Chapter FiEty-Five (55).

branches, hoping to find her there. “Call again,” he

hra: tt file, ltoudiy In faind lio: dc». “b:I! I o'gein,” hi:

cried, and this time he could hear that her voice came
hraid, end his taiui hi: God dia dat. he: •oais Beinn

from one of the big old oaks standing by the path. She
from wan zv d» l›ig oold oubs slanJiy hai da pa : f. |i:

had found a hole in a hollow tree, big enough for her

had fun nd o houl in » haloii tri:, hiy i'nx f fz ha:

to get in through. When he found her, he saw that

ta get in rim:. Ineeii hi: fau»d Iia:, lii: .‹a: âsl

there was almost room enough inside the hollow tree

âeâ 7U6fi 9:lmniisI rim. iii i'ii.sf insaid âa liJl‹›ii tri.

for six people, or for two armchairs, as Marion suggested.

fo siks ¿i:¿I, a: fo in : 'a: m'I fso•, o• iit‹rrion sa'd feel i‹l.

“But now comes the difficult part of it,” Marion said.

“bat liar Louis âa Ji fihall f›‹i: I az' it.” iii‹eriaH .«’‹I.

“How am I going to get out of here again? When I

“h‹iii am ai yo1iiy ta get out ate hiar a'(jriii.’ Ii”«'‹’ii ‹ii

was standing outside, I could reach a branch above the

was- st‹endiy nut'said, ‹ii kid ri:I f o l›rii: ii f o'1›.iv ‹lo

hole, but when I had got in, I found that the bottom
/totif, fiat hwcii at h.oil yet tit, at fauna hat be 1›.ila m

of the hole inside the tree was deeper than I thought.

cv be houl itisaitl âo tri: -‹'vap• ‹li: pa ‹1.s ii ‹ii )a: 1.

I shouldn’t like to get a hole in my new frock, getting

oi Judnt laib to get o Jmul iii mai it jn : [i .ik , ‹jcl iiJ

out. Will you help me, please?” she asked.

ant. wil yii: hel p in i: , mli. z?” /i: a.'.‹1 f.

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“Not until you’ve listened to what .I want to tell you,

young lady,” Storm laughed. “Oh, I don’t think you're

j s y Icier,” sly: m la: f t. “oii, ai dohut fiyh jug

nice at all,” Marion said. “In the old days, true gentle-
iatx of u . /,” ni‹rriati sed. “in bi ould deiz, tru: d yenll-

men who were asked to help ladies in danger always

mbit /oi.' wa:r a: sit to hel p leidig- tit deind$o o:lwoz

mounted their horses at once and rode off to bring help

imiu ntiil bro liu.’sis ct te. its an rond a: f to hri hel p

without talking first.”

“That's all very well, but it only takes us away from

" b‹cI.‹ .i.1 vert i‹!el, l›ot ii ounli tribe as a'ivei from

what we were talking about when you left me so

suddenly. What was it I was going to say when you

s.•dnli. hwo I iva• it ai zt!o•• youth to sei htr en ju:

ran off? — Oh, yes, now I know. Will you marry me?”

“Is that your price for helping me out?” Marion asked

in- fat j.›. prats fo fief pig ai: ant.!” marion a:skt

with a smile. “I’m afraid it is,” he answered very

-‹twit) o email. “aim •'f reid it iz,” hi: a:used vert

seriously. “Oh, well — then I shall have to, I suppose,”

.‹iariasli. “on, •‹vel — bett at fol h‹r tu, at co'pouz,”

Marion said. With a laugh, he lifted her out of her

rim:criati se‹l. tt'ib a lii : f, hi: li ftid he:r ant cv he:

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hollow tree, and arm in arm they continued up the

liUnit tri: , anal a: m iii n. m dci hoti'tiii jii :d .i p be

hill. A little higher up, they came to the brook that

Url. a lill ltnior .i/, dci l'riin ta d (›rul• dat

b' the farmer’s wife had spoken of. Here some of the
p p be fa : ma• •«!iii{ half .Unit/iii .i‹'. /i ia som cv be

roots of the trees were above the ground, and in some

init:/s a‹' da tri:z era:r a'6.ir lJ granted, and itt suit

places the water of the brook had washed the earth

p/r'xi_ da •‹iia: for Pti da hrii L' 6a‹f tuu// di J.’

away round the roots, so that they 1ay like brown, wet
a’“‹k'ei rauti‹l âa rii: Is, sotf fat âci Iri loll l›r‹it‹ti, lI8l

snakes on the ground. “Let me help you to jump

.wteibs art be ‹JrRuii‹l ‹ lrt mi: lirl ju: to d ¿.s m p

across,” Storm said to Marion. “It’s a little wider here

than I thought, and I’m afraid that your feet will slip

on the wet stonesg.” She took Storm s hand, and it

was a good thing that she did, for just as she was
«'a_ ‹0 Cyril )ig bsl fi: ‹lix, f a d est o - |i: E8-"

going to jump, her foot slipped, and she would have

‹J‹m ii) to il f.i m p, lt o: {tit Eli pl, an‹l li -• •‹l lt o"o

fallen if he had not supported her.

fJ. lii if li i: lta‹l 1i It .\a’fifl' till lI6:.

At last they reached the top if the hill, where the

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tower stood. “Doesn't it cost anything to go up

there?” Storm asked. “No, it’s quite free,” Clarion

d°a.’” sts:ni o:sit. “tion. ifs biu‹ii/ /ri:,” nnrriao

answered. “It's funny — you’re not the first foreigner

a : nso‹l. “its f Eni — jna mat do Jo. st faritia

I've heard ask that question. Does it seem so strange

air ha:d a: st b‹r t I•west foti. d.n • ii st: iti soft slreitid$

to you that it should be free of charge?' “Oh, I

lo ju.’ dat it la‹l hi.’ fri: av t fa:d $?'” “on, at

don't know,” he answered. “But you are usually

‹/omii/ nom,” lii: ‹i: tiso‹l. “ hat ju: a: ,‘u: ffuoli

surprised, as a tourist, to find something that is free

of charge.”

“Now, let's go up,” he continued, mounting the narrow

“rum, let.‹ you .i/›,” /t i.' l'aii‘/iiiJii.'‹I, Oman titiy be micron

stairs of the tower. “Look, out there, at the bottom

,s/.' ac a‹' da lame. “Int', nut dra, a/ la batottt

of the valley, is the Thames,” Marion said. “It looks

o-‹• ba -‹'‹eli, i• do tetii -,” nuerioii sed. “it luhs

no bigger than a brook from here, so it must be farther

nom l›i‹Jo dcii o liriik from ltil, son ii ma.\t lvi: fa. dir

away than I thought,” Storm replied. “And what is

a'tc'ri dan ‹ii /J:/,” sfJ: tit ri'plaid. “an /t‹t'J/ i_

that white spot over there on the hill — is it a tent,

/J
b‹et li-«'‹iit s p3 I oii•‹'o brar art ba ltil — ip- ii o tciit.

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I wonder?” “No, it’s too big for that. I think it is

ai z\'.\ii‹la?” “ito«, i.ts /H: big fa â‹et. ‹ii fiiijh it in

chalk. Between London and the south coast there are

/J.›. 1'. /›i'/‹t'i. ii /.xii‹fan an da saoJ houst dry

many chalk hills. You can see the white chalk hills
mciii I|y: k hile-. ju: kaii .‹i: be liwait I|a: 1: hil-

from the boat, when you cross the Channel, coming

/raiii da Sent, /rt‹'eii yet: lms d» I f‹rM, ñ.unit

from France to England. But I think there really is

from fra:its tu iyyloit‹l. hat ‹ii fiyl!• br o riali i-

a tent down there, at the foot of the hill.”

“What fun those fellows must be having! I’ve often

lived in a tent myself at home, with one or two of my

/iz't ill a tell t iiiai'seIf at h0tt III, 7t/f@ zu.Ill 8 tti .” a‹’ iiiui

friends. It’s a fine way to spend your holidays,”

freii‹l•. iis o fain -«•‹•i to s feii‹l ja: li ali‹li -.”

Storm said. “Is it?” Marion asked. “It seems to

sta:ni sed. “i• il .!” iiicerion ‹i:sit. “il si: mv- In

me that it must be a rather cold and wet aftair. A

m-i hot it iitast lvi: a ra:be Would bit wet o'f‹• a.

tent is a poor cover when it rains.” “Not if the tent

Hut i a $tia 1.sea /i‹c'‹*if ii reitig-.” “nil i ‹la lriil

is made of good canvas,” Storm replied. “Mine is

!‘- niet‘d av gu‹:1 I anvos, :m ri'plni‹l. inaiii i•-
made of the same kind of canvas as they use for tents
mei’J da sciitt §qi ;t d ar /•'enraJ fñ dci yii:y J8 I € ti IS
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in the army, and I'm sure you couldn’t wish for a wish for = want
irt di a:nti, and aim /ua ju: éudiit zcs/ /ar
a

better cover against the rain than my tent. I once

heto k. ver o'yrinst be rein dao ikiai tent. ‹it wins

slept in it when it was raining hard; outside, the water

.ilr pt in it hweii it we• reiniy ha:d, 'aut'said, be wa:to
pour = rain very
was pouring down on the roof of the tent, but, inside, hard
«to• pa:ri y da14 II :f It dd rH! dN ba tent, hot, 'in'said,

it was quite dry.”

it z‹•o - hic'ait dr«i.”

“Well, I'm glad I don't live in a tent, all the same,”

“i’vel, aim ylad ai dount liv iki o tent, :):l be seiiti,”

Marion said. “I hope we shan't have to live in one

m‹ct-iatt sed. “at hon p tei: Ja: ti t he ta liv in wan

when we’re married. I’m a great lover of nature, but

li•«'eii -‹i ia in‹erid. aim a greit lever cv neit fo, boI

I do prefer to be able to return to a house with a

ui ‹lii. fu i'fa: to hi: eibl to ri'to:it tu o haus wib o

kitchen and a bathroom, and with warm and com-

bit/iit end a la:§r«iii, an t id try:in an bawt-

fortable rooms, when I’ve been out all day with the
folohl ru: m<•, hweti aiv hi.: it a tit a:f dei wib be

rain pouring down.”

t ciii fa:t-iJ daun.”

