CHAPTER XXI. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

In the search for a new abode Mrs. Lee was in much difficulty, for it was needful to be near St. Kenelm's, and the only vacant houses within her means were not desirable for the reception of a feeble convalescent; moreover, Mr. Gudgeon grumbled and inquired, and was only withheld by warnings enhanced by the police from carrying the whole charivari of the Salvation Army along Ivinghoe Terrace on Sunday afternoon.

Perhaps it was this, perhaps it was the fact of having discussed the situation with the two Miss Mohuns, that made Mr. White say to Alexis, 'There are two rooms ready for your sister, as soon as Dagger says she can be moved safely. The person who nurses her had better come with her, and you may as well come back to your old quarters.'

Alexis could hardly believe his ears, but Mr. White waved off all thanks. The Mohun sisters were delighted and triumphant, and Jane came down to talk it over with her elder sister, auguring great things from that man who loved to deal in surprises.

'That is true,' said Sir Jasper.

'What does that mean, Jasper?' said his wife. 'It sounds significant.'

'I certainly should not be amazed if he did further surprise us all. Has it never struck you how that noontide turn of Adeline's corresponds with his walk home from the reading-room?'

Lady Merrifield looked rather startled, but Jane only laughed, and said, 'My dear Jasper, if you only knew Ada as well as I do! Yes, I have seen far too many of those little affairs to be taken in by them. Poor Ada! I know exactly how she looks, but she is only flattered, like a pussy-cat waggling the end of its tail---it means nothing, and never comes to anything. The thing that is likely and hopeful is, that he may adopt those young people as nephews and nieces.' What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is looking for something?
2. What is it?
3. Is it going easily?
4. Where did she need it to be?
5. Could she afford anything there?
6. Did she like them?
7. Who is giving her a hard time?
8. Who prevents him from being more obnoxious?
9. With what?
10. What does someone say to Alexis because of this?
11. Who says it?
12. When can they have them?
13. Who else should come?
14. Was this a surprise?
15. What about the sisters?
Answer: 1. Mrs. Lee
2. a new abode
3. No
4. near St. Kenelm's,
5. Yes
6. No
7. Mr. Gudgeon
8. the police
9. warnings
10. There are two rooms ready for your sister
11. Mr. White
12. as soon as Dagger says she can be moved safely
13. The person who nurses her
14. Yes
15. Yes

Problem: CHAPTER XI

BORROWDEAN SHOWS HIS "HAND"

"To be plain with you," Borrowdean remarked, "Mannering's defection would be irremediable. He alone unites Redford, myself, and--well, to put it crudely, let us say the Imperialistic Liberal Party with Manningham and the old-fashioned Whigs who prefer the ruts. There is no other leader possible. Redford and I talked till daylight this morning. Now, can nothing be done with Mannering?"

"To be plain with you, too, then, Sir Leslie," Berenice answered, "I do not think that anything can be done with him. In his present frame of mind I should say that he is better left alone. He has worked himself up into a thoroughly sentimental and nervous state. For the moment he has lost his sense of balance."

Borrowdean nodded.

"Desperate necessity," he said, "sometimes justifies desperate measures. We need Mannering, the country and our cause need him. If argument will not prevail there is one last alternative left to us. It may not be such an alternative as we should choose, but beggars must not be choosers. I think that you will know what I mean."

"I have no idea," Berenice answered.

"You are aware," he continued, "that there is in Mannering's past history an episode, the publication of which would entail somewhat serious consequences to him."

"Well?"

It was a most eloquent monosyllable, but Borrowdean had gone too far to retreat.

"I propose that we make use of it," he said. "Mannering's attitude is rankly foolish, or I would not suggest such a thing. But I hold that we are entitled, under the circumstances, to make use of any means whatever to bring him to his senses."
1. What chapter is this?
2. Who is going to show his hand?
3. What would Mannering's defection be?
4. Who does he alone unite?
5. Who has no idea?
6. Who's he plain with?
7. Does Berenice think anything can be done with him?
8. Why would he be better left alone?
9. Did he retain his sense of balance?
10. How many other leaders are possible?
11. Are the Whigs very modern?
12. Does Mannering have some dark stuff in his past that he doesn't want to get out?
13. Who had gone too far to retreat?
14. What is Mannering's attitude?
15. Does Borrowdean think it's ok to blackmail Mannering?
16. What sometimes justifies desperate measures?
17. What must beggars not also be?
18. Does the country need Mannering?
19. What about our cause?
Answer: 1. CHAPTER XI
2. BORROWDEAN
3. irremediable
4. Redford, myself, and the Imperialistic Liberal Party with Manningham and the old-fashioned Whigs
5. Berenice
6. Sir Leslie
7. No
8. In his present frame, he has worked himself up into a thoroughly sentimental and nervous state
9. No
10. one
11. no
12. Yes
13. Borrowdean
14. rankly foolish
15. Yes
16. Desperate necessity
17. choosers
18. Yes
19. our cause need him

question: A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building. By contrast, a wide area network (WAN) not only covers a larger geographic distance, but also generally involves leased telecommunication circuits or Internet links. An even greater contrast is the Internet, which is a system of globally connected business and personal computers.

Ethernet and Wi-Fi are the two most common technologies in use for local area networks. Historical technologies include ARCNET, Token ring, and AppleTalk.

The increasing demand and use of computers in universities and research labs in the late 1960s generated the need to provide high-speed interconnections between computer systems. A 1970 report from the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory detailing the growth of their "Octopus" network gave a good indication of the situation.

A number of experimental and early commercial LAN technologies were developed in the 1970s. Cambridge Ring was developed at Cambridge University starting in 1974. Ethernet was developed at Xerox PARC in 19731975, and filed as . In 1976, after the system was deployed at PARC, Robert Metcalfe and David Boggs published a seminal paper, "Ethernet: Distributed Packet-Switching for Local Computer Networks". ARCNET was developed by Datapoint Corporation in 1976 and announced in 1977. It had the first commercial installation in December 1977 at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.
1. What does LAN stand for?
2. And what is that?
3. What about WAN?
4. Which kind of network would you use to connect to other computers at a school?
5. What would you use to visit websites?
6. When did demand and use of computers increase?
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answer:
1. local area network
2. a computer network
3. a wide area network
4. (LAN
5. (WAN
6. in the late 1960s