input: CHAPTER XXVII

A LEMON

That bulwark of _Peaceful Moments_, Pugsy Maloney, was rather the man of action than the man of tact. Otherwise, when, a moment later, he thrust his head up through the trap, he would have withdrawn delicately, and not split the silence with a raucous "Hey!" which acted on John and Betty like an electric shock.

John glowered at him. Betty was pink, but composed. Pugsy climbed leisurely on to the roof, and surveyed the group.

"Why, hello!" he said, as he saw Betty more closely.

"Well, Pugsy," said Betty. "How are you?"

John turned in surprise.

"Do you know Pugsy?"

Betty looked at him, puzzled.

"Why, of course I do."

"Sure," said Pugsy. "Miss Brown was stenographer on de poiper till she beat it."

"Miss Brown!"

There was utter bewilderment in John's face.

"I changed my name when I went to _Peaceful Moments_."

"Then are you--did you--?"

"Yes, I wrote those articles. That's how I happen to be here now. I come down every day and help look after the babies. Poor little souls, there seems to be nobody else here who has time to do it. It's dreadful. Some of them--you wouldn't believe--I don't think they could ever have had a real bath in their lives."

"Baths is foolishness," commented Master Maloney austerely, eying the scoured infants with a touch of disfavor.

John was reminded of a second mystery that needed solution.

"How on earth did you get up here, Pugsy?" he asked. "How did you get past Sam?" 1. Was Pugsy obnoxious?
2. Did he scare Betty?
3. Did they know each other?
4. How did John feel about this?
5. What name did Pugsy know her as?
6. Did John?
7. When did she change her name?
8. What did she do for a living?
9. On what?
10. What did she write?
11. Why did she come down every day?
12. Did she feel bad for them?
13. Why?
14. What did she feel some have never had?
15. What did MAster Maloney think of baths?
16. Did he like the babies?
17. Who did Pugsy get past?
18. Was that perceived as an easy task?
19. According to who? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Surprised
5. Miss Brown
6. Yes
7. When she went to Peaceful Moments
8. Stenographer
9. On de poiper (paper)
10. Articles
11. To help look after the babies.
12. Yes
13. there's nobody else here who had time to look after them
14. A real bath
15. They are foolishness
16. No
17. Sam
18. No
19. John

input: CHAPTER THREE.

RELATES THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF HAROLD AND DISCO, AND LIFTS THE CURTAIN A LITTLE HIGHER IN REGARD TO THE SLAVE-TRADE.

So Captain Romer and his lieutenants went to dine with the worthy Governor Senhor Francisco Alfonso Toledo Bignoso Letotti, while Yoosoof returned to the creek to carry out his deep-laid plans.

In regard to the dinner, let it suffice to observe that it was good, and that the Governor was urbane, hospitable, communicative, and every way agreeable. It is probable that if he had been trained in another sphere and in different circumstances he might have been a better man. As things stood, he was unquestionably a pleasant one, and Captain Romer found it hard to believe that he was an underhand schemer.

Nothing could exceed the open way in which Senhor Letotti condemned the slave-trade, praised the English for their zeal in attempting to suppress it, explained that the King of Portugal and the Sultan of Zanzibar were equally anxious for its total extinction, and assured his guests that he would do everything that lay in his power to further their efforts to capture the guilty kidnappers, and to free the poor slaves!

"But, my dear sir," said he, at the conclusion of an emphatic declaration of sympathy, "the thing is exceedingly difficult. You are aware that Arab traders swarm upon the coast, that they are reckless men, who possess boats and money in abundance, that the trade is very profitable, and that, being to some extent real traders in ivory, palm-oil, indigo, and other kinds of native produce, these men have many _ruses_ and methods--what you English call dodges--whereby they can deceive even the most sharp-sighted and energetic. The Arabs are smart smugglers of negroes--very much as your people who live in the Scottish land are smart smugglers of the dew of the mountain--what your great poet Burns speaks much of--I forget its name--it is not easy to put them down." 1. Who had plans to carry out?
2. Where did he go?
3. Who were the people who ate together?
4. What was the name of the captain?
5. And what was the title of the other one?
6. And his name?
7. What did he talk about at dinner?
8. Did he support it?
9. Was he unpleasant to talk to?
10. How was he described?
11. How was the food?
12. Who else wanted to stop the slave trade?
13. And which other rulers?
14. And who else?
15. What group of people smuggled slaves?
16. Did he think it would be easy to stop them?
17. Did they have real things to trade as well?
18. And were they rich?
19. Who did someone think was scheming?
20. Was it easy for him to think that? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Yoosoof
2. to the creek
3. Military and government men
4. Romer
5. Governor
6. Senhor Francisco Alfonso Toledo Bignoso Letotti,
7. the slave-trade,
8. no
9. no
10. urbane
11. good
12. the English
13. the King of Portugal
14. the Sultan of Zanzibar
15. The Arabs
16. no
17. yes
18. yes
19. Captain Romer
20. no

input: Adult contemporary music (AC) is a style of music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, rhythm and blues, quiet storm, and rock influence. Adult contemporary is rather a continuation of the easy listening and soft rock style that became popular in the 1960s and 1970s with some adjustments that reflect the evolution of pop/rock music.

Adult contemporary tends to have lush, soothing and highly polished qualities where emphasis on melody and harmonies is accentuated. It is usually melodic enough to get a listener's attention, and is inoffensive and pleasurable enough to work well as background music. Like most of pop music, its songs tend to be written in a basic format employing a versechorus structure.

Adult contemporary is heavy on romantic sentimental ballads which mostly use acoustic instruments (though bass guitar is usually used) such as acoustic guitars, pianos, saxophones, and sometimes an orchestral set. The electric guitars are normally faint and high-pitched. However, recent adult contemporary music may usually feature synthesizers (and other electronics, such as drum machines). 1. What type is the article about?
2. How can it be abbreviated?
3. What kinds of instruments does it use?
4. With what characteristics?
5. What is it based on?
6. From what years?
7. Is it hard to listen to? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. Adult contemporary music
2. AC
3. acoustic instruments
4. versechorus structure.
5. easy listening and soft rock
6. 1960s and 1970s
7. no