Q: Chapter XXIX.

"O, Time and Death! with certain pace, Though still unequal, hurrying on, O'erturning, in your awful race, The cot, the palace, and the throne!"

Sands.

Maud had little leisure for reflection. The yells and shrieks were followed by the cries of combatants, and the crack of the rifle. Nick hurried her along at a rate so rapid that she had not breath to question or remonstrate, until she found herself at the door of a small store-room, in which her mother was accustomed to keep articles of domestic economy that required but little space. Into this room Nick thrust her, and then she heard the key turn on her egress. For a single moment, Wyandotte stood hesitating whether he should endeavour to get Mrs. Willoughby and her other daughter into the same place of security; then, judging of the futility of the attempt, by the approach of the sounds within, among which he heard the full, manly voice of Robert Willoughby, calling on the garrison to be firm, he raised an answering yell to those of the Mohawks, the war-whoop of his tribe, and plunged into the fray with the desperation of one who ran a muck, and with the delight of a demon.

In order to understand the cause of this sudden change, it will be necessary to return a little, in the order of time. While Willoughby was with his mother and sisters, Mike had charge of the gate. The rest of the garrison was either at the loops, or was stationed on the roofs. As the darkness increased, Joel mustered sufficient courage to crawl through the hole, and actually reached the gate. Without him, it was found impossible to spring his mine, and he had been prevailed on to risk this much, on condition it should not be asked of him to do such violence to his feelings as to enter the court of a house in which he had seen so many happy days.

Answer the following questions:
1. What did Maud have time for?
2. Why?
3. Was she with anyone?
4. Who?
5. What did he do?
6. Where to?
7. Why there?
8. Anyone else around?
9. Who?
10. Who's that?
11. Did she say anything?
12. Did they escape?
13. Where was the rest of the garrison?
14. Anyone in charge of the gate?
A: 1. Very little
2. A battle was happening.
3. Yes
4. Nick
5. Hurried her along.
6. A store-room
7. To lock her in there.
8. Yes
9. Wyandotte
10. Maud's mother
11. unknown
12. No
13. Either at the loops, or was stationed on the roofs.
14. Mike
Q: CHAPTER VIII

IN WHICH MICHAEL FINSBURY ENJOYS A HOLIDAY

Punctually at eight o'clock next morning the lawyer rattled (according to previous appointment) on the studio door. He found the artist sadly altered for the worse--bleached, bloodshot, and chalky--a man upon wires, the tail of his haggard eye still wandering to the closet. Nor was the professor of drawing less inclined to wonder at his friend. Michael was usually attired in the height of fashion, with a certain mercantile brilliancy best described perhaps as stylish; nor could anything be said against him, as a rule, but that he looked a trifle too like a wedding guest to be quite a gentleman. To-day he had fallen altogether from these heights. He wore a flannel shirt of washed-out shepherd's tartan, and a suit of reddish tweeds, of the colour known to tailors as "heather mixture"; his neckcloth was black, and tied loosely in a sailor's knot; a rusty ulster partly concealed these advantages; and his feet were shod with rough walking boots. His hat was an old soft felt, which he removed with a flourish as he entered.

"Here I am, William Dent!" he cried, and drawing from his pocket two little wisps of reddish hair, he held them to his cheeks like side-whiskers and danced about the studio with the filmy graces of a ballet-girl.

Pitman laughed sadly. "I should never have known you," said he.

"Nor were you intended to," returned Michael, replacing his false whiskers in his pocket. "Now we must overhaul you and your wardrobe, and disguise you up to the nines."

Answer the following questions:
1. who knocked on the door?
2. when?
3. who did he find?
4. in what state?
5. how so?
6. what was he usually like?
7. what was he wearing?
8. what pattern?
9. what color was his suit?
10. what fabric?
11. what shoes did he wear?
12. were they new?
13. how did they look?
14. what kind of hat?
15. Did he leave it on?
A: 1. the lawyer
2. at eight o'clock
3. the artist
4. sadly altered for the worse
5. bleached, bloodshot, and chalky
6. attired in the height of fashion
7. a flannel shirt
8. washed-out shepherd's tartan
9. reddish
10. tweed
11. walking boots
12. no
13. rough
14. an old soft felt one
15. no
Q: (CNN) -- To a friend of more than 20 years, Manssor Arbabsiar was a man who liked to be called "Jack" and didn't seem to have strong views on politics or religion.

To U.S. authorities, the 56-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen is a suspect in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States.

"It was shocking because it didn't seem like he would be the type of person to do something like that," said Mitchel Hamauei, who said he met Arbabsiar through mutual Iranian friends.

"He was a happy go lucky guy, always joked around," Hamauei said. "He had a really happy demeanor."

Hamauei, who runs a gyro and kebab restaurant in Corpus Christi, Texas, said the two were close enough that he attended the graduation of Arbabsiar's son.

"I know his wife and his son. They're very down-to-earth people," Hamauei said.

The two kept in touch even after Arbabsiar moved to Austin about four or five years ago.

"I saw him about a year ago. He came by the store to eat a sandwich."

Arbabsiar was a used car salesman, Hamauei said. Their conversations would be about "life in general," he said. "Nothing religious. Nothing political."

"He would go out and party," Hamauei said. "As far as I know he never practiced religion."

Martha Guerrero, Arbabsiar's estranged wife, told the Austin, Texas, station KVUE Tuesday that they've "been separated for a long time" and she doesn't know anything about his affairs.

However, she believes he is innocent.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who liked to be called something?
2. What did he like to be called?
3. Was he a very serious guy?
4. How was he?
5. Was he really opinionated about politics?
6. Had he planned something?
7. Did people suspect he was like that?
8. What was the raction?
9. What was his job like?
10. Would he keep to himself at home?
11. What would he do?
12. Does he have any family?
13. Who?
14. Is he close to his wife?
15. Is she convinced of his guilt?
16. What does she think about this?
17. Who did she talk to?
18. What was her name?
19. When did her husband come to Austin?
20. Did his old friend still see him?
21. When?
A:
1. Manssor Arbabsiar
2. Jack
3. no
4. happy go lucky
5. no
6. to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States.
7. no
8. shock
9. he was a used car salesman
10. no
11. go out and party,
12. yes
13. a wife and son.
14. they are estranged
15. no
16. that he is innocent.
17. Austin, Texas, station KVUE
18. Martha Guerrero
19. about four or five years ago
20. yes
21. about a year ago.