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CHAPTER I

MABEL PONDERS

It was four o'clock in the afternoon and Marston sat by a window in an English country house. His pose was limp and his face was thin, for the fever had shaken him, but he felt his strength coming back. Outside, bare trees shook their branches in a fresh west wind, and a white belt of surf crept across the shining sands in the broad estuary. On the other side, the Welsh hills rose against the sunset in a smooth black line.

Marston felt pleasantly languid and altogether satisfied. Mabel had put a cushion under his head and given him a footstool. It was soothing to be taken care of by one whom one loved, and after the glare of the Caribbean and the gloom of the swamps, the soft colors and changing lights of the English landscape rested his eyes. For all that, they did not wander long from Mabel, who sat close by, quietly pondering. With her yellow hair and delicate pink skin she looked very English, and all that was English had an extra charm for Marston. He liked her thoughtful calm. Mabel was normal; she, so to speak, walked in the light, and the extravagant imaginings he had indulged at the lagoon vanished when she was about.

Yet he had been forced to remember much, for Chisholm and Flora had come to hear his story, and he had felt he must make them understand in order to do his comrade justice. Flora's grateful glance and the sparkle in Chisholm's eyes hinted that he had not altogether failed.
1. What way was the wind blowing?
2. What rose against the sunset?
3. Was the wind fresh?
4. What shook their branches?
5. Were they outside?
6. What time was it?
7. Who sat?
8. What did he sit by?
9. Where?
10. Did he have a fever recently?
11. How did Marston feel?
12. Who was taking care of him?
13. What did she put under his head
14. What rested his eyes?
15. What color was Mabel's hair
16. Was she calm?
17. What color was her skin
18. Did people come to hear his story?
19. Who?
20. Had he failed?

Numbered answers:
1. west
2. the Welsh hills
3. yes
4. bare trees
5. yes
6. four o'clock
7. Marston
8. they sat by a window
9. in an English country house
10. yes
11. he felt his strength coming back
12. Mabel
13. a cushion
14. the English landscape
15. yellow
16. yes
17. pink
18. yes
19. Chisholm and Flora
20. not altogether

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(CNN) -- South African pair Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel put their Augusta disappointments behind them to impress in the opening round of the Malaysian Open Thursday.

Schwartzel finished 18 shots off the pace in his defense of the U.S. Masters crown, handing over the Green Jacket to Bubba Watson, who beat Oosthuizen in a dramatic playoff Sunday.

Shrugging off jet lag after a 30-hour journey from Georgia to Kuala Lumpur, Schwartzel powered to an eight-under 64 to claim the first day lead.

Oosthuizen, so close to winning a second major title until denied by Watson's brilliance, produced an excellent 66 to be tied for third.

"Louis and I got off to a good fast start at the beginning and it is always nice when there are a couple of you in the group playing well and pulling each other a long a bit," Schwartzel told the official European Tour website.

"Louis is playing so well right that it is impressive to watch and helped me on," he added.

Oosthuizen conjured up six birdies and an eagle to continue the fine form he displayed in the first major of the season.

"It was a long haul getting here," he said.

"I think me and Charl knew the first round, concentration levels won't be great, but we did well.

"I knew the swing was still good. It was just adapting to the weather and the green speed, but I putted beautifully again today and hope to keep it going for the week."
1. Who played in the Malaysian Open?
2. Who do they play for?
3. How did they do?
4. When did they play?
5. Did one of them recently win the U.S. Masters?
6. Who won Masters this year?
7. Who beat Schwartzel to win the Masters this year?
8. Did Schwartzel have a long flight?
9. From where?
10. How long was it?
11. Did he get off to a good start at the Malaysian Open?
12. Who said that?
13. To who?
14. What else did he say was impressive?
15. How many birdies did Louis get?
16. Did he get any eagles?
17. How many?

Numbered answers:
1. Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel
2. South Africa
3. they impressed
4. Thursday
5. yes
6. Charl Schwartzel
7. Bubba Watson
8. yes
9. Georgia
10. 30 hours
11. yes
12. Schwartzel
13. the official European Tour website
14. "Louis is playing so well right that it is impressive to watch and helped me on,"
15. Six
16. yes
17. one

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However, not all highest courts are named as such. Civil law states do not tend to have singular highest courts. Additionally, the highest court in some jurisdictions is not named the "Supreme Court", for example, the High Court of Australia; this is because decisions by the High Court could formerly be appealed to the Privy Council. On the other hand, in some places the court named the "Supreme Court" is not in fact the highest court; examples include the New York Supreme Court, the Supreme Courts of several Canadian provinces/territories and the former Supreme Court of Judicature of England and Wales, which are all superseded by higher Courts of Appeal.

Some countries have multiple "supreme courts" whose respective jurisdictions have different geographical extents, or which are restricted to particular areas of law. In particular, countries with a federal system of government typically[citation needed] have both a federal supreme court (such as the Supreme Court of the United States), and supreme courts for each member state (such as the Supreme Court of Nevada), with the former having jurisdiction over the latter only to the extent that the federal constitution extends federal law over state law. Jurisdictions with a civil law system often have a hierarchy of administrative courts separate from the ordinary courts, headed by a supreme administrative court as it the case in the Netherlands. A number of jurisdictions also maintain a separate constitutional court (first developed in the Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920), such as Austria, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.
1. Is the Supreme Court always the highest ranking court?
2. Can you give an example?
3. What's higher?
4. Can there be more then one in the same country?
5. What term is used in the land down under?
6. Do they handle appeals?
7. When was that system established?
8. Do some nations have a place for constitutional matters?
9. What nation is credited for using that first?
10. When?
11. What other nations that do this?
Numbered answers:
1. No
2. he New York Supreme Court,
3. The higher Courts of Appeal.
4. Yes
5. Privy Council
6. Yes
7. unknown
8. yes
9. Czechoslovak
10. 1920
11. Austria, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Portugal, Spain and South Africa