CHAPTER XI

"My dears," Lady Amesbury said, as she stood surrounded by her guests on the hearth rug of her drawing-room, "you know what my Sunday night dinner parties are--all sorts and plenty of them, and never a dull man or a plain woman if I can help it. To-night I've got a new man. He's not much to look at, but they tell me he's a multimillionaire and making all the poor people of the country miserable. He's doing something about making bread dearer. I never did understand these things."

"Heavens, you don't mean Peter Phipps!" Sarah exclaimed.

"His very name," her aunt declared. "How did you guess it, my dear? Here he is. Be quiet, all of you, and watch Grover announce him. He's such a snob--Grover. He hates a Mister, anyhow, and 'Peter Phipps' will dislocate his tongue."

Lady Amesbury was disappointed. Grover had marched with the times, and the presence of a millionaire made itself felt. His announcement was sonorous and respectful. Mr. Peter Phipps made his bow to his hostess under completely auspicious circumstances.

"So kind of you not to forget, Mr. Phipps," she murmured. "My Sunday parties are always _viva voce_ invitations, and what between not remembering whom I've asked, and not knowing whether those I've asked will remember, I generally find it horribly difficult to arrange the places. We are all right tonight, though. Only two missing. Who are they, Sarah?"

"Josephine and Mr. Wingate," Sarah replied, with a covert glance at Phipps.

"Of course! And thank goodness, here they are! Together, too! If there's anything I love, it's to start one of my dinners with a scandal. Josephine, did you bring Mr. Wingate or did he bring you?" What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who addressed the crowd?
2. Where were they?
3. On what night were they meeting?
4. Who was normally not invited to her parties?
5. Who was the new guest?
6. Was he handsome?
7. Why was he invited, then?
8. Who is shocked by the announcement?
9. Is she related to Lady Amesbury?
10. Did she seem happy to hear Peter was coming?
11. Who announced his arrival?
12. How did Lady Amesbury describe him?
13. Was his introduction rude?
14. How did Peter greet Lady Amesbury?
15. Which two guests arrived together?
16. Was Lady Amesbury excited to see them?
17. Why?
Answer: 1. Lady Amesbury
2. In her drawing room
3. Sunday
4. Dull men or plain women
5. Peter Phipps
6. No
7. He was a multimillionaire
8. Sarah
9. Yes
10. No
11. Grover
12. Snob
13. No
14. He bowed
15. Josephine and Wingate
16. Yes
17. She liked scandal

CHAPTER III--WIN AND SLOW

'The rude will shuffle through with ease enough: Great schools best suit the sturdy and the rough.'

COWPER.

At school Griffith was very happy, and brilliantly successful, alike in study and sport, though sports were not made prominent in those days, and triumphs in them were regarded by the elders with doubtful pride, lest they should denote a lack of attention to matters of greater importance. All his achievements were, however, poured forth by himself and Clarence to Emily and me, and we felt as proud of them as if they had been our own.

Clarence was industrious, and did not fail in his school work, but when he came home for the holidays there was a cowed look about him, and private revelations were made over my sofa that made my flesh creep. The scars were still visible, caused by having been compelled to grasp the bars of the grate bare-handed; and, what was worse, he had been suspended outside a third story window by the wrists, held by a schoolfellow of thirteen!

'But what was Griff about?' I demanded, with hot tears of indignation.

'Oh, Win!--that's what they call him, and me Slow--he said it would do me good. But I don't think it did, Eddy. It only makes my heart beat fit to choke me whenever I go near the passage window.'

I could only utter a vain wish that I had been there and able to fight for him, and I attacked Griff on the subject on the first opportunity. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Did Griffith like school?
2. What about sports?
3. Was he good at school?
4. Did he work hard?
5. Did Clarence get good grades?
6. Why was he home?
7. Who did he tell something to?
8. Was it something he was upset about?
9. Had he been bullied?
10. Was he injured?
11. What was he holding onto?
12. did he have gloves on?
13. Who was holding his wrists?
14. How old was he?
15. Where was he hanging from?
16. What did the nickname him?
17. What do they call Griffith?
18. What's his nickname at school?
19. Did he help Clarence?
20. Did Griff get talked to about this later?
Answer: 1. yes
2. he was good at them
3. yes
4. yes
5. yes
6. the holidays
7. yes
8. yes
9. yes
10. they were
11. the bars of the grate
12. no
13. a schoolfellow
14. thirteen
15. a third story window
16. Win
17. Griff
18. Win
19. no
20. yes

Torx (pronounced ), developed in 1967 by Camcar Textron, is the trademark for a type of screw head characterized by a 6-point star-shaped pattern. A popular generic name for the drive is "star", as in star screwdriver or star bits. The official generic name, standardized by the International Organization for Standardization as ISO 10664, is hexalobular internal. This is sometimes abbreviated in databases and catalogs as 6lobe (starting with numeral, "6", not a capital letter, "G"). Torx Plus is an improved head profile.

Torx screws are commonly found on automobiles, motorcycles, bicycle brake systems (disc brakes), hard disk drives, computer systems and consumer electronics. Initially, they were sometimes used in applications requiring tamper resistance, since the drive systems and screwdrivers were not widely available; as drivers became more common, tamper-resistant variants, as described below, were developed. Torx screws are also becoming increasingly popular in construction industries.

By design, Torx head screws resist cam-out better than Phillips head or slot head screws. Whereas Phillips heads were allegedly designed to "cause" the driver to cam out, to prevent overtightening, Torx heads were designed to "prevent" cam-out. The development of better torque-limiting automatic screwdrivers for use in factories allowed this change. Rather than rely on the tool to slip out of the screw head when a desired torque level is reached (which risks damage to the driver tip, screw head, and/or workpiece), torque-limiting driver designs achieve a desired torque consistently. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. When was Torx created?
2. by who?
3. Is it trademarked?
4. What is it?
5. What's special about it?
6. What do people like to call it?
7. Why?
8. Is there an official generic name?
9. What is it?
10. Does this have a shortened version?
11. What/
12. Who made this the official name?
13. Are there other types of screw heads?
14. What are they?
15. Which one makes the driver cam out?
16. Why?
17. What do Torx stop?
18. What does a slot head do best?
19. Where are Torx starting to get more popular?
20. Do you see them on cars?
Answer:
1. 1967
2. Camcar Textron,
3. yes
4. a type of screw head
5. a 6-point star-shaped pattern
6. star
7. as in star screwdriver
8. Yes
9. hexalobular internal
10. Yes
11. 6lobe
12. International Organization for Standardization
13. Yes
14. Phillips head or slot head screws
15. Phillips heads
16. to prevent overtightening
17. cam-out.
18. achieve a desired torque consistently.
19. in construction industries.
20. Yes