Q: CHAPTER VIIITHE MAIL GUARD

Somewhere about two in the morning a squall had burst upon the castle, a clap of screaming wind that made the towers rock, and a copious drift of rain that streamed from the windows. The wind soon blew itself out, but the day broke cloudy and dripping, and when the little party assembled at breakfast their humours appeared to have changed with the change of weather. Nance had been brooding on the scene at the river-side, applying it in various ways to her particular aspirations, and the result, which was hardly to her mind, had taken the colour out of her cheeks. Mr. Archer, too, was somewhat absent, his thoughts were of a mingled strain; and even upon his usually impassive countenance there were betrayed successive depths of depression and starts of exultation, which the girl translated in terms of her own hopes and fears. But Jonathan was the most altered: he was strangely silent, hardly passing a word, and watched Mr. Archer with an eager and furtive eye. It seemed as if the idea that had so long hovered before him had now taken a more solid shape, and, while it still attracted, somewhat alarmed his imagination.

At this rate, conversation languished into a silence which was only broken by the gentle and ghostly noises of the rain on the stone roof and about all that field of ruins; and they were all relieved when the note of a man whistling and the sound of approaching footsteps in the grassy court announced a visitor. It was the ostler from the 'Green Dragon' bringing a letter for Mr. Archer. Nance saw her hero's face contract and then relax again at sight of it; and she thought that she knew why, for the sprawling, gross black characters of the address were easily distinguishable from the fine writing on the former letter that had so much disturbed him. He opened it and began to read; while the ostler sat down to table with a pot of ale, and proceeded to make himself agreeable after his fashion.

1. Nance
2. brooding
3. female
4. Jonathan
5. silent
6. eager
7. urtive eye
8. yes
9. noises of the rain
10. roof
11. ostler
12. Green Dragon
13. Archer
14. ostler
15. ale
16. note of a man whistling
17. footsteps
18. a visitor
19. two in the morning
20. castle

Numbered questions:
1. who was at the river ?
2. what was he doing ?
3. is nance male or female ?
4. who was altered ?
5. what else was he ?
6. how was he looking at archer ?
7. and what ?
8. did the conversation grow quiet ?
9. and what broke the silence ?
10. and the roof was made of what ?
11. who gave archer a letter ?
12. from where ?
13. who began to read ?
14. who sat at the table ?
15. what was in the pot ?
16. what relieved everybody ?
17. anything else ?
18. and what did it announce ?
19. what time was the squall ?
20. where ?

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER IX.

The appearance of the Cadurcis family on the limited stage of her life, and the engrossing society of her companion, had entirely distracted the thoughts of Venetia from a subject to which in old days they were constantly recurring, and that was her father. By a process which had often perplexed her, and which she could never succeed in analysing, there had arisen in her mind, without any ostensible agency on the part of her mother which she could distinctly recall, a conviction that this was a topic on which she was never to speak. This idea had once haunted her, and she had seldom found herself alone without almost unconsciously musing over it. Notwithstanding the unvarying kindness of Lady Annabel, she exercised over her child a complete and unquestioned control. Venetia was brought up with strictness, which was only not felt to be severe, because the system was founded on the most entire affection, but, fervent as her love was for her mother, it was equalled by her profound respect, which every word and action of Lady Annabel tended to maintain.

In all the confidential effusions with Plantagenet, Venetia had never dwelt upon this mysterious subject; indeed, in these conversations, when they treated of their real and not ideal life, Venetia was a mere recipient: all that she could communicate, Plantagenet could observe; he it was who avenged himself at these moments for his habitual silence before third persons; it was to Venetia that he poured forth all his soul, and she was never weary of hearing his stories about Morpeth, and all his sorrows, disgusts, and afflictions. There was scarcely an individual in that little town with whom, from his lively narratives, she was not familiar; and it was to her sympathising heart that he confided all his future hopes and prospects, and confessed the strong pride he experienced in being a Cadurcis, which from all others was studiously concealed. 1. Who had come into someone's life?
2. Into whose life?
numbered_answers: 1. the Cadurcis family
2. Venetia

The term Reconstruction Era, in the context of the history of the United States, has two senses: the first covers the complete history of the entire country from 1865 to 1877 following the American Civil War (1861 to 1865); the second sense focuses on the attempted transformation of the Southern United States from 1863 to 1877, as directed by Congress, with the reconstruction of state and society. With the three Reconstruction Amendments, the era saw the first amendments to the U.S. Constitution in decades.

Three visions of Civil War memory appeared during Reconstruction: the reconciliationist vision, which was rooted in coping with the death and devastation the war had brought; the white supremacist vision, which included terror and violence; and the emancipationist vision, which sought full freedom, citizenship and Constitutional equality for African Americans.

Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson both took moderate positions designed to bring the South back into the union as quickly as possible, while Radical Republicans in Congress sought stronger measures to upgrade the rights of African Americans, including the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, while curtailing the rights of former Confederates, such as through the provisions of the WadeDavis Bill. Johnson followed a lenient policy toward ex-Confederates. Lincoln's last speeches show that he was leaning toward supporting the enfranchisement of all freedmen, whereas Johnson was opposed to this. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. How many ways did we look at the Reconstruction Era?
2. What years does the first one span?
3. What event preceded this?
4. When was that?
5. How much of the country does this version cover?
6. What part does the other version concern?
7. What years?
8. Who was trying change the south?
9. What did they use?
10. How many?
11. What were they amending?
12. How long had it been since it was amended?
13. What kind of position did Lincoln have?
14. What did he want to reunite?
15. With what?
16. How fast?
17. Who shared this idea?
18. What did Congress want to do for African Americans?
19. What was one amendment that would do that?
20. What bill was about former Confederates?
Answer:
1. two
2. 1865-1877
3. American Civil War
4. 1861 to 1865
5. the entire country
6. the attempted transformation of the Southern United States
7. 1863-1877
8. Congress
9. Reconstruction Amendments
10. three
11. the U.S. Constitution
12. in decades
13. moderate
14. the union
15. the South
16. as quickly as possible
17. Andrew Johnson
18. upgrade their rights
19. Fourteenth Amendment
20. WadeDavis Bill