CHAPTER XVIII.

BLANK PAPER.

Early in October Captain Marrable was called up to town by letters from Messrs. Block and Curling, and according to promise wrote various letters to Mary Lowther, telling her of the manner in which his business progressed. All of these letters were shown to Aunt Sarah,--and would have been shown to Parson John were it not that Parson John declined to read them. But though the letters were purely cousinly,--just such letters as a brother might write,--yet Miss Marrable thought that they were dangerous. She did not say so; but she thought that they were dangerous. Of late Mary had spoken no word of Mr. Gilmore; and Aunt Sarah, through all this silence, was able to discover that Mr. Gilmore's prospects were not becoming brighter. Mary herself, having quite made up her mind that Mr. Gilmore's prospects, so far as she was concerned, were all over, could not decide how and when she should communicate the resolve to her lover. According to her present agreement with him, she was to write to him at once should she accept any other offer; and was to wait for six months if this should not be the case. Certainly, there was no rival in the field, and therefore she did not quite know whether she ought or ought not to write at once in her present circumstances of assured determination. She soon told herself that in this respect also she would go to her new-found brother for advice. She would ask him, and do just as he might bid her. Had he not already proved how fit a person he was to give advice on such a subject?

1. Who saw all the notes?
2. Did anyone else see them?
3. Why not?
4. When did the notes come?
5. Who went to get them?
6. From?
7. Did anyone this they were unsafe?
8. Who?
9. Were they overtly unsafe?
10. Who went to a sibling for help?
11. About what?
12. To whom?
13. Was she upset he had been married?
14. How long was she to hold off if she remained single?
15. And if she was engaged?
16. Was there a big change she would become engaged?
17. Would she ultimately follow her sibling's suggestion?
18. Why?
19. How many times did she cry trying to figure this all out?
20. Did Marrable sway her decision?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. Aunt Sarah
2. No
3. because Parson John declined to read them
4. Early in October
5. Captain Marrable
6. Messrs
7. Yes
8. Miss Marrable
9. No
10. Mary
11. she did not know whether she ought to write at once
12. Mr. Gilmore
13. We wasn't married
14. six months
15. she was to write to him at once
16. No
17. Yes
18. he had already proved how fit a person he was to give advice
19. unknown
20. No