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CHAPTER SIX.

KENNETH INDULGES IN SUSPICIONS AND SURMISES.

"Will you walk or ride?" said Kenneth Stuart as he and Gildart issued from Seaside Villa, and sauntered down the avenue that led to the principal gate.

"Ride, by all means," said Gildart, "if you have a respectable horse. I love to ride, not only on the 'bursting tide,' but on the back of a thoroughbred, if he's not too tough in the mouth, and don't incline to shy."

Kenneth replied that he had a mount to give him, which, although not quite thoroughbred, was nevertheless a good animal, and not addicted to the bad qualities objected to.

As he spoke Daniel Horsey walked up, and, touching his hat, asked if the horses would be required.

"Yes, Dan. Is Bucephalus none the worse of last night's work?"

"Niver a taste, sur. He's like a lark this mornin'."

"Well, saddle him, and also the brown horse. Bring them both over to Captain Bingley's as soon as you can."

"Yis, sur." Dan touched his cap, and walked smartly away.

"Why to my father's?" asked Gildart.

"Because, after your father and Miss Gordon were exposed to such unwonted fatigue, I wish to inquire for them personally."

"Humph! you're not satisfied with my assurance that they are well?"

"Not quite, my boy," said Kenneth, with a smile; "I wish to have the assurance from the lips of your sweet cousin."

"Whew! in love!" exclaimed Gildart.

"No; not in love _yet_," replied the other; "but, to change the subject, did you observe the manner in which my father received the news of the arrival of the 'Hawk?'"

1. Did Kenneth have a mount for Gildart?
2. What was the name of the one he had in mind?
3. What was he like this morning?
4. Did he apparently do a lot of work the previous night?
5. Who was the source that gave Bucephalus' status?
6. Who asked if horses would be required?
7. Who touched his hate when he walked up to Kenneth?
8. Is it known if anyone bullied him as a child for having such a silly name?
9. Where did Ken and Gildart issue from?
10. What did they saunter down together?
11. What did Gildart decide he wanted to do?
12. But only if Kenneth had what?
13. Does he like to swing underneath a horse?
14. Where does he like to be?
15. Is he a bit of a snob about the horse's breeding?
16. Whose father are they going to see?
17. Other than Gildart's father, who was exposed to unwonted fatique?
18. What does Kenneth wish to do to them first-hand?
19. Did Kenneth trust Gildart's assurances?
20. Does it sound like Kenneth wants to perve on Gildart's cousin?
21. Is Kenneth in love?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. yes
2. Bucephalus
3. a lark
4. yes
5. Captain Bingley
6. Gildart
7. Daniel
8. unknown
9. seaside villa
10. the avenue
11. to ride
12. a respectable horse.
13. NO
14. the back
15. YES
16. Gildart.
17. Miss Gordon
18. hear their assurance
19. no
20. yes
21. Not yet

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London, England (CNN) -- UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has ordered a full review of security measures at UK airports following the attempted Detroit plane bombing on December 25.

In a statement published Friday on the prime minister's official Web site, Brown said the UK government will be working with the U.S. to "examine a range of new techniques to enhance airport security systems beyond traditional measures, such as pat-down searches and sniffer dogs."

These new measures might include using "explosive trace technology, full body scanners and advanced x-ray technology."

Writing on the first day of a new decade, Brown issued a reminder of the ongoing threat posed by international terrorism.

"The new decade," he said, "is starting as the last began -- with al Qaeda creating a climate of fear. These enemies of democracy and freedom... are concealing explosives in ways which are more difficult to detect."

The Detroit incident highlighted an "urgent" need to tighten airport security measures, Brown said.

"The UK," Brown said, "will continually explore the most sophisticated devices capable of identifying explosives, guns, knives and other such items anywhere on the body."

The alleged plane bomber, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab is believed to have concealed explosives in his underwear.

The 23-year-old Nigerian is thought to have linked up with an al Qaeda group based in Yemen after attending the UK's University College London.

Brown said the plot was a reminder of al Qaeda's increasing influence away from "better-known homes of international terror such as Pakistan and Afghanistan."

1. When did the primie minster write?
2. what incident was he responding to?
3. what did the event show was needed?
4. How many different types of thing will devices search for?
5. what are they?
6. when was his comments published?
7. where?
8. where will the new devices be searching for explosives?
9. who are the uk going to work with?
10. what traditional search methods are listed?
11. who is creating something bad?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. on the first day of a new decade
2. the attempted Detroit plane bombing on December 25.
3. an "urgent" need to tighten airport security
4. three
5. explosives, guns, knives
6. Friday
7. on the prime minister's Web site
8. anywhere on the body
9. the U.S.
10. pat-down searches and sniffer dogs.
11. al Qaeda

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Sen. Ted Cruz slammed the White House on Tuesday for a "failure of leadership" as President Barack Obama prepares to nominate his administration's fourth defense secretary.

The Texas Republican, who is considering a 2016 run in hopes of heading his own White House administration, called the unusually high turnover at the helm of the Defense Department emblematic of a White House that puts politics above U.S. national security.

"It seems what the administration is looking for is a defense secretary who will follow the orders of a political White House rather than focus on defending the national security interests of this country," Cruz said. "At a time when the threats are this grave, we shouldn't see turnover at the Defense Department than one has at a typical Burger King."

Cruz said he did not know Ashton Carter, the former No. 2 man at the Pentagon who is expected to be Obama's nominee to succeed Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, but Cruz said he looks forward to learning more about Carter and his "good reputation."

But Cruz emphasized he was unsettled to see several potential picks pull their names out of the running to head the department, including former Pentagon official Michele Flournoy and Sen. Jack Reed.

"It says something that so many people are saying, 'No, thank you, I don't want to serve in an administration that overrides the Defense Department, that treats the defense secretary as subservient to political lackeys in the White House," Cruz said.

Cruz made the remarks Tuesday at an event cosponsored by Concerned Veterans of America and the conservative publication The Weekly Standard during which he bore out his hawkish foreign policy and staked out positions starkly in contrast to Obama.

1. How many Secretaries of Defense has the President already nominated during this term?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. three