CHAPTER II. THE PATH OF PHILANTHROPY

Mrs. Cecil Grainger may safely have been called a Personality, and one of the proofs of this was that she haunted people who had never seen her. Honora might have looked at her, it is true, on the memorable night of the dinner with Mrs. Holt and Trixton Brent; but--for sufficiently obvious reasons--refrained. It would be an exaggeration to say that Mrs. Grainger became an obsession with our heroine; yet it cannot be denied that, since Honora's arrival at Quicksands, this lady had, in increasing degrees, been the subject of her speculations. The threads of Mrs. Grainger's influence were so ramified, indeed, as to be found in Mrs. Dallam, who declared she was the rudest woman in New York and yet had copied her brougham; in Mr. Cuthbert and Trixton Brent; in Mrs. Kame; in Mrs. Holt, who proclaimed her a tower of strength in charities; and lastly in Mr. Grainger himself, who, although he did not spend much time in his wife's company, had for her an admiration that amounted to awe.

Elizabeth Grainger, who was at once modern and tenaciously conservative, might have been likened to some of the Roman matrons of the aristocracy in the last years of the Republic. Her family, the Pendletons, had traditions: so, for that matter, had the Graingers. But Senator Pendleton, antique homo virtute et fide, had been a Roman of the old school who would have preferred exile after the battle of Philippi; and who, could he have foreseen modern New York and modern finance, would have been more content to die when he did. He had lived in Washington Square. His daughter inherited his executive ability, many of his prejudices (as they would now be called), and his habit of regarding favourable impressions with profound suspicion. She had never known the necessity of making friends: hers she had inherited, and for some reason specially decreed, they were better than those of less fortunate people.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. Who was modern and tenacious?
2. What was the name of her family?
3. Who could safely be called a Personality?
4. Who did she haunt?
5. Who was said to be the rudest woman in New York?
6. Who was antique homo virtute et fide?
7. Was he from the new school?
8. What was he?
9. Where did he live?
10. Did he have a daughter?
11. What did she inherit from him?
12. And what else?
13. Anything else?
14. Who said Mrs. Grainger was a tower of strength in charities?
15. Who had awe for her?
16. Who was like some of he Roman matrons?
17. Who would've liked exile after the battle of Philippi?
18. Who was with Honora at the dinner?
19. What was an exaggeration?
20. Who arrived at Qucksands?
1. Elizabeth Grainger
2. Pendletons
3. Mrs. Cecil Grainger
4. people who had never seen her
5. Mrs. Grainger
6. Senator Pendleton
7. no
8. a Roman of the old school
9. Washington Square
10. yes
11. his executive ability
12. many of his prejudices
13. and his habit of regarding favourable impressions with profound suspicion
14. Mrs. Holt
15. Mr. Grainger
16. Elizabeth Grainger
17. Senator Pendleton
18. Mrs. Holt and Trixton Brent
19. to say that Mrs. Grainger became an obsession with our heroine
20. Honora