Question:
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CHAPTER XVIAN UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL

As the night advanced the two girls continued to talk, in low and subdued voices because of their anxiety and growing fears. They kept the candles trimmed, for the light lent them courage. They were not hungry, although they had eaten nothing since noon, but they were beginning to suffer from thirst.

The baby wakened with shrill screams and the only way to quiet her was to give her the bottle, which was now less than a third full. Mildred was in a quandary whether to withhold the remainder of the food from little Jane, so as to prolong her life as much as possible, or to allow the baby to eat what she desired, as long as any of the food remained. She finally decided on the latter course, hoping the morning would bring some one to their rescue.

After the little one was again hushed in slumber and cuddled in warm blankets on a seat beside them, the two imprisoned girls renewed their desultory conversation. They realized it must be long after midnight but Mildred avoided looking at her watch because that made the minutes drag so slowly.

Finally a dull sound from the other side of the wall reached their ears. It seemed that some one was pounding upon the adobe. Both girls sprang to their feet in excitement, their heads bent to listen. The pounding was not repeated but a voice was hearda far-away voiceas of one calling.

Mildred answered the cry, at the top of her lungs, and immediately Inez followed with a shrill scream that roused a thousand echoes in the hidden passage. And now Toodlums joined the chorus, startled from her sleep and terrified by the riot of sound.
1. what type of sound was heard from the wall?
2. what did it sound like?
3. on?
4. what happened next?
5. straight up?
6. how were they standing?
7. were they bored?
8. was the sound repeated?
9. what did they hear instead?
10. who answered?
11. was she quiet?
12. who screamed?
13. what did the sound set off?
14. of?
15. before that, how had the girls been chatting?
16. why?
17. did they have a lamp?
18. they were in the dark?
19. what did their light do?
20. had they recently eaten?

Numbered answers:
1. a dull sound
2. some one pounding
3. the adobe
4. Both girls sprang to their feet
5. No
6. their heads bent
7. yes
8. no
9. a voice
10. Mildred
11. no
12. Inez
13. a chorus
14. a thousand echoes
15. in low and subdued voices
16. because of their anxiety and growing fears.
17. no
18. no
19. lent them courage
20. nno

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CHAPTER XX

Credit me, friend, it hath been ever thus, Since the ark rested on Mount Ararat. False man hath sworn, and woman hath believed-- Repented and reproach'd, and then believed once more. _The New World._

By the time that Margaret returned with Monna Paula, the Lady Hermione was rising from the table at which she had been engaged in writing something on a small slip of paper, which she gave to her attendant.

"Monna Paula," she said, "carry this paper to Roberts the cash-keeper; let them give you the money mentioned in the note, and bring it hither presently."

Monna Paula left the room, and her mistress proceeded.

"I do not know," she said, "Margaret, if I have done, and am doing, well in this affair. My life has been one of strange seclusion, and I am totally unacquainted with the practical ways of this world--an ignorance which I know cannot be remedied by mere reading.--I fear I am doing wrong to you, and perhaps to the laws of the country which affords me refuge, by thus indulging you; and yet there is something in my heart which cannot resist your entreaties."

"O, listen to it--listen to it, dear, generous lady!" said Margaret, throwing herself on her knees and grasping those of her benefactress and looking in that attitude like a beautiful mortal in the act of supplicating her tutelary angel; "the laws of men are but the injunctions of mortality, but what the heart prompts is the echo of the voice from heaven within us."
1. Who had been writing?
2. What did she write on>
3. What is the attendant's name?
4. Who left the room?
5. What did the note mention?
6. Who feels she is wronging Margaret?
7. Is she a woman with much practical knowledge?
8. True or False: Lady Hermione also fears that she might be breaking the law.
9. What part of the Lady does Margaret grab?
10. What is the Lady's role to Margaret?
11. Who is Roberts?

Numbered answers:
1. the Lady Hermione
2. a small slip of paper
3. Monna Paula
4. Monna Paula
5. money
6. Lady Hermoine
7. No
8. Yes
9. her knees
10. unknown
11. the cash-keeper

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CHAPTER I

I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS

I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the last time out of the door of my father's house. The sun began to shine upon the summit of the hills as I went down the road; and by the time I had come as far as the manse, the blackbirds were whistling in the garden lilacs, and the mist that hung around the valley in the time of the dawn was beginning to arise and die away.

Mr. Campbell, the minister of Essendean, was waiting for me by the garden gate, good man! He asked me if I had breakfasted; and hearing that I lacked for nothing, he took my hand in both of his and clapped it kindly under his arm.

"Well, Davie, lad," said he, "I will go with you as far as the ford, to set you on the way." And we began to walk forward in silence.

"Are ye sorry to leave Essendean?" said he, after awhile.

"Why, sir," said I, "if I knew where I was going, or what was likely to become of me, I would tell you candidly. Essendean is a good place indeed, and I have been very happy there; but then I have never been anywhere else. My father and mother, since they are both dead, I shall be no nearer to in Essendean than in the Kingdom of Hungary, and, to speak truth, if I thought I had a chance to better myself where I was going I would go with a good will."
1. Where were they leaving?
2. DId he regret it?
3. Was it a bad area?
4. Were his parents alive?
5. Where was the kingdom?
6. Where was he going?
7. When did the trip start?
8. What time of day?
9. Which house was he traveling to?
10. Was it sunny?
11. Who was watching for him?
12. What's his position?
13. Where was he?
14. Was he evil?
15. Had the boy eaten yet?
16. What was his name?
17. How far would the pastor travel with him?
Numbered answers:
1. Essendean
2. yes
3. no
4. no
5. Hungary
6. he didn't know
7. 1751
8. morning
9. his father's
10. yes
11. Mr. Campbell
12. the minister of Essendean
13. by the garden gate
14. no
15. yes
16. Davie
17. as far as the ford