“You’d never make a good farmer’s wife,” Storm told

“/ti:I ›irra iueik o grid fa: tii a• wai f,” EU? ri.' Would

her. “No, but am I going to be one?” she smiled. “I

he:. “non, hot am at youiq to bi: wan.!” fi: stiiaild. “ai
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» n ju: ju: lied a fa:m ct Bourn.” “ai font,

but I'm a great lover of nature, and not just for a

forcot = very big day! I should like to walk for miles in a forest, with
wood dci! ai Jed lath to mo:b fo mailz in z forist, wib

no other company than the animals.” “Not even me?"

non adf ézingaiii dati di ‹rnimaf•.” "nat i:ran Eni:.*"

Marion interrupted. “No, you’d rather stay at home

tin:rri»n into'r plid. “non, ju:d ra:be stei ct honm

and play in the kitchen or lie in the bath all day, you
an /'/ei in da Gif/i›t a: /ci in da d‹i// I:I dei, ji‹:

just told me,” he laughed.

d ynst tould mi:,” lii: la: ft.

Hand in hand, they ran down the path towards the

hand in hand, bei rum daun ba pa: f to'wo: dz be

farm again. At the hollow tree Storm stopped to ask

fa:ni a'geiti. ct do halon tri: sta:44t JtJpt tu a:sk

Marion if she was still willing to become his wife.

"If not, I had better put you back into the tree,” he
“i f not, at had beta put ju: bab into b» tri:,” hi:

said to her. “Are you quite sure?” “Yes, quite

seJ t» h»:. “a: yu: Strait /ua.'” “yes, #wait

certain,” she answered. “Even if I was a tired and

sa:/n,” /i: o:mead. “i:can i/ ‹ii team a toizd ati

dirty farmer working all day in the fields to make

ill:ti fa: tno i‹'z.’fury a:l dci in bz fi:ldc to itieil•
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the soil of our farm better and better, and raising soil = earth
do soil w eoa /o:tn betor on beta, on reiziy

cows and pigs and sheep, and you had to be a farmer's

Your on figs an fi: p, on ju: had to hi. o fa:tn»z

wife and raise hens and sell the eggs in the market
waif on rein hens cii sel bi ego in ba rna:hit

every Saturday?”
e•‹•ri satodi.!”

“The way you say it, it sounds quite nice,” she

“be wei ju : set it, it sautid• bwait ttais,” fi:

answered. “Do you think I could make enough money

raising fowls to pay for a bathroom in our farm-

rei•i y f‹iuls- to Rei far o Isa.’frtitti in nun
'fo:m-

house?”
'ltniis.!”

They both laughed at this idea and continued their

bei hon f l‹i: ft ct his ai'dio otid h zn'tin ju: d hen

way. They soon saw the red brick walls of the house
icier dei .‹u : n sa: da red brib wa:lp• ay bz haus

again. The woman was standing at the window. A

a'yriii. da ‹c'iiniait u›ac st‹ctuIiy ct d» witulou. a

broad, kind smile appeared on her face when she saw

bra:d, koind email o'pied a ti hz: feis h•‹veti fi: sa:

Storm and Marion coming hand in hand. “There

std.° tkt And ›ii‹erian kxiiiiy h‹e›id in h‹end. “âea

you see, Marion,” Storm said, “'all the world loves

ju: si:, m‹r rion,” sts:m sed, “•a. I dz we:ld low
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a lover.’ Just look at her face! You would think

o 1.xva. d ff.est ltil o I he: feis! ju: trod ) iyk

that I had asked her and not you to marry me.”

âal ai had a:sift lit: all na/ ju: la »ieri t›ti:.”

EXERCISE A.

WORDS: The highest of the — south of London is called Leith

hill Hill. The bus in which Storm and Marion were riding
curve came round a — in the road. The driver was so quick
brake
in using the — and stopping the bus that the — made
z'heel
a cloud of — behind it. Storm was quite — that the
dust
ditch driver would never run his bus into the — at the side
certain of the road. The bus stopped at the — of a hill.
cake
bottom The farm-house was made of red —. The garden was
brick surrounded by a wooden —. It was difficult to find
fence the — in the fence. The farmer's wife started feeding
gate corn to the —. They hurried up to her as fast as their
fowl
legs and their — would carry them. Among the fowls
wing
turkey there was a —.
end (verb)
pig There was also a — which ran about so much that it
fat did not grow — like the others. The farmer's wife went
pump to the — to get her empty — filled with water. In her
bucket grandmother’s time they got water from a —. There
brook
was a — to Leith Hill through the wood. Storm and
path
oak
Marion sat down at a table un‹1er a large old — tree,
spread which — its branches far out on all sides — their heads.
a bove On one of the branches there was a — with eggs in it.
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Storm had brought his — along and wanted to get a nest

picture of one of the —, before they — to the top of the fellow
hill. The river Thames — in the bottom of a —. Marion Ca
' £•r £t
had found a — in a — tree, big enough for her to get bee
in through. In some places the water of the brook had mount
washed the earth away round the —. Between London flow
Va lley
and the south coast there are many — hills.
hole
hollow
root
EXERCISE B. slip
chalk
In chapter 52, Exercise D, you found a letter from Storm tent
to Wood. We now ask you to answer this letter as if cover
you were Wood. In writing your letter, the following canvas
forest
words must be used in some way or other: stamp —
SOi i
collection — room — furniture — desk — armchair —
nature
new — tree — leaf — cold — rain — storm — spring, lover
free
flat
pretty
EXERCISE C. GRAMMAR. raise
Look at the verbs in the following sentences: I visited charge
my friend yesterday. John walked all the way to town around
pour
the other day, and so did his sister. A month ago my
uncle went to Paris. You will notice that the time of
the verbs is before •now’; it is 'yesterday’ in the first
example given, •the other day’ in the second, and
‘a month ago’ in the third. The form of the verb that
expresses the time before •now’ we call the past [pu:ii]
tense.

The past tense of two of the verbs in the sentences

given above has been made by adding -ed to the form

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of the infinitive: visited (visit-ed), walked (waik-ed).

The past tense of most English verbs is made in this
way. (But if they end in -e, only -d is added. Example:
hope — hoped.) The past tense of •call’ is: I called,
you called, he called, she called, it called, we called,
you called, they called. You will see that the form
is the same after all pronouns.

The -ed is pronounced [I] after the voiceless sounds

#, I, /, /, s, /. After the voiced consonants I›, p, iii, ii, y,
r, d, /, c, 3. and after vowels, it is pronounced d . After
t and d, the pronunciation is [id]. Examples: hoped
ltoii I J, thanked [/ry1'f], bathed [Heidi]. answered
[a. iiia‹f) , started [flu. tid , added a‹li‹l .

In writing, the following rules must be noticed: If a

verb ends in a consonant followed by -y, it changes -y
into i- before the -ed of the past tense is added. For
instance, try — tried.

But if a vowel comes before -y, the -y remains when -ed

is added. For instance, stay — stayed. Only the verbs
'lay’, ’pay’, 'say' have 'laid’, 'paid’, 'said’ in the past
tense.

If a single consonant ends the verb, it is sometimes

made double when -ed is added. The rules are seen
from the following examples:
explain-ed plan-ned
answer-ed prefer-red
Rule number one: The consonant always remains single
when following two vowels.

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Rule number two: The consonant remains single after

an unstressed [.iii.i/r‹•i/ J single vowel, but is made double
after a stressed | s/ •• I Sifl gle vowel. (The verb 'prefer'
is pronounced with the stress [i/rrs] on the last
syllable,
-fer. We say that -ter is stressed or is pronounced with
stress, and we show this by putting the mark ' before the
syllable: pri'fa: .) To this rule there is, however, the
exception that -l is made double even after an unstressed
vowel. Example: travel-led.

Notice that the past tense of •have’ is •had’.

•Be’ is the only verb that has two forms in the past
tense: 'was’ and 'were’. They are used in the following
way: I was, you were, he was, she was, it was, we were,
you were, they were.

Questions:
How is the past tense of most English verbs made? ...
When is the -ed pronounced [ /] and when [‹I ] ? ... If a
verb ends in -y in the infinitive, do you always change
it into -i before -ed is added? ... When is a single
consonant that ends a verb made double before -ed is
added? ... When does it remain single? ... What are
the two past tense forms of ’be’? . .

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THE LAND OF LIBERTY

One evening, when Storm and Marshall had decided

w. ii i.’vtii y, li-‹i ir ii sta: m otid inn. fal li od ili'.‹aidi‹l

to stay at home and read, Storm asked Marshall about

ta stei at hon iit air d ri: d. sta: m ‹i: sht nta. fal o'baiit

some words in the book he was reading. “The book

is written in English, but yet it seems to me that it’s

in” rit ti iii if]gli}. l›at |‹’t it ii.” ills” la liii: ‹)a/ I/.‹

different from the English I’m used to,” Storm said.

“Now take this word, for instance: •street-car’. It was

“n i‹ trip dis tea:d, ter iris I oii.‹. ’s tri.’ Ih‹i:’. i/ «'k-

not until I had met it several times that I discovered

tint . n'til ai ho‹l iii ct ii sc‹'ral lattice- hot iii ili.‹'1.' i•‹'.›‹l

that it must mean a ’tram’.”

âat ii ma.st clii.'// a ’tr‹me’.”

“I’ll tell you why you find the language strange,”

“‹oil tel jii . lt i‹'a-i jii : {iiiti d âo l‹e i]{J•‹viil .‹tr i iii ‹1-$,”

Marshall smiled. “It isn’t English at all; it’s American.”

ma.‘fol siiiaild. “i/ rem iyyfiJ a/ a . 1 ; it.i a'in r'r//'ao.”

Oh, is it? I didn’t know that American was di1'ferent

“on, i° it /* oi didnt noii del a' iii rriñaii ieac ‹1iti .›ii I

from English,” Storm said. “Perhaps you will explain

/i-aim iyy/i/,” s/a.’ iii .tart. “p a'hue p.i yi‹.’ «'il i1.t'//ciii

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to me what these other words mean. I’ve made a list

ta rim: /ttt'ut di: - .ids i o:d• mi.’ ii. iii•o meid o list

of all the words that were new to me, although I think

ar s:f da u'a. dz dat pa: iiyii: ta iiii: , u:/'do« iii )iyk

I have discovered the meaning of some of them myself.

‹ii har ‹fi.i'J'.it'a‹/ la iim: ii/y ui' ‹.iiii u‹' fi in mai'self.

