CHAPTER XVI. THE PANNIER

He was still pacing there when an hour or so before sunset--some fifteen hours after setting out--they stood before the entrance of a long bottle-necked cove under the shadow of the cliffs of Aquila Point on the southern coast of the Island of Formentera. He was rendered aware of this and roused from his abstraction by the voice of Asad calling to him from the poop and commanding him to make the cove.

Already the wind was failing them, and it became necessary to take to the oars, as must in any case have happened once they were through the coves narrow neck in the becalmed lagoon beyond. So Sakr-el-Bahr, in his turn, lifted up his voice, and in answer to his shout came Vigitello and Larocque.

A blast of Vigitello's whistle brought his own men to heel, and they passed rapidly along the benches ordering the rowers to make ready, whilst Jasper and a half-dozen Muslim sailors set about furling the sails that already were beginning to flap in the shifting and intermittent gusts of the expiring wind. Sakr-el-Bahr gave the word to row, and Vigitello blew a second and longer blast. The oars dipped, the slaves strained and the galeasse ploughed forward, time being kept by a boatswain's mate who squatted on the waist-deck and beat a tomtom rhythmically. Sakr-el-Bahr, standing on the poop-deck, shouted his orders to the steersmen in their niches on either side of the stern, and skilfully the vessel was manoeuvred through the narrow passage into the calm lagoon whose depths were crystal clear. Here before coming to rest, Sakr-el-Bahr followed the invariable corsair practice of going about, so as to be ready to leave his moorings and make for the open again at a moment's notice. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What did they stand before?
2. How long was it before sunset?
3. Why did they have to take the oars?
4. What island was it on the south west coast of?
5. Who lifted his voice and was anwsered by Vigitello and larocque?
6. What was the water of the lagoon like?
7. Was it murky or clear?
8. What did Vigitello do to bring his men to heel?
9. What point's cliffs were they near?
10. Who was it that gave word for the sailors to row?
Answer: 1. the entrance of a cove
2. an hour or so
3. Because of the wind.
4. Island of Formentera
5. Sakr-el-Bahr
6. becalmed
7. Clear
8. Blew his whistle
9. Aquila Point
10. Vigitello's own men

CHAPTER XVII

THE PASSAGE OF THE MOUNTAINS

Kermode had been gone a fortnight when Prescott reached the camp and heard from Ferguson and others of his latest exploit. He smiled as he listened to their stories, but that he should find people willing to talk about the man did not surprise him. Kermode was not likely to pass unnoticed: his talents were of a kind that seized attention. Where he went there was laughter and sometimes strife; he had a trick of winning warm attachment, and even where his departure was not regretted he was remembered.

Ferguson insisted on taking Prescott in, for his comrade's sake, and late one evening he sat talking with him beside the stove. His house was rudely put together, shingle-roofed and walled with shiplap boards that gave out strong resinous odors. The joints were not tight and stinging draughts crept in. Deep snow lay about the camp and the frost was keen.

"I can't venture to predict Kermode's movements," said the clergyman. "It was his intention to make for a camp half-way to the coast, but he may change his mind long before he gets there."

"Yes," Prescott replied; "that's the kind of man he is."

Ferguson smiled.

"You and Kermode strike me as differing in many ways; yet you seem strongly attached to him."

"That's true," Prescott assented. "I can't see that I owe him anything, and he once led me into a piece of foolishness that nobody but himself could have thought of. I knew the thing was crazy, but I did it when he urged me, and I've regretted it ever since. Still, when I meet the fellow I expect I shan't have a word of blame for him." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. who insisted on taking Prescott in?
2. who seemed attached to Kermode?
3. how long had Kermode been gone?
4. where were Ferguson and Prescott having a conversation?
5. who house was the stove in?
6. was his roof double shingled?
7. what material was it walled with?
8. where was Kermode planning to make camp?
9. according to who?
10. what did Kermode lead Prescott into on one occasion?
Answer: 1. Ferguson did
2. Prescott
3. a fortnight
4. beside the stove
5. Ferguson's
6. unknown
7. shiplap boards
8. half-way to the coast
9. the clergyman
10. into a piece of foolishness

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Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His goal in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from a variety of critics in the U.S." As a fan of Jackie Chan's, Duong was inspired to create the website after collecting all the reviews of Chan's movies as they were being published in the United States. The first movie whose reviews were featured on Rotten Tomatoes was "Your Friends & Neighbors" (1998). The website was an immediate success, receiving mentions by Netscape, Yahoo!, and "USA Today" within the first week of its launch; it attracted "6001000 daily unique visitors" as a result. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What year was Rotten Tomatoes launched?
2. What is someone's full time project?
3. When was it worked on, then?
4. Who created it?
5. Is he a fan of Jackie Chan movies?
6. Did he collect all the reviews of Chan's movies in South Africa?
7. Where, then?
8. What was the first movie review featured on the site?
9. What year did that come out?
10. Was the website successful soon after being launched?
11. Was there ever a TV show with material from it?
12. How often did it air?
13. How many years was it on?
14. Was it a monthly show?
15. When was the website sold to Fandango?
16. Who owns that?
17. Who was Matt Atchity?
18. Did he leave that position?
19. When?
20. Where'd he end up going?
Answer:
1. 1988
2. No.
3. Spare-time
4. Seth Duong
5. Yes
6. No.
7. United States
8. Your Friends & Neighbors
9. 1998
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. 2008 to September 2010
13. 3 years.
14. No.
15. 2016
16. Comcast
17. editor-in-chief
18. Yes
19. July 2017
20. The Young Turks