Premise: I received a letter from Evelyn Howard a couple of days after her departure, telling me she was working as a nurse at the big hospital in Middlingham, a manufacturing town some fifteen miles away, and begging me to let her know if Mrs. Inglethorp should show any wish to be reconciled.

Hypothesis: I got correspondence from the woman letting me know she had gotten a medical job.
Answer: yes

Premise: Still, as it happens, the others were not there?

Hypothesis: Coincidentally the others might not have been there.
Answer: yes

Premise: Stay here!

Hypothesis: Go away!
Answer: no

Premise: The Provost's House on the southwest corner of College Green was built in the late 18th century and is one of the finest houses in the city.

Hypothesis: The Provost's House is the finest house in the city.
Answer: it is not possible to tell