‘Railroad’, that must be the same as •railway’; and a

•reilroiid •, hurt iii est hi: ba .srim op- •i-eili‹•ei• , air I o

'five-dollar bill' is a •five-dollar note’, isn't it?” “Yes,

that’s quite right,” Marshall answered.

“And after a little hard thinking,” Storm continued,

“I found out that •baggage’ must be th,e same as

ii i I’o a ii‹l ‹i ii I be I ’h‹r‹lid ’ inast 1›i: do seitii a•

'luggage’. But here are two that were too difficult for
’1.s‹yid $’. haI li ter o: I ti : del n'a: In: di fik alt fa

me: What is a •subway’, and what does •depot’ mean?”

nti: . h«'a I ie u ’s.ih«'ei’, aii /rwu/ due •di: you’ iiii: ii.*”

“What on earth have you been reading, since you have

“ /ts‹'u/ .›ii a: liar yii. H/. ii ri:diy, ii›ti yo. hoc’

found such a strange collection of words?” Marshall

fai‹ii‹I .‹nt| a sti’riii‹I¿ ha'Irk|aii an wa:dz?” alia: fal

asked. “A book about a young man who runs away

from home somewhere in Europe, goes to America, and

/raim. li oii ml so mh•‹x'e dr iii ju are p, Ayn u• tu a'iiiei ik a, ati
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travels all over the country.”

“I thought it must be something about travelling,”

“at fo. I ii most. lvi: swirl)iq o'baut tr vli ,”

Marshall said. “You see, all those words have some-

rin:/af sed. “yo.' ii: , u:/ done we:dz far som-

thing to do with travelling. ’Subway' is the same as

/iy la flu: wid tr‹evliy. ’s.shwei• ip- do seiiit a -

our 'Underground’; perhaps you remember from your

ano ’. ii‹loyra und’ : po'lu:c ps ju: ri'tiirinl›a frs iit jo :

school-days that 'sub’ is Latin for 'under’; and •depot’

sku:ldeiz hot •s b• iz latin fo ’.ends’,’ Qtr •di: poii•

is the American expression for ’station’. They use the

in” âi a'itiershaii ihs'f›re|akI f› ‘stci|aii’. âei ju: âJ

word 'station’, too, but just as America is rich in so

many other ways, it is, as you see, also rich in

ttteni ada t‹'eis, i/ i_. ac /ii. Si.', a:lsoii init f iii

expressions.”

“Thanks! But tell me, Marshall — now that America

“fceyks! bat tel tin: , ma: Jol — ruin bsl a'tiicril:o

has become such a great and rich country, aren’t you

If ag- lii'k.sue . .x I f a yreit cii rii J k nii tri, u : ii I ju:

English sorry sometimes that it’s no longer an English

ii;‹;li f sari s.s mtaiiti • âot iii iw ti la yyar air iij‹;li J

colony?” “We don’t think much about that nowadays,”

k al»yi ” “wi.- ‹low tit )i;k m.x I f o'b‹inl âa'l tiauodei•",”

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Marshall answered. “And, besides, it really was our

rna: fat a: nsod. “cii, hi'said•. it rioli wo• oiiar

own foolish generals and statesmen who lost our

nun fu:li d yenoralz• cii steitstnon lui : last anat

American colonies for England — not to mention the

o'merikon k aloiiip- far i yylond — tilt ta menJam b!o

king, George the Third.” Storm: “How did it happen?”

l,'i y, ‹lay :if -,f âo f a: J.” sta: tii: “hau did it ha Citi.!”

“The Americans were dissatisfied with many things,

dissatisfied = not
” Ji o'mrrik our- •«'o .’ 'dis'sa:tis faid wid mciii )iy•,
satisfied

and in many cases they had some cause to be dis- cause = reason

satisfied with the government of the colonies. There

were great differences between life in England and life

‹‹'a: yrcit ‹li[run.ii• lvi'tzvi. ii lvi( iii i yylotid cii lai f

in the •New World’, and many of the men that England

iii â,1 ’ii ju : •«'o: lil’ , cii mrii i oi› be iitrti bz I i yylond

sent to America to look after her affairs had no under-

.‹rit lii o'meril• o to hit: ‹i: fts li o:r o'fraz hell non nmls-

standing of this at all, but did many things that only

'.›t‹cuiliiJ av dis ct a.1. l›ot diJ meiii )iqp• âot ‹›ii
iili

made the Americans more and more angry.

niri‹f i a'iiirrik one rim . r air tire:r ‹r yyri.

“What made them very angry, for instance, was the

“h tt'at mei‹l dciii vci-i ‹e tj{jri. f t iiistotis. 1vog• â»
tax a kind of
tax that was put on tea. England had just helped the duty
techs bsl woz ptit on ii:. iyylaii‹l lt o‹l ‹1 . sl hel pt ba

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thirteen American colonies in a war with France, and

fo. ti. ii o'merikoii haloni- iii a it'o: nod fra:us, cii

now England wanted the colonies to help to pay for

ii‹iu iy‹yla ii‹l •‹i'atitiil âa balaitip• ta hel p ta jet /»

the army. But the Americans said that as long as the

bi a: tii i. bat di a'iif rritanc sed hot og• lo y oq- be

colonies had no representatives in the British Parliament,

Parliamen t had no right to put a tax on anything in the

f ii.’lviii eat lio‹l nowt reit ta piit o tceks .› ii eiii)iy iti do

colonies. And quite right they were, I think.”

_ , ,»

“So do I,” Storm said. “But go on, please; I find it

"son th : or,” sta:iii s‹'‹l. “Incl y‹›ii oii, dli. - . ‹ii fiiiii‹l if

very interesting to hear an Englishman speaking about

z'ei“i i›itrislii) ta hiar all iij‹ lifiiiaii .‹ i.”I’ii) a'haiit

•the American question’ in this way.” “Do you really

’di a'iiierilao hi‹•esl faH’ iy âis i‹'ei.” “ilu : jii : rioli

want me to tell you more about it?” Marshall asked in

‹ ,» .. ,

some surprise. “I thought you knew almost as much

— or as little — about it as I do.” “No, I don’t. You

— u. r ac litl — a'l›ntit i‹ ac oi do:.” “non, ui Jount. yii:

see, I wasn't very interested in history at school. When

ii:, oi trssn/ veri iiitristid in histari ct sku .’1. /twcn

preparing my lessons, I never read my history-book,

pri'fir ari y itiai lesii -, at new re‹l mat h.is I aribub,

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and, consequently, I don’t know much history. The

air, 1•uii.ii#a'oiit/i, or doc ii non ni.i // li istori. ei

only thing I really remember is something about a

rui tilt fi y ai riali r i'meml›o in- s. iii fi y a'ba itt o

tea-party.”

“The Boston tea-party! Well, I’ll give you a lesson

“ba 6us/uii ii:p‹i. ti/ «'e/. ‹tit ‹Ji"‹' jii. o lesii

in history, then, and tell you about our war with

iii liistoi i, brii, air. tcl jii: a'l›aut aii a •‹‹!a: -‹vib

America. When the Americans wouldn’t pay the tax

a'iii‹'ri1'a. /i«'eii i u'iiieri1•»iic •m'ud iit /›ci da take

that had been put on tea, and stopped drinking tea,

âat li o‹l lvi. ii piit aii ti:, air .‹to p I driykiy ti: ,

King George got very angry and sent over some ships
l!'iiJ il$a . ‹1¿ ‹yo I •‹'rri ‹r iJ‹Jr i a ii seit t ouva sa m Ji ps

full of tea and told the Americans to buy the tea.

[ml o-‹' I i.’ oii totild bi o'mrrik a us- ta hat ba I,'’.’.

“But in the night, Americans dressed up as Indians

”1› a I iii be mail, a' merik aits- ‹lrest x p o- iltd join

went on board the ships and poured all the tea into
-«'riit air ha:if be Ji p.‹ oii pa . ‹1 a:1 be ti: inta

the harbour. That was the ‘tea-party’ you remembered.

‹to lia:1›». b‹r I «'ac da ti.’§d .’ /i’ yu .’ ri'nienih aJ.

Soon after this action open war broke out between

action — act
cii: ii a . lie die ‹rd /am o ii/›aii «'u . bro ub ‹i ti I bi'it i: ti

America and England, a war that was to end in making

a’iiici“ifi'a alat igyla›id, a z '.›.” âat was° th wild iii iiieibiq

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two separate nations of England and her American

tit .’ segrit iir,i fatty- ai' iyylond air he:t o'nieriha ii

colonies. But perhaps it was a good thing, after all.

haloiti•. list p0'ha'ps it i‹'a • o ‹y nil fii y, a: ftar a :l.

England has grown again to be one o1 the greatest

iyylon‹l lto• ‹yrou ii a'grin to lvi. n s ii m da yreilist

empires of the world — it may really be said that our

em p‹iio- ay ba we: ld — it mri rioli lii: sril dat anar

empire extends to all corners of the earth.

riopoia ihs'tettdz /i‹ ;: 1 /.•u . mac ar i a. /.

“And on the other hand, after the colonies got their

liberty, they continued to grow in size, and now the

country extends from the Atlantic all the way across

k. tttri ihs'tender frsiit bi ot'la'ittik a:1 ba wet o'l•ras

to the Pacific. The country that we call America con-

ta da {o'si fik. be l›• str tri bat ter: ko:1 a'tiieribo knit

sists of 48 separate states, each with its own laws.

But they are united into one nation, and have one

law for things that are important to all the states.

