Q: CHAPTER XIII.

AUGUST 1ST, 1714.

"Does my mistress know of this?" Esmond asked of Frank, as they walked along.

"My mother found the letter in the book, on the toilet-table. She had writ it ere she had left home," Frank said. "Mother met her on the stairs, with her hand upon the door, trying to enter, and never left her after that till she went away. He did not think of looking at it there, nor had Martin the chance of telling him. I believe the poor devil meant no harm, though I half killed him; he thought 'twas to Beatrix's brother he was bringing the letter."

Frank never said a word of reproach to me for having brought the villain amongst us. As we knocked at the door I said, "When will the horses be ready?" Frank pointed with his cane, they were turning the street that moment.

We went up and bade adieu to our mistress; she was in a dreadful state of agitation by this time, and that Bishop was with her whose company she was so fond of.

"Did you tell him, my lord," says Esmond, "that Beatrix was at Castlewood?" The Bishop blushed and stammered: "Well," says he, "I . . ."

"You served the villain right," broke out Mr. Esmond, "and he has lost a crown by what you told him."

My mistress turned quite white, "Henry, Henry," says she, "do not kill him."

"It may not be too late," says Esmond; "he may not have gone to Castlewood; pray God, it is not too late." The Bishop was breaking out with some banale phrases about loyalty, and the sacredness of the Sovereign's person; but Esmond sternly bade him hold his tongue, burn all papers, and take care of Lady Castlewood; and in five minutes he and Frank were in the saddle, John Lockwood behind them, riding towards Castlewood at a rapid pace.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who has a mistress?
2. Who is he talking to?
3. What are they doing?
4. Who found something?
5. Whose?
6. What did she find?
7. Was the woman happy?
8. How did she feel?
9. Who was she with?
10. Who did the mistress like to spend time with?
11. What did Esmond ask about?
12. Where was she?
A: 1. Esmond
2. Frank
3. walking
4. his mother
5. Esmond
6. a letter
7. no
8. unknown
9. the mistress
10. Beatrix's brother
11. about Beatrix
12. Castlewood
Q: There was a very friendly cow named Mary who loved to walk around the town and eat lots of grass. Mary loved grass so much, but she hated when she got a mouthful of weeds or dirt. One day when Mary was looking for some tasty grass, she spotted a pretty purple flower. Without thinking she ate the flower and got very sick. Mary walked home feeling very bad, and when she passed some green, orange, and red flowers, she didn't dare to eat them. When Mary got home her mom asked her why she was so sick. Mary could tell her mom, dad, and brothers Donny and Sam would be mad at her if she said she ate a flower so she lied. She told them that a bee stung her and she wasn't feeling good today. Then she lay down in her bed and took a long nap to feel better.

Answer the following questions:
1. Was the cow friendly?
2. What was her name?
3. What did she love to do?
4. What did she hate?
5. What was she looking for when she spotted a flower?
6. Was the flower pink?
7. What did she do with it?
8. What happened then?
9. Where did she go?
10. What did she pass on her way there?
11. Did she eat any?
12. Who asked why she was sick?
13. Who did she think would be mad at her if she said she ate the flower?
14. So what did she do?
A: 1. yes
2. Mary
3. walk around the town and eat lots of grass.
4. a mouthful of weeds or dirt
5. tasty grass
6. no
7. ate
8. got very sick
9. home
10. green, orange, and red flowers
11. no
12. her mom
13. her mom, dad, and brothers Donny and Sam
14. lied
Q: (TIME.com) -- Two of Emily Cunningham's three children have food allergies. And protecting her kids is taking toll on the family budget.

When she was nine months old, Cunningham's four-year-old daughter Elena ate a spoonful of yogurt and broke out in hives. Elena is allergic to eggs, tree nuts, dairy and peanuts, and even brief contact with one of the these hard-to-avoid items is all it takes to set off a potentially life-threatening immune reaction.

Cunningham's eight-month-old son Wyatt has a bad dairy allergy too.

In order to keep their kids safe and healthy, Emily Cunningham, a stay-at-home mother from Charlotte, North Carolina who writes the AllergenMenuMom blog, and her husband keep a completely allergy-free home, buying only food products that are free of any trace of their children's triggers.

But that protection comes at a high price. Between breathing medications and epipens of epinephrine, a drug used to treat anaphylactic shock, the Cunninghams spend about $1,000 a month to safeguard their children from their allergies, and that's before the grocery bill. Emily estimates her family spends $80 a month just on rice milk.

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About 4% to 6% of U.S. children under age 18 have food allergies, and the latest statistics show this percentage may be on the rise.

Why so many kids are experiencing allergies to common food items still isn't clear, although experts suspect that some of the trend can be attributed to improved public health and sanitation efforts that may have made us too clean to build strong enough immunity to common allergens found in food and the environment. Kids not eating things like nuts and shellfish at an earlier age may also contribute to the rise in food allergies.

Answer the following questions:
1. How man kids does Emily Cunningham have?
2. Do they have allergies?
3. Does this challenge her?
4. How?
5. Why is this?
6. What do they buy?
7. How much are these?
8. Does she have to spend more than this?
9. On what?
10. How much is that?
11. What are her kids' names?
12. What is Elena allergic to?
13. What about her son?
14. Is this a common problem?
15. How many kids have this problem?
16. Why do people get allergies?
17. Do doctors have any guesses?
18. Like what?
A:
1. Two
2. Yes.
3. Yes
4. Its taking toll on the family budget.
5. Protection comes at a high price.
6. Breathing medications and epipens of epinephrine
7. About $1,000 a month.
8. Yes
9. The grocery bill.
10. $80 a month just on rice milk.
11. Elena and Wyatt.
12. Eggs, tree nuts, dairy and peanuts.
13. Dairy.
14. Yes
15. 4% to 6% of U.S. children,
16. It isn't clear.
17. Yes
18. Not eating nuts and shellfish an earlier age.