CHAPTER V.

_WHAT PRIS DID._

Priscilla, meantime, was racking her brain to discover how she could help Philip; for since she had broken off her engagement no one spoke of him to her, and she could only judge of how things were going with him by what she saw and heard as she went about her daily task.

Pris kept school, and the road which she must take twice a day led directly by the office where Phil was studying medicine with old Dr. Buffum. Formerly she always smiled and nodded as she passed, or stopped to chat a moment with the student, who usually chanced to be taking a whiff of fresh air at that instant. Little notes flew in and out, and often her homeward walk was cheered by a companion, who taught the pretty teacher lessons she found it very easy to learn.

A happy time! But it was all over now, and brief glimpses of a brown head bent above a desk near that window was the only solace poor Pris had. The head never turned as she went by, but she felt sure that Phil knew her step, and found that moment, as she did, the hardest of the day.

She longed to relent, but dared not yet. He longed to show that he repented, but found it difficult without a sign of encouragement. So they went their separate ways, seldom meeting, for Phil stuck to his books with dogged resolution, and Pris had no heart for society.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. Who had been engaged?
2. Who to?
3. Did she ever see him now?
4. Where doe he study?
5. What was he studying?
6. Did she ever go by the office?
7. How often?
8. Would she run into him there?
9. Before they broke up?
10. What would he be doing just as she would come by?
11. What would he be doing before they broke up?
12. What was her profession?
13. What would happen on her return trip home?
14. Was she happy at the time?
15. Did she like to socialize?
16. What did Phil do with his time?
17. Did he ever acknowledge her presence when she came by the doctor's office?
18. Was she happy at that time of day?
19. Would people talk about him to her?
20. What was she trying to discover?
1. Priscilla
2. Phillip
3. No
4. With Dr. Buffum.
5. Medicine
6. Yes
7. Twice a day
8. No
9. Yes
10. Bending his head down
11. He would come out to chat
12. Teacher
13. She was cheered by a companion
14. Yes
15. No
16. Stuck to his books
17. No
18. No
19. No
20. How she could help Philip