That is why the country is called the •United States of

‹1 •t iq• li•«'iii be k.siitri i• 1'.i.’lil be • jii .-'tiaitiil sts'its cv

America’.'’ “What made the first people leave England

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and go to America?” Storm asked. “Wasn’t there

on gon tu o'meriko.*” sta:ni n:skt. “u!az-tit hen

sufficient work and food for them in England?” “Yes, sufficient =

enough

that had nothing to do with the reason. But shortly

bat had n. fiy to du: u4b be ri: -n. bat J :tli

after sixteen hundred, there was a lot of religious

trouble in England, and the cause of the trouble was a

new Act that said that all church services in England

must be held in a way that wasp very much like the

way the Catholic services were held. However, there

«'r/ la /’r/a//I’ *a.”z›/Jiz zoa: /i‹’/‹/. I1aii'e”'a, dna

were many people who thought that this was not the
«'a: nn'iii pi. pl hti. {u. dat ii ic'ac tint da

right way to worship God, and who would not do

as the law said. Often, when they came together to

worship God, people who held the other opinion would

‹‹•z:|i p yet, /›i:$/ liii. held bi mbar o'pin jati •«!a‹l

come and interrupt their services and try to start fights

l• .Citi oit‹l iiilo'r.s ft dry so:-‹'isin- art tr‹ii to sta : I faits

with them. In all this trouble many people were hurt,

ttnd daiti Qtr a. I his try bl iii en i. / ‹ra: /ta:/,

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and some even killed in the fights, and at last some

air i.iiii i.'ran iM iii da /oits. and at la:st satu

of them decided to leave England and go to America,

ai' botii di'siiiJid /o li: v iyglond on yo ti tu o'meriko,

where they would have liberty to worship God as they

/i«'i’a dri «!ad h‹r1' lil›oti la u•a: fi p god o - bet

thought best, without being killed for it.”

f.› : I liesl, ti' ib'ant lvi. i y kild let i/.”

p @ he ) “Poor fellows!” Storm said. “I wonder if many more

needing help * "pit o frlou •!" sta. m .« ‹1. "‹ii •‹v.s it‹lor i f uufiii rite: r
care
of them weren’t killed by the Indians in America?”
az' âaiii «'a. lit “fiiI‹I bai âi iii‹Ijaii iii a’iiierika?”

“Yes, that’s just what happened,” Marshall replied.

“jes, brets ‹1$.set /it«uf hoc pnd.” ma: Jul ri'{l‹iiil.

Only a very few of the Englishmen who arrived in

“onitli a -‹Seri f jii: i i iy‹ylifnioii hn. a'roi‹'‹l iii

America on the famous 'Mayflower' lived to see the

o'mrrik a a ii be /eiiiI fJ ’mei flank’ liv‹l ta st: âo

next spring. In the first place, they had not brought

if c#J/ Jerry. tit da fa.’st /›/‹'ii, dri ha‹l ii.i/ /›ra: I

sufficient food with them from England, and in the

.so'(i fort I fit .’il -«'id dam fruit i yyla nd, a nd in be

second place, the Indians hated the white men, or the

.« l•aii‹l pleis, di iitd jaii_- heitid ba hwait lneti, a: âa

pale-faces, as they called them, and killed many of

J‹'iJ/riiiz-, ac bei ka.ld ham, on bil‹l me m az'

them. The English went in fear of their lives both

âuii. bi iyc,jli f •‹i •eiit iii fior cv be a laiv - box f

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day and night and never felt safe. Much blood was
‹lvi ali hait all iieca felt Rei f. iii.st} l›l.\‹I wa •

shed to conquer America from the Indians.” He eheds, he shed,

he has shed [ led•,
l’ed, fed j.
“One can easily understand that the Indians hated
“w.xn kan i. Lili . n‹l»'st‹e»d hot i i›‹4 j»»q- /iritiJ

those pale-faced strangers and regarded them as their

hour- perl feist streind ¿az oii ri'ya:dG botn o• bear

enemies,” Storm said. “They couldn’t understand each

riiiiiiic,” itu:iii se‹l. “dci btidttt rind.a'st‹ciid i.’i f

other at first, and so it was impossible for the white

.mbar of fo: st. akt son it won- tin'f asobl fa be humit

men to explain to the Indians that they only wanted

mrii tii its'fileiii ta bi ind jam- hot âei ounli ‹voiitid

a small part of the country to live in. The Indians, of

u .‹ma. 1 pit.’I ay da bntitri to liv in. i iiid jens, at'

course, had a fear that the pale-faces were going to

ka. s, lto‹l a ii» hot be peilfeisiz• we oin f

take the whole continent, and thought they could stop

teil be ltoiil l'a iititiaiit, air )a:t Rei God sIa p

them by killing them. I think that if the Indians

Suit hai kiliy datii. ai fink âot if di ind janz•

hadn't been in such a hurry to start fighting, but had

liadtit hi:ii iii sot f a li art ta sta:t faitiy, hat had

waited until they and the pale-faces could understand

‹t'eifid on'til dci lii da Jed #$Jtc kdd nndo'st‹end

each other, there wouldn’t have been so much trouble,

i:t ,i do, den ivtidnt h cv hi:n sort iii n I f tr.•bl,

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and so much blood would not have been shed.”

“I don’t think it would have made much difference,”

“at ‹loci tit fiyk it tt'a‹/ lio•o tneid uiat f difrons,”

was Marshall’s opinion. “People have been making

‹i'ac nta:/af- o'pin jaii. “pt: fil has 6i:ii meikij

war upon each other for less reason than that since
1t*a :r d'f oii i:I z do fa les ri.’ztt den bat. sins

the beginning of history. It seems to be the nature

ba hi'yiititj cv href ari. it st: tire I» bi: be neit|»r

of man to hate and to kill, and, consequently, many

8zi uu:rii ta lieit on to cii, », k ansikwontli, uieii i

must live in fear of others and suffer pain from the

iiiast liz' in (iar az' .sâa” an sofa f›eiii ! raiii âi

actions of others. Now that I come to think of it, we

u•ñJaiic at' adam. iiat‹ dat at 1'aiii la Jiyl• ar in, xi.

pretty (here) = really are a pretty bad lot, don’t you think so, too?”
rather i iali a:r o priti f›rrd /ut, doant ju: )iqk son, la: *”

“Some of us, yes,” Storm answered. “But at least those

“s. m cv as, jes,” sIa:Qtr a. nso‹l. “bsl of li:st don--

first Americans seem to have been the right sort of

fa. st a'tiierikatt • st: iii ta ltov lii: ii be rnit sa. t o•o

men. They were willing to take upon themselves all

unit. dci rna. wi/iy ta fril a'/uii dun'selves u:/

the work, all the difficulties, all the suffering that

» ,‹›:k, i » Ji it•hi-, i » ‹trip a•i
living in the N ew World meant, in order to be allowed
liviiJ iii be ii jii : ’we:lil mrii I, iti o. do to bi: z'lauJ

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 to worship God in the way they thought right. They !J*! i!l bwikli. bri
to wa: fi p god iii ba -‹ever bet fa: I rait. bei lix:evtil h‹eJ tii s I
taini le ft
stayed on over there, even though they suffered very
steid a It OHHd bE 8. i. ••!oii dou dri so fed vert

much both on account of the cold winters and the

mn I f l›oti f a ii o'katiitt be boold witito• Qtr be

fights with the Indians, and because they did not have
flirts n.lb bi red jati•, oii bi'ka• dci did nat hay

sufficient food. Thus the great nation of the United

«a'fifaiit f« . ‹I. â. s âa yrcil iiei|aii an âa ju:'naitid

States to-day owes its existence to the courage with

steits to'‹let oti - its UJ'-istatis ta ba hnrid$ •‹i !ib

which these people settled a question of religion which

fm'itJ 6i:c pi. pl .s etld o kv!est Jett cv ri.'lid on hwit f

was more important to them than their lives. Not a bad

‹c'ac ma:r itii'pa: I ant ta bum ba ii beo /oit'c. till a fi‹rd

sort of people for a nation to begin with!”

“No, that’s right,” Marshall agreed. “But look what

“nom, bvls i-ii it,” rna: fal a'yri:il. “hot lub /itc'ut

has happened over there since then. America has

been in too great a hurry to grow big and strong, and

bi:tt iH lii. {)i ‹’il a li Sri ta rjro« bid an JfrJy. an

many Americans have been in too great a hurry to

mrit i o'ml eriL• a not lt cv lii. ii in tu: yreit o lt.4 ri I
a

get rich quickly. They haven't had much time left

thus == in this
way

settle (here) = decide

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over for thinking about those fine ideas of liberty that
ou•oo fo fi5biy o'l›auI dotty- fair ai'dioz cv libati dot

made the first Americans leave their mother coun-

i»ci‹f fia fa:st a'ntrri#atts It:r dra itiada #ati-

try. However,” he continued, “I do think America

tri. hau'H ,” hi. b8ti'tin)u: d, “ai du: f i yl: o'merik o

has earned the Statue of Liberty which the people

has a: nd da st‹ct jn : at' /i(›ati li-mit J » ¿i ¿i

of France gave America in 1886, as a sign

ay fra: tis yeit' a'meriho tit erm: n eiIi'siks. a - o .«rim

of the love of liberty in both countries. It's an

cv ba ley ay lit ii iii hoii f k.i iilri•. its cii

extremely tall statue, you know, placed on an island

iks'Iri: Mi ta:l sI‹el ju . , ju : nom. Qfri.it sit uii iiiloii‹l

just outside New York, — the first sign that yoit have
il,$.est aiitsaid nJu.’ )a! b, — be fa:st satu dat jii . li a-‹'

come to a free country.”

kniit tu o fri: h xntri.”

“Yes, I know,” Storm replied. “I've read about it.

“jes, ai non,” sta:ni ri'plaid. “aiv real a'huut il.

Inside it, you can go all the way up to the head,

insaid it, jii: hon gon a:l do rei. .x to âo lie‹l,

where you can look out through the eyes and thus
âzrra yo: bait fat ‹ii‹/ fru : ii ai- air J.is

get a wonderful view of New York. The Americans

yet o tenndoful v jii: o•« ti jii: ja: k. âi a'uu'i ik oii--

are very proud of the 'sky-line' of New York, as

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Chapter.
they call it, the line of houses and towers seen against
dci l•• a:1 it, be laiH a•‹• h.au•i• cii tauap• si:n o'geiiisI

the sky when your boat is entering the harbour. I

be star hweii ja . l›oiil i• eiitariy ba lia: be. at

hope to see it some day.”

/tm‹$ la si: i/ x ‹ill ‹/ei.”

“So do I,” Marshall said, as he prepared to go to

“iota dii: ci,” iii‹i:/a/ sril, a• lii: pri'proJ ta gon
to

bed. “Perhaps we could go there together.” “Yes,

perhaps we might,” Storm answered. “Well, good

$a'/irr/›.i ‹t'i iii ait.” sta : m ii: iisail. “u'el, yud

night!”

EXERCISE A. — to all corners of the

In America a tram is called a —. A railway is called earth.
a —, and a five-dollar note a — —. The Underground
the Americans call the —, and a — is a station. The
American word for luggage is — In former times
America was an English —. The Americans were —
with the English government of their country.

