Q: CHAPTER XX

BETTY AT LARGE

It was not till Betty found herself many blocks distant from the office of _Peaceful Moments_ that she checked her headlong flight. She had run down the stairs and out into the street blindly, filled only with that passion for escape which had swept her away from Mervo. Not till she had dived into the human river of Broadway and reached Times Square did she feel secure. Then, with less haste, she walked on to the park, and sat down on a bench, to think.

Inevitably she had placed her own construction on John's sudden appearance in New York and at the spot where only one person in any way connected with Mervo knew her to be. She did not know that Smith and he were friends, and did not, therefore, suspect that the former and not herself might be the object of his visit. Nor had any word reached her of what had happened at Mervo after her departure. She had taken it for granted that things had continued as she had left them; and the only possible explanation to her of John's presence in New York was that, acting under orders from Mr. Scobell, he had come to try and bring her back.

She shuddered as she conjured up the scene that must have taken place if Pugsy had not mentioned his name and she had gone on into the inner room. In itself the thought that, after what she had said that morning on the island, after she had forced on him, stripping it of the uttermost rag of disguise, the realization of how his position appeared to her, he should have come, under orders, to bring her back, was well-nigh unendurable. But to have met him, to have seen the man she loved plunging still deeper into shame, would have been pain beyond bearing. Better a thousand times than that this panic flight into the iron wilderness of New York.

Answer the following questions:
1. What city is Betty in?
2. Where did she used to live?
3. Was she walking around calmly?
4. What street did she go down?
5. Were their a lot of people on the street?
6. Where did she take Broadway to?
7. Why?
8. Who was she surprised to see in NYC?
9. Why did she think he was there?
10. Does he know anyone else there?
11. Who?
12. Are they friends?
13. Is there another reason he might be in the city, besides her?
14. What reason?
15. Who does she think told him to bring her back?
16. Does she love John?
17. What is she afraid she would feel if she saw him?
18. Where did she go after Times Square?
19. Did she run there?
20. What did she do when she got there?
A: 1. New York City
2. Mervo
3. no
4. Broadway
5. unknown
6. Times Squar
7. to sit and think
8. John
9. to bring her back
10. yes
11. Smith
12. yes
13. yes
14. to see his friend
15. Mr. Scobell
16. yes
17. beyond bearing.
18. to the park
19. no
20. sat down
Q: CHAPTER THE SEVENTH.

THE DEBT.

ARNOLD was the first who broke the silence. "Is your father seriously ill?" he asked.

Geoffrey answered by handing him the card.

Sir Patrick, who had stood apart (while the question of Ratcatcher's relapse was under discussion) sardonically studying the manners and customs of modern English youth, now came forward, and took his part in the proceedings. Lady Lundie herself must have acknowledged that he spoke and acted as became the head of the family, on t his occasion.

"Am I right in supposing that Mr. Delamayn's father is dangerously ill?" he asked, addressing himself to Arnold.

"Dangerously ill, in London," Arnold answered. "Geoffrey must leave Windygates with me. The train I am traveling by meets the train his brother is traveling by, at the junction. I shall leave him at the second station from here."

"Didn't you tell me that Lady Lundie was going to send you to the railway in a gig?"

"Yes."

"If the servant drives, there will be three of you--and there will be no room."

"We had better ask for some other vehicle," suggested Arnold.

Sir Patrick looked at his watch. There was no time to change the carriage. He turned to Geoffrey. "Can you drive, Mr. Delamayn?"

Still impenetrably silent, Geoffrey replied by a nod of the head.

Without noticing the unceremonious manner in which he had been answered, Sir Patrick went on:

"In that case, you can leave the gig in charge of the station-master. I'll tell the servant that he will not be wanted to drive."

Answer the following questions:
1. whose father is sick?
2. what is his last name?
3. is his dad very sick?
4. who asked him first?
5. how did Geoffrey reply?
6. who became leader of family
7. was Geoffrey going to see his dad?
8. how?
9. who was he travelling with?
10. where were they leaving from?
A: 1. Geoffrey
2. Delamayn
3. Yes
4. ARNOLD
5. handing him the card
6. Lady Lundie
7. yes
8. by train
9. Arnold
10. Windygates
Q: Oil is plentiful in West Texas. When people think of West Texas they think of these machines called "pump-jacks." A pump-jack is a machine that pulls Oil out of the Earth. Robert's job is to fix pump-jacks. So he travels to West Texas to see if he can help. Steve owns many pump-jacks and is having a very tough time keeping them working. During the summer in West Texas the temperature can be over 100, which causes these machines to break often. Robert runs into Steve at a restaurant on a very hot day. After they talked about the weather for a few seconds, Steve says "my machines keep breaking because of this heat!" Robert says "Steve, I think you and I are both in luck because I fix pump-jacks." Immediately, they both travel out to Steve's land and Robert gets to work!

Answer the following questions:
1. What is there a lot of in West Texas?
2. What gets oil out of the Earth?
3. Who fixes it?
4. Who has a lot of pump jacks?
5. Is he having issues with the equipment working?
6. Why?
7. Who does he meet at the diner?
8. What did they chat about?
9. Do they figure out a solution over the broken machines?
10. How soon do they go to the land after meeting?
A:
1. Oil.
2. A pump-jack.
3. Robert.
4. Steve.
5. Yes.
6. Because the temperature is often over 100, which causes them to break.
7. Steve.
8. The weather.
9. Yes.
10. Immediately.