You don see am wear that suit before?" 

"No." 

"Nobody else see am too, as far as I fit find out. Another thing dey--the land agent talk say na tall, stoutish man. You no go fit call Prescott that." 

"Those clothes dey almost new; e fit be say e wear am only once," Stanton argue. 

"That one dey my mind too; I no know how e take still dey look good, if dem dey lie for where Jernyngham see am, since last summer." 

"Na something wey I suppose don think of." 

"You still get plenty things to learn." Curtis smile patiently. 

"Anyhow, I see find Prescott photograph, and you happy say make I send am go Regina. Wetin you think say our bosses dey do about am?" 

Numbered answers:``` <response>: 1. Curtis
2. six o'clock
3. for im quarters
4. for police post
5. outside
6. cold
7. yes
8. breeze
9. yes
10. yes
11. yes
12. stove
13. One lamp wey dem nickel
14. Private Stanton
15. dey clean carbine
16. Regina
17. clothes
18. yes
19. Jernyngham
20. Prescott
21. Regina 