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

Wingate, notwithstanding his iron nerve, awoke with a start, in the grey of the following morning, to find his heart pounding against his ribs and a chill sense of horror stealing into his brain. Nothing had happened or was happening except that one cry,--the low, awful cry of a man in agony. He sat up, switched on the electric light by his side and gazed at the round table, his fingers clenched around the butt of his pistol. Dredlinton, from whom had come the sound, had fallen with his head and shoulders upon the table. His face was invisible, only there crept from his hidden lips a faint repetition of the cry,--the hideous sob, it might have been, as of a spirit descending into hell. Then there was silence. Phipps was sitting bolt upright, his eyes wide open, motionless but breathing heavily. He seemed to be in a state of coma, neither wholly asleep nor wholly conscious. Rees was leaning as far back in his chair as his cords permitted. His patch of high colour had gone; there was an ugly twist to his mouth, a livid tinge in his complexion, but nevertheless he slept. Wingate rose to his feet and watched. Phipps seemed keyed up to suffering. Dredlinton showed no sign. Their gaoler strolled up to the table.

"There is the bread there, Phipps," he said, "a breakfast tray outside and some coffee. How goes it?"

Phipps turned his leaden face. His eyes glowed dully.

"Go to hell!" he muttered. 1. Who was sleeping?
2. Was he easily frightened?
3. How did he feel when he woke?
4. What did he hear?
5. Where was it coming from?
6. Where were the men?
7. What does the gaoler offer them?
8. Does Phipps appreciate the offer?
9. Was Phipps asleep?
10. Was he entirely awake?
11. So what did he seem to be like?
12. Was Rees asleep?
13. What shape was the table?
14. Was Rees tied up?
15. What was in Wingate's hand?
16. Did Wingate stay in bed?
17. What time of day does the scene take place?
18. Is it a bright morning?
19. Did something occur while Wingate was asleep?
numbered_answers: 1. Wingate
2. No
3. terrified
4. a low, awful cry
5. Dredlinton
6. A gaol
7. bread and coffee
8. No
9. No
10. No
11. in a state of coma
12. Yes
13. it was round
14. Yes
15. a pistol
16. No
17. morning
18. no
19. No

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

TREATS OF OUR HERO'S EARLY LIFE, AND TOUCHES ON DOMESTIC MATTERS.

William Osten was a wanderer by nature. He was born with a thirst for adventure that nothing could quench, and with a desire to rove that nothing could subdue.

Even in babyhood, when his limbs were fat and feeble, and his visage was round and red, he displayed his tendency to wander in ways and under circumstances that other babies never dreamt of. He kept his poor mother in a chronic fever of alarm, and all but broke the heart of his nurse, long before he could walk, by making his escape from the nursery over and over again, on his hands and knees; which latter bore constant marks of being compelled to do the duty of feet in dirty places.

Baby Will never cried. To have heard him yell would have rejoiced the hearts of mother and nurse, for that would have assured them of his being near at hand and out of mischief--at least not engaged in more than ordinary mischief. But Baby Will was a natural philosopher from his birth. He displayed his wisdom by holding his peace at all times, except when very hard pressed by hunger or pain, and appeared to regard life in general in a grave, earnest, inquiring spirit. Nevertheless, we would not have it understood that Will was a slow, phlegmatic baby. By no means. His silence was deep, his gravity profound, and his earnestness intense, so that, as a rule, his existence was unobtrusive. But his energy was tremendous. What he undertook to do he usually did with all his might and main--whether it was the rending of his pinafore or the smashing of his drum! 1. where would he escape from as a baby?
2. did he do this just once?
3. what was he by nature?
4. was he skinny as a baby?
5. how was his body?
6. what about his limbs?
7. did he cry a lot?
8. would it make everyone happy if he did?
9. why?
10. did his mother worry about him?
11. what was he from the time he was born?
12. when would he not have peace?
13. did he have a lot of energy?
14. what would he do with his drum?
15. what was he thirsty for?
16. could he walk when escaping from the nursery?
17. how would he do it?
18. what is said about his silence?
19. what did he display by being peaceful?
20. what did he regard life in?
numbered_answers: 1. the nursery
2. no
3. wanderer
4. no
5. round and red
6. fat and feeble
7. no
8. yes
9. that would have assured them of his being near at hand
10. yes
11. philosopher
12. when very hard pressed by hunger or pain
13. yes
14. smash it
15. adventure
16. no
17. on his hands and knees
18. it was deep
19. his wisdom
20. a grave, earnest, inquiring spirit.

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

PERCY HEARS SOMETHING.

Ralph was not much alarmed when Percy Paget went over and disappeared beneath the waters of the lake. He knew the young aristocrat could swim. Moreover, the end of the rowboat was within easy reach.

Percy let out one yell, and then went under. The yell was not one of fright over his safety, but over the thought that all of his elegant clothing would be wet through and through.

He made a great splashing when he came up, and soon grasped the gunwale of his boat.

"You rascal!" he spluttered. "Just wait till I settle with you!"

"It's your own fault that you went overboard," retorted Ralph. "I sincerely hope that it cures your fiery temper."

"Don't talk to me!"

"All right, I won't," and without another word Ralph walked off, leaving Percy to get out of his predicament as best he could.

The young aristocrat was fearfully angry when he at last drew himself out of the lake. His hat had floated off, and he was compelled to row away from shore for it. By the time he came back Ralph had disappeared.

"I'll fix him for that!" muttered the young bully, hotly. "I'll fix him, see if I don't!"

It made Percy doubly angry to think that Ralph had been so richly rewarded for stopping the runaway team. Percy thought a good deal of Julia Carrington, and he fondly hoped that the young and beautiful girl regarded him with equal favor. He would have been disagreeably surprised had he known the exact truth. 1. who was not surprised?
2. about what?
3. was he able to swim?
4. did he yell?
5. was he drowning?
6. why was he yelling?
7. what kind of clothes were they?
8. did he go under water?
9. what did he grab onto?
10. what did he say?
11. who was he mad at?
12. why?
numbered_answers:
1. Ralph
2. hen Percy Paget went over and disappeared in the lake
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. No
6. His clothing would be wet
7. Elegant
8. Yes
9. The gunwale of his boat
10. "You rascal!"
11. Ralph
12. He'd caused him to go overboard