Q: CHAPTER XX

A LESSON IN PICQUET

Lord Dreever, meanwhile, having left the waterside, lighted a cigarette, and proceeded to make a reflective tour of the grounds. He felt aggrieved with the world. Molly's desertion in the canoe with Jimmy did not trouble him: he had other sorrows. One is never at one's best and sunniest when one has been forced by a ruthless uncle into abandoning the girl one loves and becoming engaged to another, to whom one is indifferent. Something of a jaundiced tinge stains one's outlook on life in such circumstances. Moreover, Lord Dreever was not by nature an introspective young man, but, examining his position as he walked along, he found himself wondering whether it was not a little unheroic. He came to the conclusion that perhaps it was. Of course, Uncle Thomas could make it deucedly unpleasant for him if he kicked. That was the trouble. If only he had even--say, a couple of thousands a year of his own--he might make a fight for it. But, dash it, Uncle Tom could cut off supplies to such a frightful extent, if there was trouble, that he would have to go on living at Dreever indefinitely, without so much as a fearful quid to call his own.

Imagination boggled at the prospect. In the summer and autumn, when there was shooting, his lordship was not indisposed to a stay at the home of his fathers. But all the year round! Better a broken heart inside the radius than a sound one in the country in the winter.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who left waterside
2. does he smoke?
3. where did he go?
4. was he old?
5. who could take away supplies?
6. Why?
7. was Uncle Tom liked?
8. where did he live if trouble happened?
9. did he call it his home?
10. when was there a shooting
11. where did he stay after
12. was there another season of shooting?
13. when?
14. who left on a canoe?
15. who did she leave with?
16. was this troublesome?
17. was someone engaged?
18. was The lord a hero?
19. where was the stain?
20. who was abandoned?
A: 1. Lord Dreever
2. Yes.
3. On a tour.
4. Yes.
5. Uncle Tom
6. if there was trouble
7. No.
8. Dreever
9. No.
10. autumn
11. home of his fathers
12. YEs.
13. winter
14. Molly
15. Jimmy
16. No.
17. Yes.
18. He did not think so.
19. one's outlook on life
20. the girl one loves
Q: (CNN) -- Rafael Nadal recovered from a rusty start to power into the second round of Wimbledon with a straight-sets win over Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci on Tuesday.

The two-time champion bounced back in style after losing the first four games of the match against the 80th-ranked Bellucci.

Nadal won the next four, before smashing his South American opponent 7-0 in the first-set tie break and then wrapping up the remaining sets 6-2 6-3.

"It's always tough to make the change from clay to grass, especially when over the last couple of months I played almost every match on tour," said Nadal, who won the French Open earlier this month.

"I had more mistakes than usual and I was very lucky to come back from 4-0."

Champion Kvitova battles through in women's first round

Great Britain's Andy Murray made an impressive start to the tournament as he bids to become the first home winner of the men's singles since Fred Perry in 1936.

The world number four made short work of beating Russia's Nikolay Davydenko 6-1 6-1 6-4, and the British number one also looked in peak physical form following recent fitness concerns.

But it was a day to forget for Australia's men's players, with none making the second round at the All England Club for the first time since 1938.

No. 20 seed Bernard Tomic, who made the quarterfinals last year, slumped to a surprise 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 defeat against Belgian wildcard David Goffin.

"I have slacked off a little bit and look what it's costing me. It's a lack of concentration, not working hard," admitted the 19-year-old after the defeat.

Answer the following questions:
1. What sport is this article about?
2. Which tournament?
3. Did Nadal beat his opponent?
4. Who was that?
5. From what country?
6. Did Nadal lose any of the sets?
7. What other tournament did he win recently?
8. When was that?
9. How many times has he won Wimbledon?
10. Did he make any mistakes?
11. What is Bellucci's rank?
12. Where is Andy Murray from?
13. Is Wimbledon played there?
14. Who last won from Great Britain?
15. When?
16. What is Murray's rank?
17. And Bernard Tomic?
18. At what club is Wimbledon played?
19. Did anyone from Australia win their match?
20. What country is David Goffin from?
A: 1. tennis
2. Wimbledon
3. yes
4. Thomaz Bellucci
5. Brazil
6. no
7. the French Open
8. earlier this month
9. two
10. yes
11. 80th
12. Great Britain
13. yes
14. Fred Perry
15. 1936
16. world number four
17. No. 20
18. All England Club
19. no
20. Belgium
Q: CHAPTER TWENTY ONE.

TELLS OF A SERIES OF TERRIBLE SURPRISES.

"Well, what did you think of that, old girl?" asked Peter Pax of Tottie, on issuing from the Literary Message-Boys' Hall, after having performed his duties there.

"It was wonderful. I 'ad no idear that the Post-Office was so old or so grand a' institootion--But please don't forget father," said Tottie, with an anxious look at the battered clock.

"I don't forget 'im, Tot. I've been thinkin' about 'im the whole time, an' I've made up my mind what to do. The only thing I ain't sure of is whether I shouldn't take my friend Phil Maylands into partnership."

"Oh, please, don't," pleaded Tottie; "I shouldn't like 'im to know about father."

"Well, the less he knows about 'im the better. P'r'aps you're right. I'll do it alone, so you cut away home. I'll go to have my personal appearance improved, and then off to Charing Cross. Lots of time, Tottie. Don't be anxious. Try if you can trust me. I'm small, no doubt, but I'm tough.--Good-night."

When Abel Bones seated himself that night in a third-class carriage at Charing Cross, and placed a neat little black hand-bag, in which he carried his housebreaking tools, on the floor between his feet, a small negro boy entered the carriage behind him, and, sitting down directly opposite, stared at him as if lost in unutterable amazement.

Mr Bones took no notice of the boy at first, but became annoyed at last by the pertinacity of his attention.

Answer the following questions:
1. What did Tottie think of the post office?
2. How did he discribe it?
3. what was his father's name?
4. What did Abel bones place on the floor?
5. what was in the bag?
6. what was it Abel seated himself in?
7. who was it Tot wasn't sure if he should take into a partnership?
8. what was Peter Pax going to do before he went off to Charring Cross?
9. What did Tottie look at anxiously while talking with his father?
10. Did Peter Pax consider himself tough?
A:
1. That it was wonderful
2. A grand a' institootion
3. Peter Pax
4. A little hand-bag
5. Tools
6. A third-class carriage
7. Phil Maylands
8. Impove his personal appearance
9. unknown
10. Yes