CHAPTER II--A JACOBITE WAIF

'Sac now he's o'er the floods sae gray, And Lord Maxwell has ta'en his good-night.'

LORD MAXWELL'S _Good-night_.

Madame La Comtesse de Bourke was by no means a helpless fine lady. She had several times accompanied her husband on his expeditions, and had only not gone with him to Madrid because he did not expect to be long absent, and she sorely rued the separation.

She was very busy in her own room, superintending the packing, and assisting in it, when her own clever fingers were more effective than those of her maids. She was in her _robe de chambre_, a dark blue wrapper, embroidered with white, and put on more neatly than was always the case with French ladies in _deshabille_. The hoop, long stiff stays, rich brocade robe, and fabric of powdered hair were equally unsuitable to ease or exertion, and consequently were seldom assumed till late in the day, when the toilette was often made in public.

So Madame de Bourke's hair was simply rolled out of her way, and she appeared in her true colours, as a little brisk, bonny woman, with no actual beauty, but very expressive light gray eyes, furnished with intensely long black lashes, and a sweet, mobile, lively countenance.

Estelle was trying to amuse little Jacques, and prevent him from trotting between the boxes, putting all sorts of undesirable goods into them; and Ulysse had collected his toys, and was pleading earnestly that a headless wooden horse and a kite, twice as tall as himself, of Lanty's manufacture, might go with them.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who had Madame La comtesse de Bourke accompany on their missions?
2. What was she busy doing?
3. Was she considered a helpless lady?
4. What is it that Estelle was attempting to do?
5. and stopping him from doing what?
6. Who would Madame La comtesse de Bourked help with packing when they were having trouble?
7. Where was her husband at currently that she didn't go becuase he wasn't expected to have an long absence?
8. What was she considered unsuitable to ease or exertion?
9. What had Ulysses gathered?
10. Which ones was he begging to take with them?
11. What color were Madame de Bourke's eyes?
12. What was the manufacture/brand of the kite of Ulysse's?
1. Her husband.
2. Superintending the packing.
3. No.
4. Trying to amuse little Jacques.
5. Trotting between the boxes.
6. Her maids.
7. Madrid.
8. Fabric of powdered hair.
9. His toys,
10. A headless wooden horse.
11. Light gray.
12. Lanty.