The English put a — on the tea that was sent to the

Americans. Storm never read his — at school. The
war between England and her American colonies ended
in making two — nations of them. The British Empire

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WORDS:
railroad bill
Str £•et- car subway depot baggage colony
lesson dissatisfied tax
S£•pa rate
e xt £•nd

liberty

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Atlantic
When the American colonies had got their —, they grew
Pacific
in size, and now the country — from the — all the
unite
worship way across to the —. America now consists of 45
sufficient states — into one nation. Some people in England who
fight wanted to — God in their own way went to America
hate to do so. They did not bring — food along from England.
pale-face They suffered on account of the — with the Indians.
pale-faced
kill The Indians — the white men, or the —, as they called
fear
them, and — many of them. The English went in —
shed
suffer of their lives. Much blood was —. It seems to be the
action nature of man to hate and kill, and, consequently, many
hurry must — pain from the — of others. America has been
cause in a great — to grow big and strong.
statue
thus
sign

EXERCISE B.
Answer these questions with full sentences:
Are you interested in music? ... Do you think you are
musical? ... Do you play any instrument? ... Do you
like to dance? ... Have you been taught dancing?
Do you like modern dance-music? ... Do you like to
sing, and have you got a good voice for singing? . .

EXERCISE C. GRAMMAR.
In the sentences “I have walked five miles the last three
days”, “the girl has played in the garden for an hour”,
“he had looked out of the window for me just before
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Chapter.
I arrived”, 'walked', 'played', and 'looked' are called
second participles r i:tisiplg•). (The first participle,
•playing', etc., we are going to hear about later.) You
will notice that the second participle of verbs like these
has the same form as the past tense.

The second participle is used with the present tense of

'have’ to make the perfect i fo. fikt tense: I have called,
you have called, he has called, she has called, it has
called, we have called, you have called, they have
called.

The second participle is also used with the past tense

of 'have’ to make the pluperfect J 'U« 't• f!b! tense: I
had called, you had called, he had called, she had called,
it had called, we had called, you had called, they had
called.

The second participle of 'be’ is 'been', and the perfect

tense is as follows: I have been, you have been, he has
been, she has been, it has been, we have been, you have
been, they have been. The pluperfect is made with the
past tense of •have’: I had been, you had been, he had
been, she had been, it had been, we had been, you had
been, they had been.

Questions:
What other form of the verb is as a rule the same as
the second participle? ... What is the second participle
used for? ... What is the second participle of the
verb 'be’? ...
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EXERCISE D.
sibsti'eit, iielsii rouil,
tt'iit/hldai$

aitn sort hot

ii lto• l›i: ii son
loi; hi'fa:r ai•‹'
fen ii‹l taim tu a:
tisa ja: lets, liwit
iti ri'si:vd
o:l'redi. ct da
f›i'yi›i'y an la:st
wi:1. /›af yii:
st:, an itn'/u:fanf
I/eindj Aa• teihti
fleis in mai lai f
sins vtai la:st
lets. oii‹l o:1 mai
tuini a nd 3:1
Ikl.Oi f.i :ts hey
hi:'n teibti .i p •«!
ih it. be f ‹r kt in-,
nucri»ii e‹l•mod•
lio• firatnist ta
l›i'k. in niui waif,
sun from t›i:it »
laitha:ti‹t j. y
uuru zeiâ'iiut o
hror iii be n'o:ld,
air' s. dtili bi:ii I
fe.ibid $J intii »
uu: i.
cii
its streiii J ¿ to
wi
fiyk bat ct be
d
seim taim ham
vc•
iii‹erioii aii‹l ai
ri
•«'a.’i aii be tri
sio
hwr.»r at ii:skt
rio
11o.- bu't vert
s
iiii'pa:tent kn!
)
estfoii, on hz‹'to
a:I
s wi: u!o:kt iii be

o'h i‹'.›:ui s.in/aiu

.xitda da yri. ii
niit
tri:*, yii: ‹ua:
be
/t‹rriy sfu.’ in- -oil
fju:
rein on hould
tfo,
»t houm. bet
ii‹i
hurt riali iz
ii
hot
.xri'ju: fuel, i'ran iii

‹iii oiia l•. ittri, at dis

ii foitii at' d» yia.

rJri /i‹ti‹'‹•r».
i‹iJ
ta iii ba pa: ts oz'
iyyloiid dot iiiv
live si:ii a n nini trifs,
r' o be
f‹e li:i•q- •«•o: r ant
a:l're‹li at do lvi'‹Jiniy
mil
cv eifril.
i
at• wrl, ‹ii houf ta
wa his froiii jii:
r o'geiti vrri en:it;
oui oi whit to mom hteat
 jti:
fiiy
k
cv
be
’gr
eit
nJi
i:•’
. a•
jii:
no
n
Pla
nt
hair
si:
trai
ii
ma
i
let
s,
at
haz
•tit
l›i:
n

sta:ni
Chapter Fifty-Seven (57). Zhe Fifty-Seventh (57th) Chapter.

THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Marshall had often promised Storm to take him to the

rna. fal lt a J a: fti pro mist sts: m to ten hitn In be

House of Commons when the members were present

/toi« az' /'Jiria//z Iitt' eii da tiir›i//›a zt•a: /rcc›i/

and the House at work. Storm wanted to see some

mid be haus at we:k. st.›.’m waiiti‹l ta si.- s m

off its famous members and hear them speak. Marshall

stu:iii. bit dra

felt this promise as a debt of honour. So, at length, met Aonei lii. si: md
ñ: /iyuiy

one afternoon after office hours he decided to pay

IP. II It : p!d'II If : H ii ft dr I lie anaz hi.’ di'saidid to
Rei

this debt. He went with Storm to the House of

di.‹ rf rt. /i /: i‹'eiif it id sta. m fa da Items n

Commons, and they spent some hours there, listening

l•.›m attr-, onil bet s priit satti a uoz• br z, lisniy

to the different speakers.

to be ‹lifraiit s pi: box-.

Among other matters several colonial questions were

a'tti n y who tti mtoo- set'rel be'lo titi jol hwestKali - we:

discussed, which seemed to be of much interest to

‹lis'l'.est, /t-sit/ si.: nut to bi: ar mat/ intrist
ta

Storm. On their way home he seemed to be thinking

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debt = something which is owed to somebody

colonial = having to do with colonies

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Chapter Pifty-Seven (57).

of something, and after dinner, when they were making

themselves comfortable, each in a big chair, he said

to Marshall, “The colonial questions which were dis-

ta ma:|ol, ”ba 1:o'lou ii jol ki«•st fairy- li-‹•it -‹\•a. ili.‹-

cussed in Parliament to-day interested me more than

'best iii pa:htnart I to'dei itilristi‹l mi.- run: heir

anything else, though I didn't always catch the meaning;

erm f iy els, doc ai ‹lid 11.1 a :l2£'ds- h‹f• I )d Itl i! tI i§ ,‘

for after all, I know far too little about the colonies.
for n: flar I:I. ai iioii (‹i: th. litl s'l›aiit âa Challis.

£'or instance, I don’t know how they’re governed."

/ai“ ills/aim, a/ dot‹n/ ›ioii /f‹m dra ry i‹'.›ii‹/.”

“It isn't so easy,” Marshall said, “to tell you in a few

words about their government, because they're not all

«'a. rfc a'6aiit dra y.s‹!aii moitt. /›i'1ac Jru ii.›/ o.1

manner = way governed in the same manner; but we could talk a little
‹/az'an‹f iii da iriiii inertia , l›a I ‹t'i: 1•»d /u .1• o rim

about the question until bedtime. I’ll start in a

a'Isa ti I Jo k ziiest faii . ii'til l›rilI‹iiiti. nil sth : t tit o

moment == a very moment. First I’ll go out to the kitchen and get some
short time mom m Int. fa. st ail you ‹uit to âo hit Jin cii yrt suit

matches so that we can try the new cigarettes I bought

Ill ££'I f'o“ Jf7ii dat • 'i: knit trai dv ti jit. si’yo'rets ‹ii l*a! I

to-day.” He did so, and a few moments later they

t 'Sri.” lii: ‹li‹l sort. Anil a f jii: won ttioiits leith dci
 The Fifty-Seventh (57th) Chapter.

were enjoying their cigarettes. "Well, Storm," said

«"a'r iii'‹l$ airy hen siyo'rets. "•«'rl, sts. m," sell

Marshall, taking up the conversation again, “I'll first

ma : fal, termiy n f be kotivo'sei fair o'‹yriii, ”‹ml fo: st

tell you about a number of countries which used to

ml jii .’ o'hau I a ii. iii l›ar o•‹' k.i timing li -! ii J ju:st ta

be governed by Britain. The best known of them are

(›i: r/.x‹'aii‹/ /›‹ii (›riiaii. da l›est mom ii a‹' dam ‹t.‘

Canada, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, India,

ka'uncle, ii jii:'•i.’loii‹l, a:s'treil ja, sau f ‹rfrik o, iiid jo,

.and Pakistan. We call these countries Dominions.

.iii pa .’l•i'.‹ta : ii. -‹ 'i.’ ka.’1 âi. • kn ittri• th'mint joit •.

They have their own governments which look after

dci /in•‹ d. ar run ii r x‹›an mauls /riuit full ii: ’far

affairs of interest to the Dominions themselves. Re-

garding foreign affairs which are of importance to the regarding = as to

'ya:‹li y fariii o'(ro- fit‹'ifJ ii.’r oi' iiii'pa: I his to ba

whole Empire, they have the same right as the mother

/h›ii/ emMain, âri /i r‹' dv .trim re if a* da irtada

country to decide what steps should be taken. So you

k.x nlri to 4i'sai4 /lt‹'ut ste ps fed l›i.’ fen It. son ju:

see, Storm, that it would be incorrect to regard Britain incorrect = not

correct
si:, sta: m, Jai if «'a‹f Hi: iiiko'rek I ta ri'ya:d briton

and the Dominions as a country with its colonies. It’s

cii be th'miii jens- o- o h. iitri uuid ii.‹ kalotii-. its

rather a number of states which are held together by

ra:her a tieiti her cv ateits hwit f a: helil ta'yebo bai
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Chapter Fifty-Seven (S7).

the same interests of trade and politics.”

âa seitii iiitrists a‹ Ir‹•id ati f›9litihs.”

