CHAPTER XV

THREE INTERVIEWS

The next day was a Sunday, and the Colonel went to church, wearing a hat-band four inches deep. Morris, however, declined to accompany him, saying that he had a letter to write to Mary; whereon his father, who at first was inclined to be vexed, replied that he could not be better employed, and that he was to give her his love. Then he asked if Miss Fregelius was coming, but somewhat to his disappointment, was informed that she wished to stay with her father.

"I wonder," thought the Colonel to himself as he strolled to the church, now and again acknowledging greetings or stopping to chat with one of the villagers--"I wonder if they are going to have a little sacred music together in the chapel. If so, upon my soul, I should like to make the congregation. And that pious fellow Morris, too--the blameless Morris--to go philandering about in this fashion. I hope it won't come to Mary's ears; but if it does, luckily, with all her temper, she is a sensible woman, and knows that even Jove nods at times."

After the service the Colonel spoke to various friends, accepted their condolences upon the death of Mr. Porson, and finally walked down the road with Eliza Layard.

"You must have found that all sorts of strange things have happened at the Abbey since you have been away, Colonel Monk," she said presently in a sprightly voice.

"Well, yes; at least I don't know. I understand that Morris has improved that blessed apparatus of his, and the new parson and his daughter have floated to our doors like driftwood. By the way, have you seen Miss Fregelius?"

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. who went to church
2. who wanted to stay home with her dad
3. who did not want to go with the colonel
4. who walked down the road
5. who did he go with
6. who came in the door lake floating wood
7. who wrote a letter
8. was he to send his love for someone to her
9. who has a temper
10. does the parson have a daughter
11. what does Jove do at times
12. how deep is the hat band
13. who is blameless
14. did colonel talk to talk with the town folk
15. who passed away
16. what day was it
17. where did odd things happen
18. who was vexed
19. was someones sur name Layard
20. did colonel have many friends
1. The Colonel
2. Miss Fregelius
3. Morris
4. The Colonel
5. Eliza Layard.
6. the new parson and his daughter
7. Morris
8. Yes
9. Mary
10. Yes
11. He nods
12. 4 inches
13. Morris
14. Yes
15. Mr. Porson
16. Sunday
17. At the Abbey
18. Morris' father
19. Yes
20. Yes