input: CHAPTER XVIII

I

THOUGH he saw them twice daily, though he knew and amply discussed every detail of their expenditures, yet for weeks together Babbitt was no more conscious of his children than of the buttons on his coat-sleeves.

The admiration of Kenneth Escott made him aware of Verona.

She had become secretary to Mr. Gruensberg of the Gruensberg Leather Company; she did her work with the thoroughness of a mind which reveres details and never quite understands them; but she was one of the people who give an agitating impression of being on the point of doing something desperate--of leaving a job or a husband--without ever doing it. Babbitt was so hopeful about Escott's hesitant ardors that he became the playful parent. When he returned from the Elks he peered coyly into the living-room and gurgled, "Has our Kenny been here to-night?" He never credited Verona's protest, "Why, Ken and I are just good friends, and we only talk about Ideas. I won't have all this sentimental nonsense, that would spoil everything."

It was Ted who most worried Babbitt.

With conditions in Latin and English but with a triumphant record in manual training, basket-ball, and the organization of dances, Ted was struggling through his Senior year in the East Side High School. At home he was interested only when he was asked to trace some subtle ill in the ignition system of the car. He repeated to his tut-tutting father that he did not wish to go to college or law-school, and Babbitt was equally disturbed by this "shiftlessness" and by Ted's relations with Eunice Littlefield, next door. 1. How many children does Babbitt have?
2. How often does he see them?
3. Does he have a son?
4. What is his name?
5. How old is he?
6. Is he an adult?
7. Is he still in high school?
8. Which year?
9. Is he doing well?
10. What does he like to work on?
11. Is he good at basketball?
12. Is he planning to continue school after high school?
13. Who's his girlfriend?
14. Does Babbitt have a daughter?
15. What is her name?
16. Is she an adult?
17. Who does she work for?
18. Who is her boss?
19. What is her job?
20. Who is her friend? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. unknown
2. twice daily
3. yes
4. Ted
5. unknown
6. yes
7. yes
8. Senior
9. no
10. cars
11. yes
12. no
13. Eunice Littlefield
14. yes
15. Verona
16. yes
17. Gruensberg Leather Company
18. Mr. Gruensberg
19. secretary
20. Ken

input: Two prominent newspapers this week used their editorial pages to call for mercy for intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, with one arguing "he deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight."

The New York Times and The Guardian make the case for some sort of plea deal or clemency that would allow Snowden to return to the United States from Russia, where he was granted asylum.

Mercy or dropped charges have occurred in past cases of other high-profile whistle-blowers, such as Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst behind the leak of the Pentagon Papers. But in recent years, the United States has aggressively pursued those who leak government secrets.

Here's a look at how the cases of five prominent leakers -- including Snowden -- have played out:

Daniel Ellsberg

Ellsberg was the military analyst who leaked the 7,000-page Pentagon Papers in 1971.

The top-secret documents revealed that senior U.S. leaders, including three Presidents, knew the Vietnam War was an unwinnable, tragic quagmire. Further, they showed the government had lied to Congress and the public about the progress of the war.

Ellsberg surrendered to authorities and was charged as a spy.

During his trial, the court learned that President Richard Nixon's administration had embarked on a campaign to discredit Ellsberg, illegally wiretapping him and breaking into his psychiatrist's office. All charges against him were dropped. Since then, he has lived a relatively quiet life as a respected author and lecturer.

Chelsea Manning

U.S. Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, who formerly went by the name Bradley, was convicted of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of classified documents and videos to WikiLeaks, the online anti-secrecy group. 1. who is Ellsberg?
2. what did the papers reveal?
3. when were the papers released?
4. what did Nixon do to him?
5. what did Nixon do to Ellsberg to discredit him?
6. did Ellsberg go to jail?
7. why not?
8. what happened to the charges?
9. where is Edward Snowden living now?
10. why?
11. who is calling for mercy for him? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. military analyst behind the leak of the Pentagon Papers
2. presidents knew that the Vietnam War was an unwinnable, tragic quagmire
3. 1971
4. unknown
5. wiretapped him and broke into his psychiatrist's office
6. no
7. Because the tactics used against him were illegal
8. they were dropped.
9. Russia
10. He was granted asylum there.
11. The New York Times and The Guardian

input: CHAPTER VI

THE RAT MORT

I

The guide had stepped out of the house into the street, Yvonne following closely on his heels. The night was very dark and the narrow little Carrefour de la Poissonnerie very sparsely lighted. Somewhere overhead on the right, something groaned and creaked persistently in the wind. A little further on a street lanthorn was swinging aloft, throwing a small circle of dim, yellowish light on the unpaved street below. By its fitful glimmer Yvonne could vaguely perceive the tall figure of her guide as he stepped out with noiseless yet firm tread, his shoulder brushing against the side of the nearest house as he kept closely within the shadow of its high wall. The sight of his broad back thrilled her. She had fallen to imagining whether this was not perchance that gallant and all-powerful Scarlet Pimpernel himself: the mysterious friend of whom her dear milor so often spoke with an admiration that was akin to worship. He too was probably tall and broad--for English gentlemen were usually built that way; and Yvonne's over-excited mind went galloping on the wings of fancy, and in her heart she felt that she was glad that she had suffered so much, and then lived through such a glorious moment as this.

Now from the narrow unpaved yard in front of the house the guide turned sharply to the right. Yvonne could only distinguish outlines. The streets of Nantes were familiar to her, and she knew pretty well where she was. The lanthorn inside the clock tower of Le Bouffay guided her--it was now on her right--the house wherein she had been kept a prisoner these past three days was built against the walls of the great prison house. She knew that she was in the Carrefour de la Poissonnerie. 1. Who left the house?
2. Who came after?
3. What was the name of the area they were in?
4. Was it day time?
5. Was there any source of light?
6. What was the source of illumination?
7. Was the guide short?
8. Who did the woman imagine he might be?
9. Who spoke of this person frequently?
10. Was the woman happy?
11. What direction did they head?
12. What city were they in?
13. What landmark did the woman use to guide her?
14. Had she been held captive? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. The guide
2. Yvonne f
3. Carrefour de la Poissonnerie
4. no
5. yes
6. a street lanthorn
7. no
8. Scarlet Pimpernel
9. her milor
10. yes
11. right
12. Nantes
13. the clock tower of Le Bouffay
14. yes