Q: CHAPTER XII.

Madame Colonna, with that vivacious energy which characterises the south, had no sooner seen Coningsby, and heard his praises celebrated by his grandfather, than she resolved that an alliance should sooner or later take place between him and her step-daughter. She imparted her projects without delay to Lucretia, who received them in a different spirit from that in which they were communicated. Lucretia bore as little resemblance to her step-mother in character, as in person. If she did not possess her beauty, she was born with an intellect of far greater capacity and reach. She had a deep judgment. A hasty alliance with a youth, arranged by their mutual relatives, might suit very well the clime and manners of Italy, but Lucretia was well aware that it was altogether opposed to the habits and feelings of this country. She had no conviction that either Coningsby would wish to marry her, or, if willing, that his grandfather would sanction such a step in one as yet only on the threshold of the world. Lucretia therefore received the suggestions and proposals of Madarne Colonna with coldness and indifference; one might even say contempt, for she neither felt respect for this lady, nor was she sedulous to evince it. Although really younger than Coningsby, Lucretia felt that a woman of eighteen is, in all worldly considerations, ten years older than a youth of the same age. She anticipated that a considerable time might elapse before Coningsby would feel it necessary to seal his destiny by marriage, while, on the other hand, she was not only anxious, but resolved, not to delay on her part her emancipation from the galling position in which she very frequently found herself.

1. eighteen
2. Coningsby
3. Yes
4. his grandfather
5. Coningsby
6. Yes
7. the south
8. No
9. Lucretia
10. No

Numbered questions:
1. How old is Lucretia?
2. Who is she younger than?
3. Was she convinced that he wanted to wed her?
4. Who might not approve of the marriage?
5. Who was the grandson?
6. Was Madame energetic
7. How is her energy characterized?
8. Did Lucretia look like her step-mom?
9. She felt a decade older than which 18 year old?
10. Did she believe that the wedding would occur soon?

Q: CHAPTER XVI

"NON PROVEN"

"There is no doubt," continued the man in the corner, "that what little sympathy the young girl's terrible position had aroused in the public mind had died out the moment that David Graham left the witness-box on the second day of the trial. Whether Edith Crawford was guilty of murder or not, the callous way in which she had accepted a deformed lover, and then thrown him over, had set every one's mind against her.

"It was Mr. Graham himself who had been the first to put the Procurator Fiscal in possession of the fact that the accused had written to David from London, breaking off her engagement. This information had, no doubt, directed the attention of the Fiscal to Miss Crawford, and the police soon brought forward the evidence which had led to her arrest.

"We had a final sensation on the third day, when Mr. Campbell, jeweller, of High Street, gave his evidence. He said that on October 25th a lady came to his shop and offered to sell him a pair of diamond earrings. Trade had been very bad, and he had refused the bargain, although the lady seemed ready to part with the earrings for an extraordinarily low sum, considering the beauty of the stones.

"In fact it was because of this evident desire on the lady's part to sell at _any_ cost that he had looked at her more keenly than he otherwise would have done. He was now ready to swear that the lady that offered him the diamond earrings was the prisoner in the dock.

1. the young girl
2. David Graham
3. second
4. Edith Crawford
5. deformed
6. yes
7. yes
8. a jeweller
9. High Street
10. a lady
11. October
12. 25th
13. a pair of diamond earrings
14. no
15. Trade
16. that she was the prisoner in the dock
17. no
18. beauty
19. "NON PROVEN"
20. XVI

Numbered questions:
1. Who was in a terrible position?
2. Who had just left the witness box?
3. On what day of the trial?
4. Who had a lover?
5. How was the lover described?
6. Was Crawford being accused of murder?
7. Were a lot of people against her?
8. What profession was Mr. Campbell?
9. Of what street?
10. Did a man or woman come into his shop?
11. In what month?
12. On what day?
13. What did she offer to sell him?
14. Did he buy them?
15. What had been very bad for him lately?
16. What was he prepared to swear about the woman?
17. Were the stones in the earrings ugly?
18. What word was used to describe them?
19. What is the title of this chapter?
20. What is the number of it?

Q: Dorset (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the non-metropolitan county, which is governed by Dorset County Council, and the unitary authority areas of Poole and Bournemouth. Covering an area of , Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The county town is Dorchester which is in the south. After the reorganisation of local government in 1974 the county's border was extended eastward to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch. Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation, while the rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density.

The county has a long history of human settlement stretching back to the Neolithic era. The Romans conquered Dorset's indigenous Celtic tribe, and during the early Middle Ages, the Saxons settled the area and made Dorset a shire in the 7th century. The first recorded Viking raid on the British Isles occurred in Dorset during the eighth century, and the Black Death entered England at Melcombe Regis in 1348. Dorset has seen much civil unrest: in the English Civil War, an uprising of vigilantes was crushed by Oliver Cromwell's forces in a pitched battle near Shaftesbury; the doomed Monmouth Rebellion began at Lyme Regis; and a group of farm labourers from Tolpuddle were instrumental in the formation of the trade union movement. During the Second World War, Dorset was heavily involved in the preparations for the invasion of Normandy, and the large harbours of Portland and Poole were two of the main embarkation points. The former was the sailing venue in the 2012 Summer Olympics, and both have clubs or hire venues for sailing, Cornish pilot gig rowing, sea kayaking and powerboating.

1. Dorsetshire
2. 1974
3. ceremonial
4. human settlement
5. yes
6. the Second World War
7. in the South East Dorset conurbation
8. to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch.
9. the Saxons settled the area and made Dorset a shire
10. Devon

Numbered questions:
1. What is Dorset's archaically named?
2. When was the reorganization of the local government?
3. What type of county is it?
4. It has a long history of what?
5. Has it seen a lot of civil unrest?
6. In what world war it was involved in?
7. Where does half of its population live?
8. Why was its border extended eastward?
9. What occurred there in the 8th century?
10. What's to the west of Dorset?