Question:
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Chapter 6 

THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY 

It had come to pass that Mr Silas Wegg now rarely attended the minion of fortune and the worm of the hour, at his (the worm's and minion's) own house, but lay under general instructions to await him within a certain margin of hours at the Bower. Mr Wegg took this arrangement in great dudgeon, because the appointed hours were evening hours, and those he considered precious to the progress of the friendly move. But it was quite in character, he bitterly remarked to Mr Venus, that the upstart who had trampled on those eminent creatures, Miss Elizabeth, Master George, Aunt Jane, and Uncle Parker, should oppress his literary man. 

The Roman Empire having worked out its destruction, Mr Boffin next appeared in a cab with Rollin's Ancient History, which valuable work being found to possess lethargic properties, broke down, at about the period when the whole of the army of Alexander the Macedonian (at that time about forty thousand strong) burst into tears simultaneously, on his being taken with a shivering fit after bathing. The Wars of the Jews, likewise languishing under Mr Wegg's generalship, Mr Boffin arrived in another cab with Plutarch: whose Lives he found in the sequel extremely entertaining, though he hoped Plutarch might not expect him to believe them all. What to believe, in the course of his reading, was Mr Boffin's chief literary difficulty indeed; for some time he was divided in his mind between half, all, or none; at length, when he decided, as a moderate man, to compound with half, the question still remained, which half? And that stumbling-block he never got over. 
1. who was upset because the hours were in the evening?
2. did he consider those precious?
3. who did he complain to about it?
4. what is Wegg's first name?
5. does he frequently attend the bower?
6. did he consider himself a literary man?
7. who supposedly worked out their destruction?
8. whose army is said to have cried?
9. how many soldiers were in it?
10. did Alexander get sick?
11. after what?
12. who arrived with plutarch?
13. in what?
14. did boffin find it easy to believe what he read?
15. Did Wegg complain about an aunt?
16. what was her name?

Numbered answers:
1. Mr Wegg
2. yes
3. Mr Venus
4. unknown
5. no
6. yes
7. Roman Empire
8. army of Alexander
9. forty thousand
10. yes
11. bathing
12. Mr Boffin
13. in a cab
14. no
15. yes
16. Jane


Question:
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CHAPTER VIII--SNOBBISHNESS 



"Why then should vain repinings rise, That to thy lover fate denies A nobler name, a wide domain?"--SCOTT. 

The friendship with the Sisters was about three weeks old when, one morning, scaffold poles were being erected in the new side aisle of St. Kenelm's Church, and superintending them was a tall dark-haired young man. There was a start of mutual recognition; and by and by he met Paula and Vera in the porch, and there were eager hand-clasps and greetings, as befitted old friends meeting in a strange place. 

"Mr. Hubert! I heard you were coming!" 

"Miss Vera! Miss Paula! This is a pleasure." 

Then followed an introduction of Sister Mena, whose elder companion was away, attending a sick person. 

"May I ask whether you are living here?" 

"Two miles off at the Goyle, at Arnscombe, with our sister." 

"So I heard! I shall see you again." And he turned aside to give an order, bowing as he did so. 

"Is he the artist of those sweet designs?" asked Sister Mena. 

"Did we not tell you?" 

"And now he is going to execute them? How delicious!" 

"I trust so! We must see him again. We have not heard of Edie and Nellie, nor any one." 

"He will call on you?" said Sister Mena. 

"I do not think so," said Paula. "At least his father is really an artist, but he is drawing-master at the High School, and Hubert works for this firm. They are not what you call in society, and our sister is all for getting in with Lady Merrifield and General Mohun and all the swells, so it would never do for him to call." 
1. What was being installed in the new side aisle?
2. Where was this happening?
3. Who was in charge of the operation?
4. What was his name?
5. Who did he meet?
6. Who else?
7. Where did they meet?
8. Was he happy to see them?
9. Who else was introduced?
10. Where did the women live?
11. Which is located where?
12. Who else lives there?
13. How far away is it?
14. Does Paula think Mr. Hubert will actually visit?
15. Why not?
16. Was Sister Mena impressed with Mr. Hubert's work?
17. What did Mr. Hubert do as he gave orders?
18. How long after becoming friends with the Sisters did they meet Mr. Hubert?
19. Did they recognize each other?
20. Was Sister Mena's partner present at the meeting?

Numbered answers:
1. scaffold poles
2. St. Kenelm's Church
3. a tall dark-haired young man.
4. Mr. Hubert
5. Paula
6. Vera
7. the porch
8. Yes.
9. Sister Mena
10. at the Goyle
11. Arnscombe
12. their sister
13. Two miles
14. No.
15. He is not "in society"
16. Yes.
17. bowed
18. three weeks
19. Yes.
20. No.


Question:
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CHAPTER IX 

The latter part of September Carley returned to New York. 

Soon after her arrival she received by letter a formal proposal of marriage from Elbert Harrington, who had been quietly attentive to her during her sojourn at Lake Placid. He was a lawyer of distinction, somewhat older than most of her friends, and a man of means and fine family. Carley was quite surprised. Harrington was really one of the few of her acquaintances whom she regarded as somewhat behind the times, and liked him the better for that. But she could not marry him, and replied to his letter in as kindly a manner as possible. Then he called personally. 

"Carley, I've come to ask you to reconsider," he said, with a smile in his gray eyes. He was not a tall or handsome man, but he had what women called a nice strong face. 

"Elbert, you embarrass me," she replied, trying to laugh it out. "Indeed I feel honored, and I thank you. But I can't marry you." 

"Why not?" he asked, quietly. 

"Because I don't love you," she replied. 

"I did not expect you to," he said. "I hoped in time you might come to care. I've known you a good many years, Carley. Forgive me if I tell you I see you are breaking--wearing yourself down. Maybe it is not a husband you need so much now, but you do need a home and children. You are wasting your life." 

"All you say may be true, my friend," replied Carley, with a helpless little upflinging of hands. "Yet it does not alter my feelings." 
1. who received a letter?
2. from who?
3. when?
4. to where?
5. during what month?
6. was the it beginning of the month?
7. what part?
8. what was in the letter?
9. what kind?
10. what does he do for a living?
11. was he young?
12. how is his age compared?
13. is he wealthy?
14. does he come from a good family?
15. what did Carley think about him?
16. Did she want to marry him?
17. how did she let him know?
18. did he leave it at that?
19. what did he do?
20. how did that make her feel?


Numbered answers:
1. Carley
2. Elbert Harrington
3. Soon after her arrival
4. New York
5. September
6. no
7. The latter
8. a formal proposal
9. of marriage
10. a lawyer
11. no
12. somewhat older than most of her friends
13. yes
14. yes
15. as somewhat behind the times
16. no
17. by replying to his letter
18. no
19. asked her to reconsider
20. it embarrassed her