CHAPTER XI. JULIUS TELLS A STORY

DRESSED appropriately, Tuppence duly sallied forth for her "afternoon out." Albert was in temporary abeyance, but Tuppence went herself to the stationer's to make quite sure that nothing had come for her. Satisfied on this point, she made her way to the Ritz. On inquiry she learnt that Tommy had not yet returned. It was the answer she had expected, but it was another nail in the coffin of her hopes. She resolved to appeal to Mr. Carter, telling him when and where Tommy had started on his quest, and asking him to do something to trace him. The prospect of his aid revived her mercurial spirits, and she next inquired for Julius Hersheimmer. The reply she got was to the effect that he had returned about half an hour ago, but had gone out immediately.

Tuppence's spirits revived still more. It would be something to see Julius. Perhaps he could devise some plan for finding out what had become of Tommy. She wrote her note to Mr. Carter in Julius's sitting-room, and was just addressing the envelope when the door burst open.

"What the hell----" began Julius, but checked himself abruptly. "I beg your pardon, Miss Tuppence. Those fools down at the office would have it that Beresford wasn't here any longer--hadn't been here since Wednesday. Is that so?"

Tuppence nodded.

"You don't know where he is?" she asked faintly.

"I? How should I know? I haven't had one darned word from him, though I wired him yesterday morning." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Is Tuppence a man or woman?
2. Was she attired correctly for a day out?
3. Was Albert with her?
4. Where did she go first?
5. Why?
6. Did anything?
7. Where did she go next?
8. Was she looking for someone?
9. Who?
10. Was he there?
11. Did this surprise her?
12. Who did she think might be able to help find him?
13. How did she plan to contact him?
14. Did she call him on the phone?
15. Whose room did she go to?
16. Was he there at first?
17. What did she do in his room?
18. Did she finish addressing it?
19. What interrupted her?
20. Who came in?
Answer: 1. woman
2. yes
3. no
4. the stationer's
5. to make quite sure that nothing had come for her.
6. unknown
7. the Ritz.
8. yes
9. Tommy
10. no
11. no
12. Mr. Carter,
13. to appeal
14. no
15. Julius
16. no
17. She wrote her note
18. no
19. the door burst open.
20. Julius

CHAPTER III

OUT OF PERIL

"Oh look! May and Fred have both gone down!" cried Ruth.

"Yes, and there go Andy and Randy over them!" exclaimed Jack.

"And look, Jack, the ice is cracking everywhere!" continued the frightened girl. She clutched his arm and looked appealingly into his face. "Oh! what shall we do?"

"Spread out, you fellows! Spread out!" yelled the oldest Rover boy. "Spread out! Don't keep together!"

His cry was heard, and an instant later Andy commenced to roll over on the ice in one direction while his twin rolled in another. In the meantime, Fred had managed to scramble to his feet, and now he pulled up May.

"Come on, we'll soon be out of danger," encouraged the youngest Rover; and, striking out, he pulled May behind him, the girl being too excited to skate.

In less than a minute the danger, so far as it concerned the Rovers and the two girls from Clearwater Hall, was past. All reached a point where the ice was perfectly firm. Here Ruth speedily gained her self-possession, but May continued to cling closely to Fred's arm.

"I'm going to see how they are making out in front of the boathouse!" cried Randy. "Some of the skaters must have gotten in."

"I'm with you," returned his twin. He looked back at his cousins. "I suppose you will look after the girls?"

"Sure!" answered Jack quickly. "Go ahead."

"I don't suppose we can be of any assistance down there?" came from Fred. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Was anyone in danger?
2. What was wrong?
3. Did anyone fall in?
4. How many?
5. Who?
6. Who else had fallen?
7. Who got up first?
8. Who did he help?
9. Who gave orders when the accident occured?
10. Wherer were the girls from?
11. Did May wander away from people?
12. Who was she near?
13. Were they in peril for a long time?
14. How long then?
15. What was someone in front of?
16. What activity were they wanting to participate in?
17. What happened to the skaters?
18. Who alerted them to this?
19. Did anyone agree with him?
20. Who?
Answer: 1. yes
2. the ice is cracking
3. yes
4. Two
5. May and Fred
6. Andy and Randy
7. Fred
8. May
9. the oldest Rover boy.
10. Clearwater Hall
11. no
12. Fred
13. no
14. less than a minute
15. the boathouse
16. getting in
17. they must have gotten in.
18. Randy
19. yes
20. his twin

Macedonia or Macedon was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by the royal Argead dynasty, which was followed by the Antipatrid and Antigonid dynasties. Home to the ancient Macedonians, the earliest kingdom was centered on the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula, and bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south.

Before the 4th century BC, Macedonia was a small kingdom outside of the area dominated by the great city-states of Athens, Sparta, and Thebes, and briefly subordinate to Achaemenid Persia. During the reign of the Argead king PhilipII (359336 BC), Macedonia subdued mainland Greece and Thrace through conquest and diplomacy. With a reformed army containing phalanxes wielding the "sarissa" pike, PhilipII defeated the old powers of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea in 338BC; Sparta was occupied a century later by Antigonus III Doson. PhilipII's son Alexander the Great, leading a federation of Greek states, accomplished his father's objective of commanding the whole of Greece when he destroyed Thebes after the city revolted. During Alexander's subsequent campaign of conquest, he overthrew the Achaemenid Empire and conquered territory that stretched as far as the Indus River. For a brief period, his Macedonian empire was the most powerful in the worldthe definitive Hellenistic state, inaugurating the transition to a new period of Ancient Greek civilization. Greek arts and literature flourished in the new conquered lands and advances in philosophy, engineering, and science spread throughout much of the ancient world. Of particular importance were the contributions of Aristotle, tutor to Alexander, whose writings became a keystone of Western philosophy. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what was the anicent kingdom
2. Was it in Greece?
3. Who borders this area?
4. who dominated this area?
5. what about when PhilipII was king?
6. what did Alexander the Great lead?
7. did it have any significant in Anicent Greek?
8. What does Aristotle have to do with Alexander?
9. for what?
10. who overthrew the Achaemendid empire?
Answer:
1. Macedonia or Macedon
2. Yes
3. Epirus and Paeonia
4. great city-states of Athens, Sparta, and Thebes,
5. Macedonia subdued mainland Greece and Thrace
6. a federation of Greek states
7. it inaugurated the transition to a new period of Ancient Greek civilization.
8. He was his tutor
9. Western philosophy.
10. Alexander