“But the Dominions cannot have had all these political

“hat be ‹In'min jury- l!•‹e iiyt li cv lt‹cil a:l bi.’ - 'litre»l

rights from the beginning,” Storm interrupted.

i aits from be hi'yiniy,” sta: m iiita'r x pI iil.

development =
growth “No, they’re the fruits of a development which has been
nun, dea da /ri‹: ti ar a ili'•‹'elo pm Int hivil( lio• lvi: ii

going on for many years,” Marshall continued. “At

first the Dominions were simply colonies which could

o -st be do'iiiiii ’cii • •« o - siiii li I flour- li-« it i'oil

not make decisions regarding many of their own affairs

ii.›t iiieih ‹Ii'si§aiis i i'ga. ‹lit iiiciti a‹' bear oiiii a'fra

without asking Britain, but the political development

«'id'ciit a:shiif hritaii. l›at âa f›a'IitikaI ‹Ii'z rlaf›iii»iii
nineteenth century
= the time from which took place in the nineteenth century has made
the year 1800 to limit tit k plr.is iii be iiaiiiti: ii) .it'it/Jur/ has mriil
the year 1900
it necessary for Britain to give them greater and
iI ii esisari fo l›rit an ta rJif› dam ‹yreitar cii

greater liberty to look after their own affairs, and by

‹Jrcito lil›oti to lii I• n: fts bear oun o'fr.o•-. Qtr bat

the year 1900 half of the Dominions had

da yrs iiaiiiti: ii li. it‹lro‹l ha: f cv do dd' ttl1tt jens had

gain == win
gained their present rig)tts.” “And the fact that the
ycind dra Arr-nt ritits.” “ •• !• f bt hot ba

Dominions have gained these political rights is no

d»'iniiij•n•- hey yeind bi: - po'Jitikol raits iz• non
 7he E’i£ty-Seventh (57th) Chapter.

doubt an important reason why Britain has been able

th rat art itti'po . tent ri:en liu!ai hritoii ho- lvi. ii eihl

to keep her connection with them,” Storm said. “It's

ta i t /ta.’ ke'nek J»ii ivib dour,” sta: iii srd. “its

the same with nations as with people. You can almost

dv seiiii ti'id rim/airs a‹ i‹'id f›i.’fll. jii : 1:a ti a:lnione!

always have your way with them if your behaviour

a .ltt'o• /t‹r‹' yu.' u'ei zc'id dant i/ yu. hi'lieiv jo

towards them is gentle and understanding. If Britain

had used force against her present Dominions instead

lt ail jii : -‹1 (a . s a'yriiist It a: re -itt âo'miti jznz itt'sted

of being gentle with them, they would have been lost

at' /›i. i*/ ilbeiitl «'id daiii, dci -u'a‹f liar âi.’ ii last

now, I suppose, as her former North-American colonies

ii‹tu, at so'pour-, o• li o. fa: rite 'no: fo'merikati kalanis

were lost when she used force against them, sending

«'a. /uif /i«'eo Ji yi‹. ci/ /u.’s o'yeiiist dane. .teiidip

armies across the sea to fight them.” ' “No doubt you’re
it : lit ie d'days tJ8 II .’ iJ Art t/ J f Elf .” ” tt Oit d0tt I JUN

right,” Marshall replied. “But though the Dominions

rrtif,” tita. Jul ri'fila id. “1›o I boii ba dz'min)on•

are the best known parts of the British Empire, we

a: da hest nouit /a . I.i ut' do (›rifi/ ciii$rti», u'i.'

must not forget to say a few words about the colonies

proper. They’re parts of the British Empire with

p,- pJ. Qea /›o . ts ar da hriti f em pain wib

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Chapter £'•ifty-Seven (57).

an official =
a person who only a few Englishmen — soldiers and officials —
works for the oiiiili a f jti . i yyli Innoii -- sould you- o rid o'fi f 1• —
government

the natives of a living among the natives. They’re governed from

country = the liiii'y a'iii.x y be ii eitii!-. bra ‹J s“•'otid fruit
people belonging
by birth to the
country Britain, that is, by the Colonial Office in London.
l›ritoii, b‹rt i•, lmi be ka'louii jol s/is iit 1.i tidaii.

The Colonial Office sends a representative, a so-called

Governor, to each of the colonies to look after the

affairs of the colony. Of course, he can’t do all the

a'/raw a‹' du Colour. at' #s. i, iii. ka.’nt dti: a.1 da

work himself, but has a number of officials to help

z‹›a. h Iiiiii'seI(, I›al has a iiamhai a‹› a'///am la /tr/g

him. He and the officials together make up the

hinn. hi.’ cii di a'/i/at- /o'yeda ni rile .@ da

highest authority of the colony. Naturally, the

liaiist a.'f ariti ati be l!•alaiii. m at froli, ba

Governor is always in connection with the Colonial

yowner i• o:ltt!a• iti ko'neh Jon v ib b» ko'loiin jaI

Office in London, telling it what happens in the

ufis iii 1.x MBH, teliy il /uc›ui /t‹r$tic iti da

colony and getting orders as to what to do in im-

portant matters.”

just = right “Wouldn’t it be more just of Britain to let the colonies

 The Fifty-Seventh (57th) Chapter.

have governments of their own, just like the Do-

has gnvonnionts cv beer oun, d$ est laib do do-

minions?” Storm asked.

'min j»nz.!” sts:m a:sbt.

“Perhaps it would be just,” Marshall replied, “but the

“po'h‹e ps ii wed hi: d ¿est,” ma: fal ri'ploid, “hot be

natives of most of the colonies are not white people,

neiiivz cv tnoust cv ba boloniz a: na t hwait fi: pl,

and wouldn’t be able to govern themselves. When the

English first came to these places, the natives in many

iqyli f fo: st term to di:s pleisiz, do neitiv - in cient

cases were nothing but wild or savage tribes, living

beisi• we: no)iy hat ti' ild o: said traibs, ltil

under the conditions offered by nature; so the English

have had to take care of them. However, as the

he h‹ed In lets kcar ay botn. Iran'evo, oz do

natives become more used to European ideas, it is

tI e i Ik'Pz kf b'A ftl 1tI3 .’ jtt .’SI td JttOTO'pkdtt ai'dkdz, it kS

the intention of the British to give all the colonies intention =

purpose
âi iti'ten fen cv do briti f to giv o:l do baloniz

self-government.
'self'gownni out.

“I know that it's the general opinion of many foreigners

“or non hot its ba dten oral o'pin jon cv nieni farinoz

that Britain has only thought of her own interests in

hot briton li oz ouuli )a: I cv It a:r oun intrists in
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lair = just
connection with the colonies, but this is not quite fair.

In the colonies where the natives were savages when

lit da kalonis /t-«'ru da neifir- «'a.' .‹vvi‹l$iz
rule(here) = hwcit
government
they came under British rule, Britain has really done
âci faitn .s ii‹la l›ritif rii. I, l›ritaii has riali d..cii

a lot of good work for the people, making their life

u /a/ ar yurf ‹t'a:/.' /a da 2i:{I, uieihiy Jra /‹iif

easier, building schools and hospitals for them, etc.,

and on the whole trying to be just and fair. But it

Anil air ba lioiil trniitj to hi: d $. st aii lt o. li at ii

would be incorrect to say that all the colonies like to

wed hi: iii ko'reht to sci hot o:1 â.› kiloiris- lail!' 1o

be under British rule.”

I›(: .4 the liriti f ru: 1.”

“At least many of the people in India didn’t like it

“at li:st tiieti i ai! do pi: pl iii iit‹l jo ‹lid ii I lord' il

as they came to feel equal with the Europeans,” Storm

o• dei beinn to fi.’1 i.’bn'ol •«!id ba jtioro'pious.” th. iii

said with a smile. “From the papers and also from

.‹ril -‹‹'ib a siiiail. “fraiti ba pet pa• anal o:lsoii fruit

a number of books I've read, I know that there used

a ii.i uil›or ai' hii k.‹ ‹ii red, ‹ii iioti dot bea jii . sI

to be much trouble with India from time to time.

ta l›i. tit.x I f tr.xl›l ic'ib iud ja frs m taitn ta lai'm.
Chapter Fifty-Seven (57).
Could you
tell me a
little mor
about the
government
 The Fifty-Seventh (S7th) Chapter.

of India? I’ve no definite idea of it.” “Before definite = clear

oii ind jo? aiv itoii drfinit ai'dio av it.” “bt“fa: in meaning

1947 the government of India was different

liiiiitti: ii fa: ti' srs ii be ‹y. •‹'»ttnt Int m itid jo wa• ‹lifrant

from that of the Dominions as well as from that of

brain d‹r/ ar da do'niitt jatiz ar uiel ar brain d‹rt at

the colonies,” was Marshall's reply. “It did not govern

da Islam-,” u'a* via:Jal• ri'plai. “it did tie I ywon

itself. It was governed by the British and the Indians

it'self. it wo• y •‹!ond bar ba britif on di ittd jens

together. The country is so large — having nearly

to'gebo. do b ntri iz sou la:d$ — hail nioli

400 million people — that there was a special

fa: h.• itdrod mil jon ft:{1 — hot bra we - o speJol

government department in London, called the India

Office, looking after Indian affairs. But as you

a fts, lukiy a: ftor i nk joti z'feo•. hat a• ju:

mentioned, Britain often had trouble with India —

weitfon‹l, l›riton a: fn had tr hl wib ind jo —

mostly on account of the manner in which it was

tiioiistli a tt a'kaunt ay be »i‹ritar iii hwitJ it u'o•

governed. Many of the Indians wanted their country

to be given self-government as soon as possible.” “And

wasn’t it to do justice to them, Marshall, to offer them do justice to =

nia•nt it ta dii: d$ stis tit datti, inn: fol, tu cfc botti be just to
Chapter Fifty-Seven (57).

what they wanted?” Storm asked. “If it was only

/lzv'J/ dr’i «'cii lid?” .‹lb: ill a:.‹1’/. “if it 7t›az f›u»li

a question of doing justice to them, they would

have been given self-government a long time before,”

Marshall replied. “In 1917 the British

iii‹i:Jul ri'¿/«i‹f. “ i» iiatiiti: it se‹'ii/i: ii la briti f

Government declared that its intention was the develop-

‹yx votuuoiit ‹li'hlr ad ‹lot its tit'trn fan ivop• do ili'velo{-

ment, step by step, of the same sort of self-government

iii air t, sIe f hat sle f, m be seitn sa: t av 'eel f'y.i•‹'ottmoii t

for India as the Dominions had. But India consists

for iiid jo a- ba do'miti jam• h‹eJ.. hoI ind jo Can'sists

of many nations, with different ideas of life and with

different religions. Several of them were not at all

‹li.fruit ri'lidConf. seurol ay ham u'o: mo I ct a:l

interested in a national and united India, but thought

iiitri.‹tiil iii o ii n•Jon ol oti jii:'ii‹iili‹l ind jo, l›ot )a . I

only of their own interests, while others were satisfied

ouuli a•o br»r oii ii iiilrisls, hx'ail .i doz• u'o: s‹etis faiil

with British rule, because they thought that if India

‹oid l›riti f i’ti:1, l›i'ka• bei fa. I hot i ind j»

was left to itself, there would be more trouble, perhaps

woz• le ft tii it' s•!l. !• • •‹vad bi: rna: trnbl, po'hi:e ps

war, instead of the good conditions that the country

wa:, in'sted cv be yard koit'di fon<• dot be h. ntri

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enjoyed under British rule. That is one of the reasons
in'd $>id undo hriti f ru:l. d‹r t iz mz n cv do ri: •ii•

why Britain, at one time, was not willing to give up

India, even if Indians like the famous Gandhi, for

ind jo, i:von if ind jon- laid be ferries gandi:, for

instance, wanted it.”

iiisl errs, wantid it.”

