question: CHAPTER IV

The wolf-cub at even lay hid in the corn, When the smoke of the cooking hung gray: He knew where the doe made a couch for her fawn, And he looked to his strength for his prey.

But the moon swept the smoke-wreaths away.

And he turned from his meal in the villager's close, And he bayed to the moon as she rose.

--In Seonee.

'WELL, and how does success taste?' said Torpenhow, some three months later. He had just returned to chambers after a holiday in the country.

'Good,' said Dick, as he sat licking his lips before the easel in the studio.

'I want more,--heaps more. The lean years have passed, and I approve of these fat ones.'

'Be careful, old man. That way lies bad work.'

Torpenhow was sprawling in a long chair with a small fox-terrier asleep on his chest, while Dick was preparing a canvas. A dais, a background, and a lay-figure were the only fixed objects in the place. They rose from a wreck of oddments that began with felt-covered water-bottles, belts, and regimental badges, and ended with a small bale of second-hand uniforms and a stand of mixed arms. The mark of muddy feet on the dais showed that a military model had just gone away. The watery autumn sunlight was falling, and shadows sat in the corners of the studio.

'Yes,' said Dick, deliberately, 'I like the power; I like the fun; I like the fuss; and above all I like the money. I almost like the people who make the fuss and pay the money. Almost. But they're a queer gang,--an amazingly queer gang!'
1. Who was the painter speaking with?
2. Where was this man at?
3. Was he alone there?
4. Who accompanied him?
5. Was it running around the seat?
6. What years were in the past?
7. Which were upon them now?
8. How long ago had the painting subject been away?
9. What season of the year was it now?
10. Where had he gone?
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answer: 1. Torpenhow
2. in a long chair
3. no
4. a small fox-terrier
5. no
6. the lean years
7. the fat ones
8. three months
9. autumn
10. a holiday in the country

question: CHAPTER XXIII

EVENTIDE--A SECOND DECLARATION

For the shearing-supper a long table was placed on the grass-plot beside the house, the end of the table being thrust over the sill of the wide parlour window and a foot or two into the room. Miss Everdene sat inside the window, facing down the table. She was thus at the head without mingling with the men.

This evening Bathsheba was unusually excited, her red cheeks and lips contrasting lustrously with the mazy skeins of her shadowy hair. She seemed to expect assistance, and the seat at the bottom of the table was at her request left vacant until after they had begun the meal. She then asked Gabriel to take the place and the duties appertaining to that end, which he did with great readiness.

At this moment Mr. Boldwood came in at the gate, and crossed the green to Bathsheba at the window. He apologized for his lateness: his arrival was evidently by arrangement.

"Gabriel," said she, "will you move again, please, and let Mr. Boldwood come there?"

Oak moved in silence back to his original seat.

The gentleman-farmer was dressed in cheerful style, in a new coat and white waistcoat, quite contrasting with his usual sober suits of grey. Inwardy, too, he was blithe, and consequently chatty to an exceptional degree. So also was Bathsheba now that he had come, though the uninvited presence of Pennyways, the bailiff who had been dismissed for theft, disturbed her equanimity for a while.

Supper being ended, Coggan began on his own private account, without reference to listeners:--
1. what chapter is this
2. what is the title
3. who was not mingling with the male group
4. who came into the gate
5. ws he late
6. why was Gabrial asked to move
7. what style was the farmer dressed in
8. where did miss evedene sit
9. where was the table being pushed
10. how is bathsebas hair discribed
11. who was uninvited
12. who began his own private account after supper
13. who moved back to his original seat
14. was the table short or long
15. who was dismissed for theft
16. how did Bathsheba feel that night
17. was this a large dinner party
18. did anyone die
19. did anyone become ill from the food
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answer:
1. CHAPTER XXIII
2. EVENTIDE--A SECOND DECLARATION
3. Miss Everdene
4. Mr. Boldwood
5. yes
6. to let Mr. Boldwood go there?
7. in cheerful style
8. inside the window, facing down the table
9. over the sill of the wide parlour window and a foot or two into the room
10. unusually excited
11. Pennyways
12. Coggan
13. Oak
14. it was a long table
15. the bailiff
16. blithe
17. yes
18. no
19. no