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(Oprah.com) -- When Chicagoan Tammy Jo Long visited Savannah, Georgia, ten years ago, she was delighted by its fountain-filled parks, corner cafes -- and grand architecture.

Long had always been a design aficionado, but the Italianate and Victorian homes she encountered in Savannah became "an obsession," she says. "I saw a mansion with enormous cornices and cast-iron window surrounds, and I was hooked." So hooked, in fact, that she decided to buy a second home there, closing the deal on her next visit.

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Long was determined to restore her new house to its original glory. Though she'd remodeled a few kitchens and bathrooms over the years, a historically accurate renovation that did justice to the Savannah architecture she loved was daunting.

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But the all-nighters spent poring over floor plans and scouring eBay for doorknobs paid off: Every detail of the home -- from the crown moldings to the brass finger pulls -- is as it was in the 1800s. Yearning to share her handiwork, Long turned the home into a vacation rental. Soon, enchanted out-of-towners were eagerly booking their stays.

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In 2003 Long quit her job in sales and bought and restored four more homes, traveling between Savannah and Chicago (where she and her ex-husband share custody of their 9-year-old son). "Some of the properties had been vacant for 20 years," Long says. "They had rats you could put a saddle on."
1. In what year did Long quit her job?
2. What was her line of work at that time?
3. What did she buy?
4. How many?
5. How many cities did she travel between?
6. Which ones?
7. Does she have a daughter or son?
8. How old is he?
9. Is she currently married?
10. What sort of animals were in some of the properties?

Numbered answers:
1. 2003
2. sales
3. homes
4. four
5. two
6. Savannah and Chicago
7. son
8. Nine
9. unknown
10. rats

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CHAPTER XLI. SPEECHIFYING.

On the Monday, a plowboy from Vale Regis arrived at Monksmoor.

In respect of himself, he was a person beneath notice. In respect of his errand, he was sufficiently important to cast a gloom over the household. The faithless Mirabel had broken his engagement, and the plowboy was the herald of misfortune who brought his apology. To his great disappointment (he wrote) he was detained by the affairs of his parish. He could only trust to Mr. Wyvil's indulgence to excuse him, and to communicate his sincere sense of regret (on scented note paper) to the ladies.

Everybody believed in the affairs of the parish--with the exception of Francine. "Mr. Mirabel has made the best excuse he could think of for shortening his visit; and I don't wonder at it," she said, looking significantly at Emily.

Emily was playing with one of the dogs; exercising him in the tricks which he had learned. She balanced a morsel of sugar on his nose--and had no attention to spare for Francine.

Cecilia, as the mistress of the house, felt it her duty to interfere. "That is a strange remark to make," she answered. "Do you mean to say that we have driven Mr. Mirabel away from us?"

"I accuse nobody," Francine began with spiteful candor.

"Now she's going to accuse everybody!" Emily interposed, addressing herself facetiously to the dog.

"But when girls are bent on fascinating men, whether they like it or not," Francine proceeded, "men have only one alternative--they must keep out of the way." She looked again at Emily, more pointedly than ever.
1. What was Vale Regis errand?
2. of what?
3. what did he bring?
4. when did he arrive?
5. where did he arrive?
6. who was he bringing an apology to?
7. What had Mirabel done?
8. who could he trust?
9. to do what?
10. and what?
11. to who?
12. Who was Emily playing with?
13. She had no time for who?
14. why?
15. Who was the mistress of the house?
16. Who was Emily speaking to?
17. Was Francine spiteful?
18. What was Mr. Mirabels excuse for?
19. was it a good one?
20. Did people believe the affairs of the parrish?

Numbered answers:
1. the herald
2. of misfortune
3. an apology
4. Monday
5. Monksmoor.
6. Mirabels partner
7. broken his engagement,
8. Mr. Wyvil'
9. indulgence to excuse him
10. to communicate his sincere sense of regret
11. the ladies
12. a dog
13. Francine.
14. she was teaching the dogs tricks
15. Cecilia
16. the dog
17. yes
18. shortening his visit
19. yes
20. yes

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CHAPTER III

The brig sailed on a Monday morning in spring; but Joanna did not witness its departure. She could not bear the sight that she had been the means of bringing about. Knowing this, her husband told her overnight that they were to sail some time before noon next day hence when, awakening at five the next morning, she heard them bustling about downstairs, she did not hasten to descend, but lay trying to nerve herself for the parting, imagining they would leave about nine, as her husband had done on his previous voyage. When she did descend she beheld words chalked upon the sloping face of the bureau; but no husband or sons. In the hastily-scrawled lines Shadrach said they had gone off thus not to pain her by a leave-taking; and the sons had chalked under his words: 'Good- bye, mother!'

She rushed to the quay, and looked down the harbour towards the blue rim of the sea, but she could only see the masts and bulging sails of the _Joanna_; no human figures. ''Tis I have sent them!' she said wildly, and burst into tears. In the house the chalked 'Good-bye' nearly broke her heart. But when she had re-entered the front room, and looked across at Emily's, a gleam of triumph lit her thin face at her anticipated release from the thraldom of subservience.

To do Emily Lester justice, her assumption of superiority was mainly a figment of Joanna's brain. That the circumstances of the merchant's wife were more luxurious than Joanna's, the former could not conceal; though whenever the two met, which was not very often now, Emily endeavoured to subdue the difference by every means in her power.
1. Did Jane see the departure?
2. What was departing?
3. Was the brig on water?
4. Who was leaving?
5. When did she awake?
6. Did she get up when she awoke?
7. Why?
8. Did she expect to see them before they left?
9. Was she wrong?
10. What did she see instead?
11. Who wrote them?
12. What did they say?
13. Was she happy or sad about this?
14. Who was Emily?
15. Why was she triumphant?
16. What was Emily's last name?
17. Did Joanna feel inferior?
18. To whom?
19. What it reality?
20. What type of wife was Emily?
Numbered answers:
1. no
2. The brig
3. yes
4. the husband or sons
5. five in the morning
6. no
7. her nerves
8. yes
9. yes
10. words chalked
11. the sons
12. 'Good- bye, mother!'
13. sad
14. her neighbor
15. from anticipation
16. Lester
17. yes
18. Emily Lester
19. no
20. a merchant's wife