Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER VIII

D'AGUILAR SPEAKS

"Losses?" said d'Aguilar. "Do I hear the wealthy John Castell, who holds half the trade with Spain in the hollow of his hand, talk of losses?"

"Yes, Senor, you do. Things have gone ill with this ship of mine that has barely lived through the spring gales. But be seated."

"Indeed, is that so?" said d'Aguilar as he sat down. "What a lying jade is rumour! For I was told that they had gone very well. Doubtless, however, what is loss to you would be priceless gain to one like me."

Castell made no answer, but waited, feeling that his visitor had not come to speak with him of his trading ventures.

"Senor Castell," said d'Aguilar, with a note of nervousness in his voice, "I am here to ask you for something."

"If it be a loan, Senor, I fear that the time is not opportune." And he nodded towards the sheet of figures.

"It is not a loan; it is a gift."

"Anything in my poor house is yours," answered Castell courteously, and in Oriental form.

"I rejoice to hear it, Senor, for I seek something from your house."

Castell looked a question at him with his quick black eyes.

"I seek your daughter, the Senora Margaret, in marriage."

Castell stared at him, then a single word broke from his lips.

"Impossible."

"Why impossible?" asked d'Aguilar slowly, yet as one who expected some such answer. "In age we are not unsuited, nor perhaps in fortune, while of rank I have enough, more than you guess perhaps. I vaunt not myself, yet women have thought me not uncomely. I should be a good friend to the house whence I took a wife, where perchance a day may come when friends will be needed; and lastly, I desire her not for what she may bring with her, though wealth is always welcome, but--I pray you to believe it--because I love her."

1. What was the rich man talking about?
2. What was his name?
3. Who did he engage in commerce with?
4. What vessel was he having trouble with?
5. Who was talking to him about all this?
6. Did he remain standing?
7. Did he admit knowing about the other man's troubles?
8. How had he heard business was going?
9. Did the rich man respond immediately?
10. Was the man questioning him, calm?
11. Did he want the rich man to lend him something?
12. What did he ask for?
13. Did Castell say yes?
14. How did he describe the odds of it occuring?
15. Were their ages incompatible?
16. Was the suitor's rank too low?
17. Did he admit wanting her for her money?
18. Why did he say he wanted marriage?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Losses
2. John Castell
3. Spain
4. His Ship.
5. d'Aguilar.
6. No.
7. No.
8. Very well.
9. No.
10. Nervous.
11. No.
12. To marry his daughter.
13. No.
14. "Impossible."
15. No.
16. No.
17. No.
18. Because he loved her.

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN) -- Rory McIlroy says he is desperate to get back on track in Abu Dhabi after a disappointing first round of the new season.

Fresh from signing his new bumper multi-year deal with Nike, McIlroy struggled to adapt to his new clubs and hit two double bogeys on his way to a three-over-par 75.

Playing alongside stablemate Tiger Woods, who finished level for the day, McIlroy failed to impress on his return to the course where he came second behind Robert Rock last year.

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But the World No.1 says he will improve when he steps out for his second round Friday.

"Yeah, a bit of rust for sure," he told reporters, after being asked why he started so poorly.

"Not playing any competitive golf for eight weeks. I guess when you're going out with new stuff, you're always going to be a little bit anxious about hitting it close like you've done on the range and today that wasn't quite the case. Hopefully I can do that tomorrow.

"I was really happy with the way the ball is in the wind. I was really happy with the irons and the wedge play.

"I wasn't very comfortable off the tee, but just because I didn't feel like I was swinging it that well."

How player power tipped Ryder Cup captaincy

McIlroy's European Ryder Cup teammate Justin Rose leads the way on five-under-par alongside Irish Open champion Jamie Donaldson.

Rose shot a bogey-free round of 67 but is expecting both Woods and McIlroy to threaten as the competition progresses.

1. Where Roy intend to go?
2. For what?
3. Where else he played?
4. Where was it?
5. Who was in his team?
6. What is his score?
7. Who else was with him with that?
8. Where is he from?
9. Does Rory have any deal with any company?
10. With whom?
11. What's the duration of the deal?
12. Who is his stablemate?
13. How did he do?
14. How did Rory do?
15. Behind whom?
16. When Rory expects to improve?
17. What was his excuse?
18. Was he happy with the field condition?
19. What wasn't he happy with?
20. Did he feel good about his shots?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Abu Dhabi
2. to get back on track
3. Ryder Cup
4. Europe
5. Justin Rose
6. five-under-pa
7. Jamie Donaldson
8. Ireland
9. yes
10. Nike,
11. multi-year
12. Tiger Woods
13. finished level
14. came second
15. Robert Rock
16. Friday
17. not playing for eight weeks
18. yes
19. the tee
20. no

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The Independent is a British online newspaper. Established in 1986 as an independent national morning newspaper published in London, it was controlled by Tony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev in 2010. The last printed edition of "The Independent" was published Saturday 20 March 2016, leaving only its digital editions.

Nicknamed the "Indy", it began as a broadsheet, but changed to tabloid (compact) format in 2003. Until September 2011, the paper described itself on the banner at the top of every newspaper as "free from party political bias, free from proprietorial influence". It tends to take a pro-market stance on economic issues.

The daily edition was named "National Newspaper of the Year" at the 2004 British Press Awards.

In June 2015, it had an average daily circulation of just below 58,000, 85 per cent down from its 1990 peak, while the Sunday edition had a circulation of just over 97,000.

Launched in 1986, the first issue of "The Independent" was published on 7 October in broadsheet format. It was produced by Newspaper Publishing plc and created by Andreas Whittam Smith, Stephen Glover and Matthew Symonds. All three partners were former journalists at "The Daily Telegraph" who had left the paper towards the end of Lord Hartwell's ownership. Marcus Sieff was the first chairman of Newspaper Publishing, and Whittam Smith took control of the paper.

1. What publication is this about?
2. What type of publication is it?
3. Where was it started?
4. When?
5. Was it always online?
6. What company ran it starting in 1997?
7. What's its nickname?
8. In 2015 which had higher circulation, daily or Sunday?
9. How much lower was daily circulation down from 1990?
10. How much was circulation down since 1990?
11. What award did it get in 2004?
12. Who gave that award?
13. What year?
14. How many people founded it?
15. Where did they work before?
16. Why did they leave there?
17. Who bought it in 2010?
18. Where is he from?
19. Is there still a print edition?
20. How does it describe itself?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. The Independent
2. online newspaper
3. London
4. 1986
5. no
6. Independent News & Media
7. the "Indy"
8. Sunday
9. 85 per cent
10. 85 per cent
11. "National Newspaper of the Year"
12. British Press Awards
13. 2004
14. Three
15. "The Daily Telegraph"
16. unknown
17. Alexander Lebedev
18. Russia
19. no
20. "free from party political bias, free from proprietorial influence"