“It seems as if the British were a little in doubt as

“it si:nu: az i f do britif we:r o litl in daut oz

to what to do with Gandhi,” Storm said. “Several

la hn›st ts du: wiâ g‹endi:,” sts:i/t red. “serral

times they punished him by sending him to prison, and

taiiit-- bei f. ni ft him hat sendlq him to prizn, on

when he had been in prison for some time, they set

hivett hi: had bi:n in prizti fo sun taiin, dci set

him at liberty again. In my opinion, they might just

him ct lihoti o'gein. iii tiiai o'pin jati, bei mail d test

as well have given up punishing him, for I'm sure that

o• wel hey yirti ap *.Eni fit him, for aim fu» hot

punishment cannot change the political opinions of a

pnni fur otit k‹Ifki:II I feind $ be io'litibol o'pin jens cv o

man like that, even if it's a punishment which sends

iiiai
lark bat, i:•ooit i f its o §atii/Briant hi‹!it f senJs
i

him to prison for several years.”

/titii to pri•ii (o sevrol jiaz.”

“The British didn’t think that either when they put

”da f›rit( didtit fiyk d‹eI riida hwen dci put
him in prison! They regarded him as a danger to the
him iii fri Qtr ! dci i i'ya:did hion »z• o deind ffa I» be

State, because it was his political purpose to make the

start, hi'k ap- if •‹vo• lits- po'litihol po: pos to meik di

Indians stop working in industry and thus make

iiid jon• sta p we: kiy tit itidostri str â is meil•

trouble for the British Government. However, after the

trxl›l fo be l›riti| ‹,j ni'oiinioiit. hmm' !a, u.’fts ba

war of l93W1945, the British

mu:r ar tiainti:›i /a: ii'naiii /u ii‹iittfi: a fu: I i't‹iir, la l›riti f

Government made a definite plan for India. The3

ynvonuioiit wcid a dr fiiiit fl‹cii jar iit‹l ja. thai

declared that the British troops and government officials

di'klcoil hot be briii I tru: ps cii y.••‹•oumoiil a'fi fol-

would leave India in 1948. The Indians would

web l'i:•o ind jo iii naiiiti:'ti fa.’I i'eiI. bi iitil jattr- •‹tiad

then have to decide for themselves whether they wanted

âen lie ta di'said fs âain' seIs'• liweâa Rei ‹u.›iiti‹I

to remain in the Empire as a self-governing Dominion,

la rñineiit in di enipaio oz a 'self'qnvaniy do'niiii jaii.

or whether they wanted to be a completely separate

a: hweb» dci ic'uttfid to bi: o kotii'mli: Hi scsi it

country without any connection with Britain. In

buntri teib'aut eni ko'rich Jon wid brit cii. iii

1947 the English and the Indians agreed

nainti: n f:i:ti'sen di i yyli on âi inâ jotted o'‹yri:‹1

to divide the whole of India into the two Dominions

to di'void do hoiil cv itid jo iitl o do tti : d a' tti iii jotted
of India and Pakistan, and on the fifteenth of August
0v ind j» on pa:bi'sta:n, end Qtr be fifti: n f m a: yost

of that year these Dominions received self-government.

cv dat jio bi.’z do'initi jan• ri'si:vd 'self'gñT'onm nl.

For my part I hope that these new Dominions will keep

fo tnai pa: I ai houp dot di:- nju: da'niinjonz wiJ bi: p

their connection with Britain, for they have so many

b••» ko'tieh jam wib briton, fo dci he son ineni

advantages of trade to offer each other. And I think,

oJ'vu: ntid file ac treid In ofor i: I f be. end at fink,

too, that good old Clive in that ease would be happy

/ ii. , Jai yu‹l ould #foiW itt §tPt bets Chad bi: hue pi

in his grave.”
iii hi• yreiv.”

"Who's Clive?” Storm asked. “Clive! You don't say

"liii. c klniv?”" .‹ta: nt a:sbt. “klaiv! ju: dount sei

that you’ve lived in England for about a year

r)a/ jn :•‹' find iti iyyl nd for a'baut a J(a

without hearing the name of Robert Clive?” “I’m

afraid so, but I’d like to hear something about him.”

o'freid sort, hat ai‹l. lark to his sum fig 'h‹iut him.”

“Indeed, I must tell you about him at once. You cannot

“iii'di:d. at most te.1 ju: a'baut hint ct w its. jti : b‹Z• HH

go about without knowing who Robert Clive is. He

gon o'baut ieib'aut iiouiy hu: robot klaiv iz. hi:

was a great soldier and is famous for the battles he

-« » - o greit sould o atid i• feinios f• *o batl-- hi:
Chapter Fifty-Seven (57).

fought in India against the French and the Indians.

fa.’I iti ind jo o'geinst do freii J »it âi ind juts-.

when the British control of India began. He was born

huien do l›riii hon'troul a•‹› ind jo 6i'cy‹cii. lii: n•»• ha:ii

in 1725, and as a boy he was’very interested

iii seviili: n twenti'faiv, oitd o• a hai hi: urea- veri iitlristiil

military = having in military life and wanted to be a soldier himself. He

to do with soldiers in tnilitari loi f oti ivantid In bi: a soiild $o hiiit'sel hi:
and war
made a kind of military organisation among his small

friends, with military law. After leaving school he

frend -, i vib milit Sri lJ:. u : fin li. via sku.’1 lti.’

was sent to India. In all, he had three long stays in

n•a• sen I tu ind jo. iti o:1, hi: hail firi: lay stern- iii

that country, but it was during his first stay there that
âcet l!• niiti i, l›at it wa• ‹1 jii oriy /ti° fo:st .‹tei bt a âat

he did wonders. I'm thinking especially of the fighting

lii: ‹ltil w xii‹la -. uim fuql!•it; is'qe| li cv be faiti›j

at Arcot, which I should like to tell you a little about.

o I a:'ka I, li•« iI| ‹ti Jul laid Id tel ju .’ a litl a'ba u I.

But first of all you must hear something about the

political development in India which led up to those

fio'li I il al ‹1i'vela piti att I tit iii‹l)o hn›iI f led • la hon--

fights.

“The French at that time had a large army in India,

“be fre ii f a I Inc t‹iim li ail o la: if f u : tii i in ind ja,

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and they had gained control of a large part of the

‹art d‹ i li ail cruel knit'trotil o•‹› a lii il ii I

country. The brave fighting of the French soldiers

1:.x ii Iri. ba l›reiv faiti y ct! do frenJ soiild $o-

made a great impression upon the natives, who respected

uu'itl o ‹yrPit rim'pre fen a’pa ii be iieitivz, lin: ris'f‹luid

them and supported them by letting their own soldiers

‹ a iii oii so'pa: tiil âom b‹ii letiy bear outi sould $o•

fight with them. Now it was the plan of the French

hurl -«•i‹1 be m. na ii it won- be plxti cv be fren f

to use the great power they had gained to drive the Hedriveo,hedrove,
In jii.’ - ño ‹lreit {an a bet li nd yciiiil to draiv ii he has driver
droivc, drone',
dritn}.
English out off India.

“The English had tried to stop the rapid expansion of expansion =

“âi i y‹jliJ’ hail tr‹ii‹l In sta f› be r‹edid ibs'panJoit ar spreading out

French power, but without success. No doubt, one of

¿i‘r›// /t/Ha. /›a/ z‹.'fd'‹iH/ za/’'Je . iio« ‹/ou/, tua›t az'

the reasons for this was that they only had a few
da ri:-tic /o lii wuc dat dci oiinfi had » /yii:

thousand soldiers in India. The greater part of them

f‹iu•oii‹l sould$o - iii itt‹l je. do ‹Jreit a pa: I cv borti

were at Madras, their most important city. Was the

1 'o. r at mo'‹lr‹r.‹, dry ntoti.‹/ ita'$a: fa/t/ rim. sae di

expansion of French power to continue, or could

//*. ’/ H/a›/ az' /”/ r'/›/ joHa la #a›t'/injii : , 1. had

anything be done to stop it? Clive, who at that time

rit i fiy l•i: ‹lvn I a s I a p it.* hloiv, li u: ml beet tuitit

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 held a position equal to that of a captain in the army,
held a $a'•i/ati i: ttr'a/ ta drrt ar a 1•‹rptiii in di o: nii,

was of the opinion that the English should try to

woz cv di a'JiiiJaii dat di iyyli f fed trai to

conquer Arcot, the capital of one of the native states

heqkar n:'hat, be /•‹r9ifaf cv n'.x ti cv ba iieitiv steits

which was supported by the French. Then, he supposed,

hurt wa• sa'#u:ttd s«i da men f. ben, a(: sa'pouzil.

some of the soldiers that were on their way to Madras

sum n..• be sould $o- hot we:r art beo u•ei to mo'dra:s

retake = take would be sent to Arcot instead in order to retake it,

back again wad bi: sent tu a:'hal in'sted iii ›:‹Ia la ’ri:'leih ’it,
He mtehes, he
rotooir, he has and, consequently, there would not be so many soldiers

to fight against the English at Madras. The officers

to fuit a'geinst di iygli f of inc'dra s. di afiso-

in that city thought his plan a good one and asked

in b‹et siti fa:t his- flair o bud i '. ii aim n:sL't

him if he himself was willing to perform what lie had

proposed that they should do.

pro'you -d dat dei |ad du:.

