Q: CHAPTER XXXI. AN INTERLUDE

It was close on midnight now, and still they sat opposite one another, he the friend and she the wife, talking over that brief half-hour that had meant an eternity to her.

Marguerite had tried to tell Sir Andrew everything; bitter as it was to put into actual words the pathos and misery which she had witnessed, yet she would hide nothing from the devoted comrade whom she knew Percy would trust absolutely. To him she repeated every word that Percy had uttered, described every inflection of his voice, those enigmatical phrases which she had not understood, and together they cheated one another into the belief that hope lingered somewhere hidden in those words.

"I am not going to despair, Lady Blakeney," said Sir Andrew firmly; "and, moreover, we are not going to disobey. I would stake my life that even now Blakeney has some scheme in his mind which is embodied in the various letters which he has given you, and which--Heaven help us in that case!--we might thwart by disobedience. Tomorrow in the late afternoon I will escort you to the Rue de Charonne. It is a house that we all know well, and which Armand, of course, knows too. I had already inquired there two days ago to ascertain whether by chance St. Just was not in hiding there, but Lucas, the landlord and old-clothes dealer, knew nothing about him."

Marguerite told him about her swift vision of Armand in the dark corridor of the house of Justice.

1. close to midnight
2. yes
3. a half-hour
4. no ,he was
5. Sir Andrew
6. definitely
7. Percy's
8. yes
9. Lady Blakeney
10. no
11. in the double negative, yes
12. everyone
13. two days ago
14. he did
15. Marguerite
16. of Armand
17. indeed

Numbered questions:
1. What time was it now?
2. did they still sit opposite each other?
3. how long did they talk?
4. was she the friend?
5. who did Percy trust completely?
6. did she try telling everything to andrew?
7. whose words did you repeat?
8. did percy use enigmatical phrases?
9. who did sir andrew escort to Rue de Charonne?
10. did andrew despair?
11. did he say they would obey?
12. who else knew about the house?
13. how long ago did andrew ask if St.Just was hiding at Charonne?
14. did he ask lucas about him?
15. who had a vision?
16. who did she have a vision about?
17. was he in the corridor?

Q: Jack Brown was very quiet as Dr. Johnson examined him. The doctor looked at the boy's throat , took his temperature and listened to his heart . Finally, he asked Jack's mother a few questions "When did Jack begin to feel ill?" "This morning when he got up. He said he felt too sick to go to school today." "What did he eat for breakfast?" "He got orange juice, two pieces of bread, an egg and a glass of milk." I see," the doctor asked Jack, "How do you feel now,My boy?" Jack answered "Terrible, I think I'm going to die The doctor said, "You won't die. In fact, you'll be fine by dinner time." "Oh, doctor! Do you really think so?" Jack's mother looked very glad, Dr. Johnson answered, "Mrs. Brown, you son has a sickness that is common to boys at a time like this. It comes and goes quickly. Mrs. Brown said, "But I don't understand." "Today," the doctor told her, "the most exciting football final of the World Cup is on TV. If Jack feel well enough to watch TV this afternoon, and I think he does. He will be fine when the final is over. It's the only cure I know of this sickness. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must go across the street to see the Fords boy, Steve. He seems to have the same thing as Jack has today."

1. This morning is when he started to feel sick.
2. Jack thought he was terrible and going to die.
3. No, he won't die.
4. Yes, it is common to boys.
5. World Cup is on TV and he wants to watch it.
6. He will be fine.
7. On the TV.
8. Yes, the Fords boy across the street.

Numbered questions:
1. When did Jack's mother say he started to get sick?
2. How bad did Jack think his illness was?
3. Was the diagnosis death?
4. Was it something catching?
5. What is the diagnosis?
6. Was there any treatment?
7. Where will he view it?
8. Anyone else sick?

Q: The region, as part of Lorraine, was part of the Holy Roman Empire, and then was gradually annexed by France in the 17th century, and formalized as one of the provinces of France. The Calvinist manufacturing republic of Mulhouse, known as Stadtrepublik Mulhausen, became a part of Alsace after a vote by its citizens on 4 January 1798. Alsace is frequently mentioned with and as part of Lorraine and the former duchy of Lorraine, since it was a vital part of the duchy, and later because German possession as the imperial province (Alsace-Lorraine, 18711918) was contested in the 19th and 20th centuries; France and Germany exchanged control of parts of Lorraine (including Alsace) four times in 75 years.

With the decline of the Roman Empire, Alsace became the territory of the Germanic Alemanni. The Alemanni were agricultural people, and their Germanic language formed the basis of modern-day dialects spoken along the Upper Rhine (Alsatian, Alemannian, Swabian, Swiss). Clovis and the Franks defeated the Alemanni during the 5th century AD, culminating with the Battle of Tolbiac, and Alsace became part of the Kingdom of Austrasia. Under Clovis' Merovingian successors the inhabitants were Christianized. Alsace remained under Frankish control until the Frankish realm, following the Oaths of Strasbourg of 842, was formally dissolved in 843 at the Treaty of Verdun; the grandsons of Charlemagne divided the realm into three parts. Alsace formed part of the Middle Francia, which was ruled by the youngest grandson Lothar I. Lothar died early in 855 and his realm was divided into three parts. The part known as Lotharingia, or Lorraine, was given to Lothar's son. The rest was shared between Lothar's brothers Charles the Bald (ruler of the West Frankish realm) and Louis the German (ruler of the East Frankish realm). The Kingdom of Lotharingia was short-lived, however, becoming the stem duchy of Lorraine in Eastern Francia after the Treaty of Ribemont in 880. Alsace was united with the other Alemanni east of the Rhine into the stem duchy of Swabia.

1. Alsace became the territory of the Germanic Alemanni.
2. No
3. Alsatian, Alemannian, Swabian, Swiss
4. Rhine
5. 5th century AD
6. Battle of Tolbiac
7. Christian
8. the Treaty of Verdun
9. the Frankish realm was formally dissolved
10. the grandsons of Charlemagne
11. three
12. It was divided into three parts
13. Lotharingia, or Lorraine
14. No
15. Swabia
16. 17th century
17. Lorraine
18. No
19. Germany
20. four

Numbered questions:
1. What happened to the Alsace region with the fall of Rome?
2. Were these mostly hunters?
3. What languages did they influence?
4. What river runs through the area?
5. When did Alsace get integrated into Austrasia?
6. What was the fight that led to that?
7. What religion did they practice after that?
8. What happened in 843?
9. What did that do?
10. Who split up the area?
11. How many pieces?
12. What later happened to the part that Alsace was in?
13. Of those, what was Alsace's division called?
14. Did Lotharingia last a long time?
15. What did Alsace become next?
16. When did France first get control of the area?
17. What else is Alsace known as?
18. Did France keep control of the region ever since?
19. What other country had it?
20. How many times did it change hands in the 19th and 20th centuries?