question: CHAPTER XXVII 

THE SPY 

Wrayson found himself a few minutes later alone with the Baron, who, with some solemnity, rose and took the chair opposite to him. Conversation between them, however, languished, for the Baron spoke only in monosyllables, and his attitude gave Wrayson the idea that he viewed his presence at the chateâu with disfavour. With stiff punctiliousness, he begged Wrayson to try some wonderful Burgundy, and passed a box of cigarettes. He did not, however, open any topic of conversation, and Wrayson, embarrassed in his choice of subjects by the fact that any remark he could make might sound like an attempt at gratifying his curiosity, remained also silent. In a very few minutes the Baron rose. 

"You will take another glass of wine, sir?" he asked. 

Wrayson rose too with alacrity, and bowed his refusal. They recrossed the great hall and entered the drawing-room. Louise and Madame de Melbain were talking earnestly together in a corner, and from the look that the latter threw at him as they entered, Wrayson was convinced that in some way he was concerned with the subject of their conversation. It was a look deliberate and scrutinizing, in a sense doubtful, and yet not unkindly. Behind it all, Wrayson felt that there was something which he could not understand, there was something of the mystery in those dark sad eyes which seemed to pervade the whole atmosphere of the place and the lives of these people. 

Louise rose as he approached and motioned him to take her vacated place. 
1. Who is with someone else?
2. Who is he with?
3. Are they alone?
4. What does he do?
5. Did they have a good talk?
6. How so?
7. Why?
8. Did he seem like he wanted him to be there?
9. What gave that impression?
10. What does he offer?
11. Anything else?
12. Did they talk about anything?
13. What happens eventually?
14. Where do they go?
15. What was on the other side?
16. Was anybody in there?
17. Who?
18. Anybody else?
19. What were they doing?
20. What might they have been discussing?
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answer: 1. Wrayson is
2. the Baron
3. Yes
4. rose and took the chair opposite to him
5. No
6. Conversation between them languished
7. the Baron spoke only in monosyllables
8. No
9. his attitude
10. some Burgundy
11. cigarettes
12. No
13. the Baron rose
14. They recrossed the great hall
15. the drawing-room
16. Yes
17. Louise
18. Madame de Melbain
19. talking earnestly together in a corner
20. Wrayson


question: CHAPTER XXIV 

THE HANEYS RETURN TO THE PEAKS 

The forces that really move most men are the small, concrete, individual experiences of life. The death of a child is of more account to its parents than the fall of a republic. Napoleon did not forget Josephine in his Italian campaigns, and Grant, inflexible commander of a half-million men, never failed, even in the Wilderness, to remember the plain little woman whose fireside fortunes were so closely interwoven with his epoch-making wars. 

As Ben Fordyce lost interest in the question of labor and capital and the political struggles of the state (because they were of less account than his own combat with the powers of darkness), so Bertha had little thought of the abstract, the sociologic, in her uneasiness--the strife was individual, the problems personal--and at last, weary of question, of doubt, she yielded once more to the protecting power which lay in Haney's gold and permitted herself to enjoy its use, its command of men. There was something like intoxication in this sense of supremacy, this freedom from ceaseless calculation, and to rise above the doubt in which she had been plunged was like suddenly acquiring wings. 

She accepted any chance to penetrate the city's life, determined to secure all that she could of its light and luxury, and in return intrusted Lucius with plans for luncheons and dinners, which he carried out with lavish hand. 

Mart seconded all her resolutions with hearty voice. "There's nothing too good for the Haneys!" he repeatedly chuckled. 
1. Fordyce's first name?
2. what did he lose interest in?
3. and?
4. why?
5. Bertha didn't think about what?
6. or the?
7. wghat's distracting her?
8. what was individual?
9. what really moves people?
10. what's of more acount?
11. who is it important to?
12. more important than?
13. what Emperor is mentioned?
14. who did he not forget?
15. during what?
16. what other military general is mentioned
17. how many men did he have?
18. what type of war was he involved in?
19. who did he remember
20. what sort of fortune?
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answer: 1. Ben
2. labor and capital a
3. the political struggles of the state
4. because they were of less account than his own combat with the powers of darkness
5. abstract
6. the sociologic,
7. personal problems
8. the strife
9. small, concrete, individual experiences of life.
10. The death of a child
11. its parents
12. the fall of a republic
13. . Napoleon
14. josephine
15. his Italian campaigns
16. Grant
17. a half-million men,
18. epoch-making
19. a plain little woman
20. fireside


question: New York (CNN) -- A New Jersey teenager was killed when his head hit a highway overpass after he apparently stuck it out of a party bus near the George Washington Bridge, which connects Manhattan with New Jersey over the Hudson River. 

Daniel Fernandez, a 16-year-old resident of Sayreville, died Friday evening on his way to a sweet 16 party, according to Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman. 

He was on the top level of a double-decker bus when he apparently stuck his head out of an emergency hatch in the roof, Coleman said. 

His head then struck the underside of an overpass, he said. 

The incident occurred after the New Jersey-bound bus departed Queens, New York -- loaded with 65 teenagers -- and had just crossed the George Washington Bridge. 

Off-duty emergency medical technician Leon Tyrone McKivor, 52, said he approached the scene to offer his assistance and escorted worried parents to a nearby police station where their children were waiting. 

"One individual had on a blood soaked shirt that he refused to take off until police insisted that he change," McKivor told CNN. "A number of other individuals had blood all over them, as well." 

McKivor said he tried to console the mother of one of the girls who was on the bus. 

"She was just crying and crying and hugging me and thanking me," he said. 

The horrific scene left several party-goers stunned, according to multiple posts on social media. 

"Sitting here with your blood on my foot wishing this was all a bad dream," tweeted teenage party-goer Vicky Budz. "Can't sleep with you on my mind cause the more time goes on the more its settling in." 
1. where was the teenager from?
2. what did his head hit?
3. what was he riding in?
4. who is Leon McKivor?
5. where did he take the stunned parents?
6. Did anyone get  blood on them?
7. Who said they wish it was all a nightmare and not real?
8. where did she write this?
9. How many kids were on the bus?
10. how old is Leon McKivor?
11. How old was Daniel?
12. Was he on the top or bottom of the bus?
13. Where were they headed?
14. for what event?
15. What bridge were they near when the accident occured?
16. over what river?
17. Who is Steve Coleman?
18. who was said to be crying and hugging McKivor
19. when did the individual with a soiled shirt finally change it?
20. The Washington Bridge connects Manhattan to where?
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answer:
1. New Jersey
2. A highway overpass
3. A party bus
4. An emergency medical technician
5. A nearby police station
6. Yes.
7. Vicky Budz.
8. Twitter.
9. 65 teenagers
10. 52
11. 16
12. the top level
13. They were New-Jersey bound.
14. A sweet 16 party,
15. The George Washington Bridge
16. the Hudson River.
17. Port Authority spokesman
18. The mother of one of the girls.
19. Not until police insisted.
20. Manhattan with New Jersey