CHAPTER XVII

DICK'S ACCUSATION

The party in the gun-room were silent while they waited for Jim. Mrs. Halliday glanced at the others curiously and got a sense of strain. Dick, looking disturbed but resolute, leaned against the table opposite Mordaunt, whose face was rather white; Bernard occupied the bench by the wall and his look was inscrutable. All was very quiet except for the snapping of the stove and the occasional rattle of a cinder falling through the bars. It was something of a relief when Jim came in and Bernard turned on the light.

"Sit down, Jim," he said. "Dick has something to tell us that he thinks you ought to hear. He hints that it is important."

"It is important," Dick replied. "The thing has weighed on me for some time. In fact, the load is too heavy and I feel I must get rid of it. I want to hand over my responsibility, and you are the head of the house, sir."

"Very well," said Bernard. "The post has drawbacks. You had better go on."

"Then I'll begin some time since; the night Lance and I met Jim at the telegraph shack. We talked about England and Jim asked if we knew Langrigg. There was an old French romance on a shelf and Lance read a passage. He studied the book when Jim left the shack, and I found out afterwards that Franklin Dearham's name was written across the front page. You see what this implies, sir?"

"You mean Lance knew who Jim was, although you did not. When did you find out?" What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where was the group sitting?
2. Who were they waiting for?
3. Were there only 2 people in the room?
4. How many were there?
5. Were they a loud group?
6. Were they sitting in a heavily lighted room?
7. Are they told to stand?
8. Why?
9. Why is he telling them this?
10. Who does he say he was talking with when reciting the story?
11. Was there a new novel on the bookcase?
12. Who was on the front page?
13. What did that imply?
Answer: 1. the gun-room
2. Jim
3. No
4. Four
5. No
6. No
7. No
8. Dick has something important to say
9. The thing has weighed on him for some time
10. Lance
11. No
12. Franklin Dearham
13. Lance knew who Jim was

Problem: (CNN) -- Authorities have made a second arrest related to a series of arsons in the Coatesville, Pennsylvania, area, the Chester County Arson Task Force said late Thursday.

Roger Leon Barlow is one of two people arrested in suspected arsons around Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

Mark Gilliam, 20, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, was arrested Thursday on a federal charge of attempted arson in the town of Thorndale on January 25, authorities said.

Gilliam was arrested at his residence without incident, according to the task force.

Gilliam is expected to have his initial appearance on Friday in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Roger Leon Barlow, 19, of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, was arraigned Thursday afternoon on charges that he is responsible for several of the 23 suspected arsons in and around Coatesville since January 1, said Chester County District Attorney Joseph Carroll. Watch authorities announce his arrest "

He is charged with "arson and related offenses" in connection with at least nine of the fires. Among them was a spree that destroyed 15 homes in late January,

His bail was set at $9 million.

Special agent Mark Porter of the multi-agency task force that has been investigating the fires said the group is still investigating the other blazes and will "continue our efforts until everyone is brought to justice ... and we can bring some sense of peace to the city."

The task force would not comment on a possible motive, but Carroll said he does not suspect Barlow of a hate crime, classified as targeting an individual group or gang-related activity.
1. What does the task force do?
2. Have they arrested anyone?
3. How many people?
4. Who was most recently arrested?
5. Is he from Coatesville?
6. Where is he from?
Answer: 1. investigate the series of arsons
2. yes
3. two people
4. Mark Gilliam
5. no
6. West Chester, Pennsylvania,

question: Dorset (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the non-metropolitan county, which is governed by Dorset County Council, and the unitary authority areas of Poole and Bournemouth. Covering an area of , Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The county town is Dorchester which is in the south. After the reorganisation of local government in 1974 the county's border was extended eastward to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch. Around half of the population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation, while the rest of the county is largely rural with a low population density.

The county has a long history of human settlement stretching back to the Neolithic era. The Romans conquered Dorset's indigenous Celtic tribe, and during the early Middle Ages, the Saxons settled the area and made Dorset a shire in the 7th century. The first recorded Viking raid on the British Isles occurred in Dorset during the eighth century, and the Black Death entered England at Melcombe Regis in 1348. Dorset has seen much civil unrest: in the English Civil War, an uprising of vigilantes was crushed by Oliver Cromwell's forces in a pitched battle near Shaftesbury; the doomed Monmouth Rebellion began at Lyme Regis; and a group of farm labourers from Tolpuddle were instrumental in the formation of the trade union movement. During the Second World War, Dorset was heavily involved in the preparations for the invasion of Normandy, and the large harbours of Portland and Poole were two of the main embarkation points. The former was the sailing venue in the 2012 Summer Olympics, and both have clubs or hire venues for sailing, Cornish pilot gig rowing, sea kayaking and powerboating.
1. What is Dorset's archaically named?
2. When was the reorganization of the local government?
3. What type of county is it?
4. It has a long history of what?
5. Has it seen a lot of civil unrest?
6. In what world war it was involved in?
7. Where does half of its population live?
8. Why was its border extended eastward?
9. What occurred there in the 8th century?
10. What's to the west of Dorset?
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answer:
1. Dorsetshire
2. 1974
3. ceremonial
4. human settlement
5. yes
6. the Second World War
7. in the South East Dorset conurbation
8. to incorporate the Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch.
9. the Saxons settled the area and made Dorset a shire
10. Devon