Q: CHAPTER XIV.

A CYPHER AND A TY.

Dolores was coming down to breakfast the next morning when Colonel Mohun's door opened. He exclaimed, 'My little Dolly, good morning!' stooped down and kissed her.

Then, standing still a moment, and holding her hand, he said--

'Dolly, it was not you I saw at Darminster station?'

It was a terrible shock. Some one, no doubt, was trying to set him against her. And should she betray Constance and her uncle? At any rate, almost before she knew what she was saying, 'No, Uncle Regie,' was out of her mouth, and her conscience was being answered with 'How do I know it was me that he saw? these fur capes are very common.'

'I thought not,' he answered, kindly. 'Look here, Dolly, I want one word with you. Did your father ever leave anything in charge with you for Mr. Flinders? Did he ever speak to you about him?'

'Never,' Dolores truly answered.

'Because, my dear, though it's a hard thing to say, and your poor mother felt bound to him, he is a slippery fellow--a scamp, in fact, and if ever he writes to you here, you had better send the letter straight off to me, and I'll see what's to be done. He never has, I suppose?'

'No,' said Dolores, answering the word here, and foolishly feeling the involvement too great, and Constance too much concerned in it for her to confess to her uncle what had really happened. Indeed, the first falsehood held her to the second; and there was no more time, for Lord Rotherwood was coming out of his room further down the passage. And after the greetings, as she went downstairs before the two gentlemen, she was sure she heard Uncle Regie say, 'She's all right.' What could it mean? Was a storm averted? or was it brewing? Could that spiteful Aunt Jane and her questions about the weather be at the bottom of it?

Answer the following questions:
1. What was Dolores's aunt's name?
2. What was Dolores's nickname?
3. Who called her that?4. What was one thing she lied to him about?
5. What station?
6. Was she actually there?
7. What did her conscience say?
8. What was her excuse for herself?
9. Who was then coming out of his room?
10. What did Dolores call Colonel Mohun?
11. When did she lie to him?
12. What time of day?
13. How did he greet her?
14. Who did Dolores's mom feel tied to?
15. How was Mr. Flinders described?
16. Who else was involved in the lie?
17. What two men went to the first floor together?
18. What was the second lie?
A: 1. Jane
2. Little Dolly
3. Colonel Mohun
4. being at the station.
5. Darminster station?
6. Yes.
7. How does she know it was her that he saw.
8. Fur capes are common.
9. Lord Rotherwood
10. Uncle Regie
11. Before she knew what she was saying.
12. Morning.
13. Stooped down and kissed her.
14. Mr. Flinders
15. A slippery scamp.
16. Constance.
17. Lord Rotherwood and her uncle.
18. That Mr. Flinders never wrote to her.

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Saint Paul (; abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2016, the city's estimated population was 304,442. Saint Paul is the county seat of Ramsey County, the smallest and most densely populated county in Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city. Known as the "Twin Cities", the two form the core of MinneapolisSaint Paul, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with about 3.52 million residents.

Founded near historic Native American settlements as a trading and transportation center, the city rose to prominence when it was named the capital of the Minnesota Territory in 1849. The Dakota name for Saint Paul is "Imnizaska". Though Minneapolis (Bdeota) is better-known nationally, Saint Paul contains the state government and other important institutions. Regionally, the city is known for the Xcel Energy Center, home of the Minnesota Wild, and for the Science Museum of Minnesota. As a business hub of the Upper Midwest, it is the headquarters of companies such as Ecolab. Saint Paul, along with its Twin City, Minneapolis, is known for its high literacy rate. It was the only city in the United States with a population of 250,000 or more to see an increase in circulation of Sunday newspapers in 2007.

1. when was it named capital?
2. what is it's population?
3. as of when?
4. what museum would you find there?
5. how is it abbreviated?
6. are the people there uneducated?
7. what is it's twin city?
8. what is it's Dakota name?
9. it is home of which sports team?
10. what is the population of the two cities?
11. Does St. Paul have the most population in the country?
12. what rank does it hold in the state?
13. what is the largest city in the state?
14. whats the dakota name for Minneapolis?
15. is it considered a business hub?
16. of where?
17. has it seen an increase in newspaper sales?
18. when?
19. what company has their headquarters there?
20. what are the twin cities ranked as in terms of Metropolitan area?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. 1849
2. 304,442
3. 2016
4. Science Museum of Minnesota
5. St. Paul
6. no
7. Minneapolis
8. Imnizaska
9. Minnesota Wild
10. 3.52 million
11. no
12. 2nd
13. MinneapolisSaint Paul
14. Bdeota
15. yes
16. Upper Midwest
17. yes
18. 2007
19. Ecolab.
20. 16th

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the President's Budget, but OMB also measures the quality of agency programs, policies, and procedures to see if they comply with the president's policies and coordinates inter-agency policy initiatives.

The current OMB Director is Mick Mulvaney. The OMB Director reports to the President, Vice President and the White House Chief of Staff.

The Bureau of the Budget, OMB's predecessor, was established in 1921 as a part of the Department of the Treasury by the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, which was signed into law by president Warren G. Harding. The Bureau of the Budget was moved to the Executive Office of the President in 1939 and was run by Harold D. Smith during the government's rapid expansion of spending during the Second World War. James L. Sundquist, a staffer at the Bureau of the Budget described the relationship between the President and the Bureau as extremely close and of subsequent Bureau Directors as politicians and not public administrators.

The Bureau was reorganized into the Office of Management and Budget in 1970 during the Nixon administration. The first OMB included Roy Ash (head), Paul O'Neill (assistant director), Fred Malek (deputy director) and Frank Zarb (associate director) and two dozen others.

1. Who is the current director?
2. what does OMB stand for?
3. Doesthe director just report to one person?
4. how many?
5. who?
6. What was it's predecessor?
7. When was that established?
8. When was it reorganized?
9. To what?
10. Under what administration?
11. What is it's main function?
12. Does it also do other things?
13. could you give an example please?
14. why?
15. when was the bureau moved to the office of the president?
16. who ran it?
17. what was happening in the world at the time?
18. Who was the first deputy director?
19. name the employee who spoke about the relationships?
20. who was the first head?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Mick Mulvaney
2. The Office of Management and Budget
3. no
4. Three
5. the President, Vice President and the White House Chief of Staff
6. The Bureau of the Budget
7. 1921
8. 1970
9. the Office of Management and Budget
10. the Nixon administration
11. to produce the President's Budget
12. yes
13. it also measures the quality of agency programs, policies, and procedures
14. to see if they comply with the president's policies
15. in 1939
16. Harold D. Smith
17. the Second World War
18. Fred Malek
19. James L. Sundquist
20. Roy Ash