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CHAPTER XLVII. DEBATING.

In the meanwhile Emily had been true to her promise to relieve Mirabel's anxieties, on the subject of Miss Jethro. Entering the drawing-room in search of Alban, she found him talking with Cecilia, and heard her own name mentioned as she opened the door.

"Here she is at last!" Cecilia exclaimed. "What in the world has kept you all this time in the rose garden?"

"Has Mr. Mirabel been more interesting than usual?" Alban asked gayly. Whatever sense of annoyance he might have felt in Emily's absence, was forgotten the moment she appeared; all traces of trouble in his face vanished when they looked at each other.

"You shall judge for yourself," Emily replied with a smile. "Mr. Mirabel has been speaking to me of a relative who is very dear to him--his sister."

Cecilia was surprised. "Why has he never spoken to _us_ of his sister?" she asked.

"It's a sad subject to speak of, my dear. His sister lives a life of suffering--she has been for years a prisoner in her room. He writes to her constantly. His letters from Monksmoor have interested her, poor soul. It seems he said something about me--and she has sent a kind message, inviting me to visit her one of these days. Do you understand it now, Cecilia?"

"Of course I do! Tell me--is Mr. Mirabel's sister older or younger than he is?"

"Older."

"Is she married?"

"She is a widow."

"Does she live with her brother?" Alban asked.

"Oh, no! She has her own house--far away in Northumberland."
1. What was wrong with Mirabel?
2. about what?
3. Was anyone going to help?
4. Who did she se in the drawing room?
5. Where was Emily before the drawing room?
6. Was she speaking to Mr. Mirabel?
7. about what?
8. Did they know her?
9. Does she live with him?
10. Where does she live?
11. Is she happy?
12. why not?
13. why?
14. Does Mr. Miraell talk to her?
15. Does he visit her home?
16. How do they communicate?
17. Who was invited to visit her?
18. Does his sister have a husband?
19. wife?
20. Does she live in an apartment?
21. Is she older?

Numbered answers:
1. Anxious
2. Miss Jethro
3. Emily
4. Alban and Cecilia
5. rose garden
6. Yes
7. his sister
8. No
9. No
10. Northumberland
11. No
12. sister lives a life of suffering
13. she has been for years a prisoner in her room
14. Yes
15. unknown
16. By letter
17. Emily
18. No
19. No
20. No
21. Yes

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CHAPTER X

GAVINIA ON THE TRACK

Corp, you remember, had said that he would go to the stake rather than break his promise; and he meant it, too, though what the stake was, and why such a pother about going to it, he did not know. He was to learn now, however, for to the stake he had to go. This was because Gavinia, when folding up his clothes, found in one of the pockets a glove wrapped in silk paper.

Tommy had forgotten it until too late, for when he asked Corp for the glove it was already in Gavinia's possession, and she had declined to return it without an explanation. "You must tell her nothing," Tommy said sternly. He was uneasy, but relieved to find that Corp did not know whose glove it was, nor even why gentlemen carry a lady's glove in their pocket.

At first Gavinia was mildly curious only, but her husband's refusal to answer any questions roused her dander. She tried cajolery, fried his take of trout deliciously for him, and he sat down to them sniffing. They were small, and the remainder of their brief career was in two parts. First he lifted them by the tail, then he laid down the tail. But not a word about the glove.

She tried tears. "Dinna greet, woman," he said in distress. "What would the bairn say if he kent I made you greet?"

Gavinia went on greeting, and the baby, waking up, promptly took her side.
1. What was Gavinia frying?
2. Were they big?
3. Who found the glove?
4. What was she doing when she found it?
5. Did she give it back?
6. What was it wrapped in?
7. Who said he'd rather go to the stake than break his promise?
8. Was anyone crying?
9. Who?
10. Was the glove in a purse?
11. What was it in?
12. Do we know whose glove it was?
13. Who was waking up?
14. Did they baby cry too?
15. Who said not to say anything to Gavinia?
16. What got lifted by the tail?
17. Was anyone relieved?
18. About what?
19. Why was Gavinia upset with her husband?
20. What was the baby's name?

Numbered answers:
1. trout
2. no
3. Gavinia
4. folding up his clothes
5. no
6. silk paper
7. Corp
8. yes
9. Gavinia
10. no
11. a pocket
12. no
13. the baby
14. yes
15. Tommy
16. the trout
17. yes
18. that Corp did not know whose glove it was
19. his refusal to answer any questions
20. unknown

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(CNN) -- When Barack Obama was elected U.S. president he probably did not realize it would give him a chance to pick up tips on his backswing from the world's elite golfers.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden make use of the White House putting green.

Obama is the honorary chairman for the 2009 Presidents Cup which will be contested at Harding Park Golf Course in San Francisco this week where the top U.S. golfers take on the best players from around the world outside of Europe.

As a golf enthusiast, and keen amateur player, the president will get the chance to pick the brains of Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els and Vijay Singh on how to improve his game.

But he is not the first to take to the greens while occupying the Oval Office with 15 of the last 18 U.S. presidents said to have played the sport while in power. Living Golf's gallery of presidential putters. "

Dwight Eisenhower is recognized as probably the most dedicated to the sport, and was often criticized by Democrats for spending too much time on the golf course.

Eisenhower's solution? In 1954 he had a putting green installed at the White House a short stroll from the Oval Office to enable him to practice while at work which was regularly used by subsequent presidents and still exists to this day.

The former five-star general was also a member at the Augusta National Golf Club where a overhanging tree on the 17th hole proved such an obstacle to the leader that it was dubbed the "Eisenhower Tree."
1. What does Obama and Biden use at the White House?
2. What is he doing this week?
3. Where is it?
4. Which course?
5. While there what will he have a chance to do?
6. Who can help him?
7. Is he the first to play?
8. How many have enjoyed the game?
9. Who was the most enthusiastic?
10. What was he criticized for?
11. By whom?
12. What did he do?
13. Where else did he play?
14. Where was a problem?
15. What was it?
16. What did they call it?
17. What was he before he became president?
18. Who else will Obama be able to ask questions of?
19. Will anyone from Europe be there?
20. Will there be anyone from outside the US?
Numbered answers:
1. putting green
2. Obama is the honorary chairman for the 2009 Presidents Cup
3. San Francisco
4. Harding Park Golf Course
5. improve his game
6. Tiger Woods
7. No
8. 15 of the last 18 U.S. presidents
9. Dwight Eisenhower
10. spending too much time on the golf course
11. Democrats
12. putting green installed at the White House
13. Augusta National Golf Club
14. 17th hole
15. a overhanging tree
16. "Eisenhower Tree."
17. five-star general
18. Phil Mickelson
19. No
20. Yes