CHAPTER II

Philip stepped into his own little bedroom and made scanty preparations for this, his first excursion. Then he made his way down into the shabby hall and was seated there on the worn settee when his guest descended. She was wearing a hat which, so far as he could judge, was almost becoming. Her gloves, notwithstanding their many signs of mending, were neat, her shoes carefully polished, and although her dress was undeniably shabby, there was something in her carriage which pleased him. Her eyes were fixed upon his from the moment she stepped from the lift. She was watching for his expression half defiantly, half anxiously.

"Well, you see what I look like," she remarked brusquely. "You can back out of it, if you want to."

"Don't be silly," he replied. "You look quite all right. I'm not much of a beau myself, you know. I bought this suit over the counter the other day, without being measured for it or anything."

"Guess you ain't used to ready-made clothes," she observed, as they stepped outside.

"You see, in England--and the Colonies," he added hastily, "things aren't so expensive as here. What a wonderful city this is of yours, Martha!"

"Miss Grimes, please," she corrected him.

"I beg your pardon," he apologised.

"That's just what I was afraid of," she went on querulously. "You're beginning already. You think because you're giving me a meal, you can take all sorts of liberties. Calling me by my Christian name, indeed!"

"It was entirely a slip," he assured her. "Tell me what theatre that is across the way?"

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. Where were things not so expensive?
2. Who stepped into his own bedroom?
3. Where did he go next?
4. Who descended while he was sitting on the worn settee?
5. What was the woman wearing on her hands?
6. What pleased Philip?
7. Where were her eyes as she got out of the lift?
8. What did he say about buying his suit?
9. What was the woman's name?
10. What was her first name?
11. What did he say about her city?
12. What did she say he was giving her?
13. What did she accuse him of taking?
14. Why was she upset?
15. What was she wearing that was mended?
16. Was her dress new?
17. What was she wearing on her head?
18. What did her shoes look like?
19. What was the first thing she said to him?
20. Did she say he could back out?
21. What did he reply?

Numbered answers:
1. unknown
2. Philip
3. down into the shabby hall
4. Philip
5. Her gloves
6. something in her carriage
7. Her eyes were fixed upon his
8. I bought this suit over the counter the other day, without being measured for it or anything
9. Miss Grimes
10. artha
11. What a wonderful city this is of your
12. a meal
13. all sorts of liberties
14. He called her by her first name>
15. Her gloves
16. No
17. a hat
18. carefully polished
19. "Well, you see what I look like,
20. yes
21. Don't be silly,