input: CHAPTER XII

OSBORN INTERFERES

When Grace and Kit had gone a short distance they heard voices and a rattle of sticks in the wood, but the noise got fainter and she imagined the beaters were moving the other way. Ferrars, who shot at the woodcock, had probably not had time to tell Osborn about his carelessness, and it looked as if nobody else had been posted near the road. This was something of a relief, but Grace felt anxious. A gate not far off led to a drive in the wood, and she thought she had heard Osborn's voice.

She kept on the belt of grass, which got narrower, so that the path ran close to the hedge. On the opposite side, a clump of silver-firs threw a shadow across the road, and a patch of pale-yellow sky shone behind an opening in the trees. The stiff fir-branches cut sharply against the glow, but where she and Kit were the light was dim. For all that, she stopped abruptly when a man came out of the wood and turned, as if to look up the road. It was Osborn and she thought she knew for whom he was looking.

Grace's judgment failed her. She pushed Kit towards the beech hedge and they stepped into a small hollow among the withered leaves. Kit like Grace, had not had time for thought, but as Osborn, looking straight in front, went past, he felt he had done wrong. For one thing, it was rather shabby to hide and his doing so reflected on his companion. The feeling got stronger as Osborn went up the road, and Kit was sorry he had given way to a cowardly impulse. Yet since he had hidden, he must wait. 1. What time of day was it?
2. Who were together?
3. Where were they?
4. What did they hear?
5. Was it getting louder?
6. Who was making the noise?
7. Whose voice did Grace think she heard?
8. Who came out of the woods?
9. Where did Grace stay?
10. Did it change?
11. How?
12. What did it approach?
13. Did Kit care for Grace?
14. What did Kit do?
15. Did he feel bad about that?
16. Was there a road in the woods?
17. How could you get to it?
18. What kind of hedge was by the path?
19. Where did they hide?
20. Who shot at the woodcock? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Either early morning or dusk.
2. Grace and Kit
3. Outside, somewhere near some woods.
4. Voices and sticks rattling.
5. No
6. the beaters
7. Osborn's.
8. Osborn
9. On a belt of grass.
10. Yes.
11. It got narrower.
12. It ran close to the hedge.
13. Yes.
14. Hid
15. Yes
16. Yes.
17. There was a gate.
18. A beech hedge.
19. In a small hollow among the leaves.
20. Ferrars.

input: Sao Tome and Principe, officially the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, is a Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main islands: Sao Tome and Principe, located about apart and about , respectively, off the northwestern coast of Gabon.

The islands were uninhabited until their discovery by Portuguese explorers in the 15th century. Gradually colonized and settled by the Portuguese throughout the 16th century, they collectively served as a vital commercial and trade center for the Atlantic slave trade. The rich volcanic soil and close proximity to the equator made Sao Tome and Principe ideal for sugar cultivation, followed later by cash crops such as coffee and cocoa; the lucrative plantation economy was heavily dependent upon imported African slaves. Cycles of social unrest and economic instability throughout the 19th and 20th centuries culminated in peaceful independence in 1975. Sao Tome and Principe has since remained one of Africa's most stable and democratic countries.

With a population of 192,993 (2013 Census), Sao Tome and Principe is the second-smallest African country after Seychelles, as well as the smallest Portuguese-speaking country. Its people are predominantly of African and "mestico" descent, with most practising Roman Catholicism. The legacy of Portuguese rule is also visible in the country's culture, customs, and music, which fuse European and African influences. 1. What is the formal name for Sao Tome and Principe?
2. Who discovered the islands?
3. When?
4. Was anyone living there at the time?
5. What water body is the island located in?
6. What continent is that near?
7. Near what coast of Africa?
8. How many people live in the country?
9. When was that number taken?
10. Is it the smallest African country?
11. How many are smaller?
12. Which one?
13. What language do they speak there?
14. What is the primary religion?
15. Orthodox or Roman Catholic? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
2. Portuguese explorers
3. 15th century
4. no
5. Gulf of Guinea
6. Africa
7. off the western coast
8. 192,993
9. 2013
10. No
11. One
12. Seychelles
13. Portuguese
14. Catholicism.
15. Roman

input: CHAPTER IX

The visit of Bertrade de Montfort with her friend Mary de Stutevill was drawing to a close. Three weeks had passed since Roger de Conde had ridden out from the portals of Stutevill and many times the handsome young knight's name had been on the lips of his fair hostess and her fairer friend.

Today the two girls roamed slowly through the gardens of the great court, their arms about each other's waists, pouring the last confidences into each other's ears, for tomorrow Bertrade had elected to return to Leicester.

"Methinks thou be very rash indeed, my Bertrade," said Mary. "Wert my father here he would, I am sure, not permit thee to leave with only the small escort which we be able to give."

"Fear not, Mary," replied Bertrade. "Five of thy father's knights be ample protection for so short a journey. By evening it will have been accomplished; and, as the only one I fear in these parts received such a sound set back from Roger de Conde recently, I do not think he will venture again to molest me."

"But what about the Devil of Torn, Bertrade?" urged Mary. "Only yestereve, you wot, one of Lord de Grey's men-at-arms came limping to us with the news of the awful carnage the foul fiend had wrought on his master's household. He be abroad, Bertrade, and I canst think of naught more horrible than to fall into his hands."

"Why, Mary, thou didst but recently say thy very self that Norman of Torn was most courteous to thee when he sacked this, thy father's castle. How be it thou so soon has changed thy mind?" 1. Where were the girls walking through?
2. Were the holding hands?
3. What were their names?
4. Were there six knights for protection for the journey?
5. How many were there?
6. Who did Mary say was courteous when he sacked the castle?
7. How many weeks had passed since Roger de Conde came from the portals of Stutevill?
8. What was Roger de Conde?
9. When was Bertrade going back to Leicester?
10. Did Mary think she should go with only the small escort?
11. Who cam liming toward them with news?
12. What was the news?
13. Who was Mary saying was abroad?
14. Were the girls walking quickly in the gardens?
15. What were they pouring into each other's ears?
16. Where did the girls place their arms while walking?
17. Did Bertrade say her journey would be long?
18. Did she think that Roger de Conde would bother her? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. The gardens
2. No
3. Bertrade de Montfort and Mary de Stutevill
4. No
5. Five
6. Norman of Torn
7. Three weeks
8. A knight
9. Tomorrow
10. No
11. One of Lord de Grey's men-at-arms
12. Of the awful carnage
13. Devil of Torn
14. No
15. The last confidences
16. Each other's waists
17. No
18. No