Question: Now came great news! It came from a neighboring state, where the family's only surviving relative lived. It was Sally's relative -- a distant relative by the name of Tilbury Foster, seventy and single. Tilbury now wrote to Sally, saying he should shortly die, and should leave him thirty thousand dollars, cash; not for love, but because money had given him most of his troubles, and he wished to place it where there was good hope that it would continue its evil work. The _ would be found in his will, and would be officially handed over provided that Sally should be able to prove to the executors .

As soon as Aleck had partially recovered from the strong emotions created by the letter, she sent someone to the relative's home and subscribed for the local paper.

For the rest of the day Sally made confusion with his books, and Aleck could not keep her mind on her affairs, not even take up a flower-pot or book or a stick of wood without forgetting what she had intended to do with it. For both were dreaming.

"Thirty thousand dollars!"

All day long Aleck was absorbed in planning how to invest it, Sally in planning how to spend it.

There was no romance-reading that night. The children took themselves away early, for their parents were silent, disturbed, and strangely unentertaining. Two pencils had been busy during that hour -- note-making; in the way of plans. It was Sally who broke the stillness at last. He said, with excitement, "Ah, it'll be grand, Aleck! Out of the first thousand we'll have a horse and a buggy for summer, and a cutter and a skin lap-robe for winter."

Aleck responded with decision and calmness.

"You can spend a part of it. But the whole of the capital must be put right to work.

"Why, yes. Yes, of course. Have you got it invested yet?"

"No, there's no hurry about that; I must look around first, and think, er..., I've turned it over twice; once in oil and once in wheat."

"Why, Aleck, it's splendid! What does it amount to?"

"I think -- well, to be on the safe side, about a hundred and eighty thousand clear, though it will probably be more."

"My! Isn't it wonderful? Good heaven! Luck has come our way at last, Aleck!"

Then they went up to bed, but they left the candle burning in the sitting room. They did not remember until they were undressed; then Sally was for letting it burn; he said they could afford it, if it was a thousand. But Aleck went down and put it out.

A good job, too; for on her way back she hit on a scheme that would turn the hundred and eighty thousand into half a million before it had had time to get cold. 1. Whose relative was it?
2. Who was she a relative of?
3. Did they live in the same state?
4. What ws he going to give sally?
5. How old was he?
6. Had the money been good for him?
7. Did he hope the money would do good for Sally?
8. What did she want to read?
9. What did someone subscribe to?
10. What did Aleck think about all day?
11. And Sally? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Sally's
2. Tilbury Foster
3. No
4. thirty thousand dollars
5. seventy
6. no
7. No
8. his will
9. the local paper
10. how to invest it
11. how to spend it

Question: CHAPTER VI.

THE BEGINNING OF PERSECUTION.

When Mary Masters got up on the morning after her arrival she knew that she would have to endure much on that day. Everybody had smiled on her the preceding evening, but the smiles were of a nature which declared themselves to be preparatory to some coming event. The people around her were gracious on the presumption that she was going to do as they wished, and would be quite prepared to withdraw their smiles should she prove to be contumacious. Mary, as she crept down in the morning, understood all this perfectly. She found her stepmother alone in the parlour and was at once attacked with the all important question. "My dear, I hope you have made up your mind about Mr. Twentyman."

"There were to be two months, mamma."

"That's nonsense, Mary. Of course you must know what you mean to tell him." Mary thought that she did know, but was not at the present moment disposed to make known her knowledge and therefore remained silent. "You should remember how much this is to your papa and me and should speak out at once. Of course you need not tell Mr. Twentyman till the end of the time unless you like it."

"I thought I was to be left alone for two months."

"Mary, that is wicked. When your papa has so many things to think of and so much to provide for, you should be more thoughtful of him. Of course he will want to be prepared to give you what things will be necessary." Mrs. Masters had not as yet heard of Mr. Morton's cheque, and perhaps would not hear of it till her husband's bank book fell into her hands. The attorney had lately found it necessary to keep such matters to himself when it was possible, as otherwise he was asked for explanations which it was not always easy for him to give. "You know," continued Mrs. Masters, "how hard your father finds it to get money as it is wanted." 1. Who had just arrived?
2. Was she going to have an easy day?
3. When had she arrived?
4. Were people kind to her then?
5. Unoconditionally?
6. Did she walk boldly down the stairs in the morning?
7. Who was she asked about?
8. How long did she have to decide about him?
9. Who asked her?
10. Who had written a check?
11. Did she know about that?
12. Was Mary's decision important to more than one person?
13. Who else besides her stepmother?
14. Did he provide for a lot of things?
15. Should Mary tell them what she was thinking for his sake?
16. Who kept things to himself?
17. What would people want if he told them?
18. Was money a struggle?
19. Did Mary already know what she thought about Mr. Twentyman?
20. Where did she talk to her stepmother? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Mary Masters
2. no
3. the preceding evening
4. yes
5. no
6. no
7. Mr. Twentyman
8. two months
9. her stepmother
10. Mr. Morton
11. no
12. yes
13. her papa
14. yes
15. yes
16. The attorney
17. explanations
18. yes
19. yes
20. in the parlour

Question: Catalan (/ktln/; autonym: catala [ktla] or [katala]) is a Romance language named for its origins in Catalonia, in what is northeastern Spain and adjoining parts of France. It is the national and only official language of Andorra, and a co-official language of the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and Valencia (where the language is known as Valencian, and there exist regional standards). It also has semi-official status in the city of Alghero on the Italian island of Sardinia. It is also spoken with no official recognition in parts of the Spanish autonomous communities of Aragon (La Franja) and Murcia (Carche), and in the historic French region of Roussillon/Northern Catalonia, roughly equivalent to the department of Pyrenees-Orientales.

According to the Statistical Institute of Catalonia in 2008 the Catalan language is the second most commonly used in Catalonia, after Spanish, as a native or self-defining language. The Generalitat of Catalunya spends part of its annual budget on the promotion of the use of Catalan in Catalonia and in other territories. 1. What is Catalan?
2. Where is Catalonia?
3. It is tough to learn?
4. Is it common?
5. Where did it start?
6. Is it similar to other languages? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. a Romance language named for its origins in Catalonia
2. in northeastern Spain and adjoining parts of France
3. unknown
4. yes
5. Catalonia
6. unknown