Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XIII

THE EMERALD RING

Grahame went in to dinner feeling anxious. Sarmiento had not returned, but he would probably come in before the meal was over, and Gomez was sitting by Cliffe near the head of the table. Blanca sat opposite Walthew, and Grahame found a place next to Evelyn, who had not joined Cliffe because she disliked Gomez. Though his manners were polished, there was something sinister about him, a hint of craft and cruelty, and she did not approve of his association with her father.

"Have you met the gentleman yonder?" she asked Grahame.

"Senor Gomez? I know who he is, but have not spoken to him."

"That's curious, because he has been looking at you as if he were interested."

This confirmed Grahame's suspicion, and he felt uneasy. He did not want Gomez to study him, and he would not have come in to dinner only that he must warn Sarmiento. If he and his friends were to succeed in their undertaking, their connection with Don Martin must remain unknown; for it would not be difficult to catch them landing arms should their object be suspected. He wondered where Macallister was, for the engineer could be trusted in an emergency, and presently he saw him coming in. There was no vacant place near Grahame, and Macallister sat down some distance off.

"You may have been mistaken, Miss Cliffe," Grahame suggested. "Somehow, I imagine that Gomez is not a favorite of yours."

"That's true, though I hardly know him," she answered with a smile. "One is now and then seized by a quick prejudice, and I think the reason I mentioned the man was because I wanted your opinion."

1. Was Sarmiento at the dinner when Grahame arrived?
2. How many people are named as sitting at the table?
3. What are their names?
4. What did Evelyn think about Gomez?
5. Why?
6. Who did she ask about him?
7. Had he talked with Gomez?
8. Who joined the table later?
9. Did he sit near Grahame?
10. What was Macallister's job?
11. Why did Evelyn ask Grahame about Gomez?
12. Did Evelyn find anything odd about Grahame's answer?
13. Why?
14. Did this please Grahame?
15. Why not?
16. who does Grahame have a secret connection with?
17. Did Gomez know Don Martin?
18. Was Grahame the only one with this connection?
19. Was Gomez rude?
20. Who was Gomez sitting next to?

Numbered answers:
1. no
2. six
3. Gomez, Cliffe, Blanca, Walthew, Grahame and Evelyn
4. She disliked him
5. there was something sinister about him
6. Grahame
7. No
8. Macallister
9. No
10. engineer
11. she wanted his opinion
12. Yes
13. Gomez had been looking at Grahame as if he was interested
14. No
15. he did not want Gomez to study him
16. Don Martin
17. unknown
18. No
19. No
20. Cliffe