CHAPTER III.

TWO QUARRELS.

Three days later the shooting party assembled. Several gentlemen came to stay at the house, while Ronald Mervyn and his party, of course, put up at Mervyn Hall. The shooting was very successful, and the party were well pleased with their visit. Reginald Carne was quiet and courteous to his guests, generally accompanying them through the day, though he did not himself carry a gun. After the first day's shooting there was a dinner party at Mervyn Hall, and the following evening there was one at The Hold.

Lieutenant Gulston enjoyed himself more than any one else, though he was one of the least successful of the sportsmen, missing easy shots in a most unaccountable manner, and seeming to take but moderate interest in the shooting. He had, very shortly after arriving at the house, come to the conclusion that the doctor was altogether mistaken, and that Reginald Carne showed no signs whatever of being in any way different from other men. "The doctor is so accustomed to us sailors," he said to himself, "that if a man is quiet and studious he begins to fancy directly there must be something queer about him. That is always the way with doctors who make madness a special study. They suspect every one they come across of being out of their mind. I shouldn't be at all surprised if he doesn't fancy I am cracked myself. The idea is perfectly absurd. I watched Carne closely at dinner, and no one could have been more pleasant and gentlemanly than he was. I expect Mackenzie must have heard a word let drop about this old story, and of course if he did he would set down Carne at once as being insane. Well, thank goodness, that's off my mind; it's been worrying me horribly for the last few days. I have been a fool to trouble myself so about Mackenzie's croakings, but now I will not think anything more about it."

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. Who had the most of fun of anyone there?
2. How had his day gone, compared to everyone else's?
3. How were his shooting skills that day?
4. Did he seem very into it?
5. What had he decided about the doctor earlier?
6. About who?
7. What had the doctor diagnosed him as?
8. What does he say the doctor might think of him?
9. How long after the hunt convened did guests stay at the house?
10. Who stayed at Mervyn Hall?
11. Was anyone with him?
12. Was everyone feeling good about the trip?
13. Was the hunt victorious?
14. Who was quiet?
15. But was he polite?
16. To who?
17. Did he accompany the other guys on the hunt?
18. Did he have a firearm?
19. Where did everyone eat the first night?
20. And the next night?

Numbered answers:
1. Lieutenant Gulston.
2. One of the least successful.
3. He was missing easy shots.
4. Moderately.
5. He was altogether mistaken.
6. Reginald Carne.
7. Being out of his mind.
8. I am cracked myself.
9. Three days later.
10. Ronald Mervyn.
11. His party.
12. Yes.
13. Yes.
14. Reginald Carne.
15. Yes.
16. His guests.
17. Yes.
18. No.
19. Mervyn Hall.
20. The Hold.