Chapter XXXVII

SECOND JOURNEY OF THE DOMINIE TO THRUMS DURING THE TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.

Here was a nauseous draught for me. Having finished my tale, I turned to Gavin for sympathy; and, behold, he had been listening for the cannon instead of to my final words. So, like an old woman at her hearth, we warm our hands at our sorrows and drop in faggots, and each thinks his own fire a sun, in presence of which all other fires should go out. I was soured to see Gavin prove this, and then I could have laughed without mirth, for had not my bitterness proved it too?

"And now," I said, rising, "whether Margaret is to hold up her head henceforth lies no longer with me, but with you."

It was not to that he replied.

"You have suffered long, Mr. Ogilvy," he said. "Father," he added, wringing my hand. I called him son; but it was only an exchange of musty words that we had found too late. A father is a poor estate to come into at two and twenty.

"I should have been told of this," he said.

"Your mother did right, sir," I answered slowly, but he shook his head.

"I think you have misjudged her," he said. "Doubtless while my fa- -, while Adam Dishart lived, she could only think of you with pain; but after his death--"

"After his death," I said quietly, "I was still so horrible to her that she left Harvie without letting a soul know whither she was bound. She dreaded my following her."

Answer this series of questions:

1. Who is narrating?
2. Who is he speaking with?
3. What is their relationship?
4. Were they close?
5. When did they begin their relationship?
6. Had Gavin's mother been honest with him?
7. Who did Gavin presume his father to be?
8. IS he still alive?
9. Was Gavin told the truth before his death?
10. Was Mr. Ogilvy kind to Gavin's mother?
11. Was she delighted that he followed her?
12. Did Gavin sympathize with him?
13. Did Mr Ogilvy blame Gavin's mother for not telling him?
14. Did Gavin?

Numbered answers:
1. Mr. Ogilvy
2. Gavin
3. Father and son
4. no
5. at two and twenty
6. no
7. Adam Dishart
8. no
9. no
10. unknown
11. no
12. yes
13. no
14. yes