CHAPTER XX

IN THE GEVANGENHUIS

When Adrian left the factory he ran on to the house in the Bree Straat.

"Oh! what has happened?" said his mother as he burst into the room where she and Elsa were at work.

"They are coming for him," he gasped. "The soldiers from the Gevangenhuis. Where is he? Let him escape quickly--my stepfather."

Lysbeth staggered and fell back into her chair.

"How do you know?" she asked.

At the question Adrian's head swam and his heart stood still. Yet his lips found a lie.

"I overheard it," he said; "the soldiers are attacking Foy and Martin in the factory, and I heard them say that they were coming here for him."

Elsa moaned aloud, then she turned on him like a tiger, asking:

"If so, why did you not stay to help them?"

"Because," he answered with a touch of his old pomposity, "my first duty was towards my mother and you."

"He is out of the house," broke in Lysbeth in a low voice that was dreadful to hear. "He is out of the house, I know not where. Go, son, and search for him. Swift! Be swift!"

So Adrian went forth, not sorry to escape the presence of these tormented women. Here and there he wandered to one haunt of Dirk's after another, but without success, till at length a noise of tumult drew him, and he ran towards the sound. Presently he was round the corner, and this was what he saw.

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. Where did Adrian run to?
2. Who is coming for Adrian's stepdad?
3. Did Adrian say something false?
4. Was Adrian glad to leave Elsa and Lisbeth?
5. What did he see around the corner?
6. Who, according to Adrian, were military men attacking?
7. Where?
8. Does Lysbeth know where Adrian's stepdad is?
9. Where did Adrian go after talking to the women?
10. Did he find his stepfather anywhere there?
11. Did something capture his attention?
12. What?
13. True or False: Adrian fled from what he heard.
14. What animal is Elsa likened to?
15. What Chapter is this passage part of?
16. What is the title of the chapter?
17. What did Lysbeth sit in?
18. Did Adrian's mind feel clear?
19. Did his pulse race?
1. to the house in the Bree Straat.
2. The soldiers from the Gevangenhuis
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. unknown
6. Foy and Martin
7. in the factory
8. No
9. to one haunt of Dirk's after another,
10. No
11. Yes
12. a noise of tumult
13. False
14. tiger
15. XX
16. IN THE GEVANGENHUIS
17. chair.
18. No
19. No