Question: CHAPTER VII

The 2d of September

Victor de Gisons was, as usual, waiting near the door when Harry left Louise Moulin's.

"What is the news, Henri? Nothing suspicious, I hope? You are out sooner than usual."

"Yes, for I have something to think of. Here have we been planning in vain for the last fortnight to hit upon some scheme for getting our friends out of prison, and Jeanne has pointed out a way which you and I never thought of."

"What is that, Henri?"

"The simplest thing in the world, namely, that we should seize one of the leaders of these villains and compel him to sign an order for their release."

"That certainly seems possible," Victor said. "I wonder it never occurred to either of us. But how is it to be done?"

"Ah, that is for us to think out! Jeanne has given us the idea, and we should be stupid if we cannot invent the details. In the first place we have got to settle which of them it had better be, and in the next how it is to be managed. It must be some one whose signature the people at the prison would be sure to obey."

"Then," Victor said, "it must be either Danton or Robespierre."

"Or Marat," Harry added; "I think he is as powerful as either of the others."

"He is the worst of them, anyhow," Victor said. "There is something straightforward about Danton. No doubt he is ambitious, but I think his hatred of us all is real. He is a terrible enemy, and will certainly stick at nothing. He is ruthless and pitiless, but I do not think he is double-faced. Robespierre is ambitious too, but I think he is really acting according to his principles, such as they are. He would be pitiless too, but he would murder on principle. 1. Was someone plotting something?
2. What was it?
3. Who suggested that?
4. Who pointed out her idea?
5. Was he sharing this with Louise?
6. Who was he speaking to?
7. Had they visited Louise together?
8. Had the idea ever crossed their minds before now?
9. What was the idea?
10. How would they do that?
11. Was it an elaborate plan?
12. Could they agree on a target?
13. Who did Victor suggest?
14. What about Harry?
15. Why him?
16. According to whom?
17. What about Danton?
18. Is he a determined person that sees things through?
19. Who is driven?
20. Where was someone waiting initially? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. yes
2. getting friends out of prison,
3. Jeanne
4. Henri
5. no
6. Victor
7. No
8. No
9. Get a leader to sign a release
10. seize one
11. No
12. no
13. Danton or Robespierre.
14. Marat
15. He is the worst
16. Victor
17. ruthless and pitiless
18. no
19. Robespierre
20. the door

Question: Connie Talbot was born on November 20th, 2000. She is an English child singer from Streetly, West Midlands. She is best known for being on "Britain's Got Talent"(<<>> )when she was just six. She has been singing since she was 19 months old. The song she is most known for is Somewhere over the Rainbow. And now she is touring the country with the UK's biggest children's choir--Young Voices. Do you know what the Young Voices Tour is? Well, it's a great event for children. It is great for them to sing on a big stage with thousands of other children. Everyone waits for the parents to arrive in the evening to watch the children put on a great show. There is so much fun. When the lights turn on, everyone sings together at the same time as one. It's so loud and powerful . Connie loves looking around at the choir and seeing everyone so happy when she was performing. "We've heard you got a new Guinness world record!" I asked her. "Yes! I am very proud. It was amazing to get the Guinness world record for the biggest choir at the back of a singer. I am glad to share that world record with more than 6000 other children present that day," she answered. 1. How old was Talbot on Britain's Got Talent?
2. Who was with her to get the world record?
3. When was she born?
4. What is the Young Voices Tour?
5. What song is she best known for?
6. Was she 2 years old when she began singing?
7. Are the parents there at the tour event?
8. Where is Connie from?
9. Who asked her about the world record?
10. How did she feel about getting the record? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. six
2. more than 6000 other children
3. November 20th, 2000
4. a great event for children
5. Somewhere over the Rainbow
6. no
7. yes
8. Streetly, West Midlands
9. I
10. amazing

Question: CHAPTER XXXI. AN INTERLUDE

It was close on midnight now, and still they sat opposite one another, he the friend and she the wife, talking over that brief half-hour that had meant an eternity to her.

Marguerite had tried to tell Sir Andrew everything; bitter as it was to put into actual words the pathos and misery which she had witnessed, yet she would hide nothing from the devoted comrade whom she knew Percy would trust absolutely. To him she repeated every word that Percy had uttered, described every inflection of his voice, those enigmatical phrases which she had not understood, and together they cheated one another into the belief that hope lingered somewhere hidden in those words.

"I am not going to despair, Lady Blakeney," said Sir Andrew firmly; "and, moreover, we are not going to disobey. I would stake my life that even now Blakeney has some scheme in his mind which is embodied in the various letters which he has given you, and which--Heaven help us in that case!--we might thwart by disobedience. Tomorrow in the late afternoon I will escort you to the Rue de Charonne. It is a house that we all know well, and which Armand, of course, knows too. I had already inquired there two days ago to ascertain whether by chance St. Just was not in hiding there, but Lucas, the landlord and old-clothes dealer, knew nothing about him."

Marguerite told him about her swift vision of Armand in the dark corridor of the house of Justice. 1. What time was it now?
2. did they still sit opposite each other?
3. how long did they talk?
4. was she the friend?
5. who did Percy trust completely?
6. did she try telling everything to andrew?
7. whose words did you repeat?
8. did percy use enigmatical phrases?
9. who did sir andrew escort to Rue de Charonne?
10. did andrew despair?
11. did he say they would obey?
12. who else knew about the house?
13. how long ago did andrew ask if St.Just was hiding at Charonne?
14. did he ask lucas about him?
15. who had a vision?
16. who did she have a vision about?
17. was he in the corridor? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. close to midnight
2. yes
3. a half-hour
4. no ,he was
5. Sir Andrew
6. definitely
7. Percy's
8. yes
9. Lady Blakeney
10. no
11. in the double negative, yes
12. everyone
13. two days ago
14. he did
15. Marguerite
16. of Armand
17. indeed