“Clive at once agreefi to this, and in a heavy storm

“kliiiii at ws tis o'yri:d I o dis, atid in o heat sta:ni

march = walk like with thunder and lightning he marched off towards
a soldier Trib fxndar an laitniy lii: it«i:tJt a: f ta'wa: d•

troops — soldiers Arcot as fast as possible with his troops, which only
a.'bet »z fa.-st oz• posohl win hi• tru: ps, huiit f ounli

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 3'he Fifty-Seventh (57th) Chapter.

consisted of 200 English soldiers and 300

k'oii'sistid ay tti : li ntidroil iyyli sould o• an fri: handrail

native soldiers, the so-called Sepoys, commanded by

iteil iz' sotild yo-•, do sotik a:ld si: pair-, bo'iua:ndid bar

eight officers, only two of whom had been in battle

ii afisa-. oiiiifi fi‹.’ ar liii:iii had f›i:ii i›i b‹etl

before.

“The soldiers of the town of Arcot weren't very brave

“o’o .sould$o• cv do tnuu cv a:'bsl we: ti I veri l›reiv

and at once gave up the place without a fight. This

was easier than Clive had expected, but if he couldn’t

•‹‹'oq- i: g•ia doii bl‹iiv li nd ibs'pektid. bet i f hi: budnt

hold the city against the enemy, nothing would have

li‹mlJ be siti a'yriiist bi rniiiii, noQty i‹•o‹l he

been gained. He knew that they would soon try to

lii. it ‹Jeind. lti: ii jii. bsl Sri ic'aJ su: n trai to

retake the town, and that he would be forced to fight was forced to —
'ri.‘Ceil la I‹iiiti, Eli bat hi.’ •‹ood hi: fa:st I.i /uit had to

with only the few troops he had, because some soldiers

-« iâ oii iili da [jii: tru: ps lii: hvd. hi'h›• som sould yoz

that had been sent to help him had not been able to
âat ltoil hi:ii sent to licl hitu £8d rift bi:n eibl t»

reach Arcot on account of the enemy. So he prepared

ri: I ‹i:'ka I a ii o'L'aunt m di eniitii. son hi: pri'peed

everything to hold the town, took care of the distri-

a-v'ri pry to honld dv You n, luh hear b distri-

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distribution
dividing among bution of food, etc.
people 'Ayn:/aii ar fu:d,
it'setro.

“The strength of the enemy army that came to retake

“da strey f o•‹› di eninii o: tni daf éei»l la 'ri:'teik

the town was much greater than that of Clive’s, as

be taun woz tuft f yreit o hon bat cv blaivz, o•

the natives at first had more than 6000 soldiers,

be neitivz ct fa:st lied 1ua.’ da it siks )auzotid sould o-,

in addition ==
besides and in addition, 4000 of the troops that had been
and in »'difon, fa: §auzatid. cv do mm: ps hot find hi:ii

fighting near Madras were sent to support them. So

it seemed quite impossible that Clive should be able

i st. tnJ ki‹'ait tin'fasol›l bat klaiv fed hi: eihl

to break the strength of this army.

to breib be strew § »v his a:Eni.

“The fighting lasted for fifty days. The native troops

“âo faitiy la:stid fz fi fti dciv. da neitiv trii : ps

surrounded the town, and there was fighting every day.

.‹o't ‹in ii‹lid be lati n, cii dea te nt faitiy evri ilei.

Towards the end of that time, conditions had become

t o' tr y : d• bi end cv duel taiiii, kon'di Jaiip• had ti'k.i m

very bad for Clive and his men. Many of his soldiers
•‹ rri bred fo klaiv an high tiirti. iiieni hiz souls o•

had been killed, big holes had been shot in the walls
lied lii. ii kilil, biy ltoul- had bk:n a I th d8 Wt:I •lw
of the
town, and
in addition
to this there
was but
little
m' be taun,
end iii

to
bca
litl
 The Fifty-Seventh (57th) Chapter.

food. However, Clive took care that the distribution

fti :d. liau'mo. #leir tit k heo dat do distri'h ju: foti

of it was just and did his best to help where help was
»v it test- d$est Qtr tli.d lits- l›est to help hivco hel p woz•

needed.
iii:did.

“The troops outside thought that he would have to give

“‘be tru: ps aut'said fa: I bat hi.’ wed he to giv

up the town and told him as much, but he said angrily

.s b» t‹iuti air tould him o - in x I f, hot hi: sed ‹eygrili

that they would soon know how British soldiers could

âut âri «'a‹l ‹ii. ii rio ii ltau briti| souId}a had

fight. The natives then decided to take the town, cost

(«it. la tieit iv- heir Ji'saiiliJ to teih do Iaun, host

what it might, and a hard battle began. Clive, who

li-‹‹'.›t it mail. mid o lta.’if hcrtl ñi'y‹rii. klaiv, hu:

had not had any rest for several days, had thrown
hail ii.it lt‹ed em rrsl f» sevrol dei-, JiaJ court

himself upon his bed; but when he heard that the

him'sel f o'Bakr lt in- lir‹l ; list huieii hi: ha: J dot b»

battle which was to decide everything had begun, he

ha:tl hwit f wcs- to ili'sniil vri/iy had 6t'y.i›t, lii:

rose from his bed at once, and led the fighting himself.
i oti• fruit his- lir‹l ct c•.x its, art led be faitiy hint'self.

The enemy went forth to battle with a number of

Ji eiiiini «'‹'ii /u. la lull said a na cchar as

elephants in front of them, but as soon as the troops

rfi/aitts iii fr.s tit ar do ml, /›af oc .tti:ii a* da frii:9s

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in the town began using their guns, the elephants

in be tauii lii'y‹eit Jti: -iy dra yait*, ei eli flirts

got quite wild and rushed back, killing many of the

gal hwait z‹'aiI‹I all r.aft heel', kilifi iiiriti ap âa

natives. Without the elephants the enemy now tried

neitivz. tefb' aut bi eli fouls bi eiiitni atau lr‹ti‹l

might = strength with all their might again and again to take the town,
wib o:l hen mait o'yriit dtt(l o'yriii to term do t‹iutt,

but they were driven back every time. The strength

list Rei -!‹•»: ‹lri•‹'ii l›rek evri taim. be .‹trek f

of the little army in the town, fighting like lions and

oi! Jo mm a:itii iii be man, failiJ lath Interim- an

bravely commanded by C1ive, was too great. At

breinli ña'iiiu: it‹Ii‹I I›ni Claim, was” lii. yrcit. at

last the enemy was forced to give up the fight, and

lii.’st di eniini «'ac ta:s/ la yit' .sp da fair, air

the rest of the troops marched away from the town.

Clive and his troops had won the battle.

I:toiv on hi• tru: ps hail zc. ii be h‹etl.

“From this day forth the French lost their power.

“from bi.‹ ilei fa: f be fren f last bca fuiu a.

Many of the natives would not help them any longer

iii‹'iii a•‹' ba tieitiv• tt'od na I liel botti eni layyo

when they found out how great the military strength

ltu'eit bvi (an nil nu I lwn yreil da iiiilil Sri strew)

of the English was. Clive fought with all his might

ai âi i yyli f -‹‹'a -. l!'laiv fo:t wib ›:l hi* iitait
 The Fifty-Seventh (57th) Chapter.

against the French and the natives that still supported

them, and before long the day came when the power
y8lll, it Ti Hi'f.7.’ 1:I j be dei beiin hweti be pan»r

of the English in India was as great as and even

»•‹• âi itjyliJ iii itid jz ic•op- oz• yreit az end i:v»ti

greater than that of the French.”

yJrcifa ben Ja't az' da /reii/.”

“Thank you very much, Marshall,” said Storm. “How-

fa: yk yii . rrt-i iii a I/, two:/a/.” sed sta:ni. “ftAti-

ever, there’s one more thing I should like to ask you

'‹ ra. dam i‹' iii rite. Qty ai Jed l«ik tit o:sé y«:

about," he continued. “Certainly, old man,” Marshall

a’huiit.” lii. Can'tinju:d. “sa:tnli, ould iii‹en,” dna:faI

replied. “I should like you to tell me something about

ri'plural. ”ui fo‹l Init ju: ta tel mi: sumdiy o'baut

Ceylon,” said Storm. “I know that it’s a very large

.n"l.›ii,” .‹rd sta: m. “at non but its » vert la:d y

island near the south coast of India from which we get

uila ti‹l min b» sau) boost zv i.nd jo frotrt Jtwif/ or: yeI

'ery good tea. But tell me, Marshall,” he said, “is

z›eri yf‹d ti:. bad tel ini., inu:|aI,” hi: red, “is

Ceylon part of the new Dominion of India?” “No,

si'lati po: I ay be n ju: do'uiin jzn ay ind j»?” “•ou,

answered Marshall. “Ceylon is not part of the Dominion

a:used tea:Jul. “si'lan iz trot pa:t d8 do'min jon

of India. It has become a separate Dominion with self-

at› indJa. it ho• U b in a se prit dz'iiiitt joti wtb 'self-

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government, in the same way as India and Pakistan,”

'yawaii iii atif, iti la .trims trei »_ ind jo an Jo: bi'itn : ti.”

he continued.

“Thank you, Marshall,” said Storm. “I hope we can

“fayk ju . rna: (of,” .‹ed i/a. rii. ”at lieu p wi: ka ii

continue our discussion of the British Empire some

other evening.”

EXERCISE A.

WORDS: The colonies of the British Empire are not all — in

forth the same manner. The political rights of the Dominions
command are the fruits of a — which has been going on for many
moment years. By the year 1900 half of the Dominions had —
definite
their present rights. Storm supposed that if England
debt
Dominion had used — against her present Dominions instead of
colonial being — with them, they would have been lost now.
manner
regarding The colonies proper are parts of the British Empire with
incorrect only a few English soldiers and — living among the —
native The highest authority of a colony proper is the —. Storm
wild
asked if it would not be more — to let the colonies
savage
proper have governments of their own. When the Eng-
force
force (verb) lish first came to the colonies, the natives in many
troops places were nothing but — or — tribes.
military
strength Marshall thought that on the whole England had tried
nower to be just and — towards her colonies. Storm had no
— idea of the government of India. The English — might
Gandhi several times by sending him to —. storm drive
thought that — cannot change the political opinions drove
of men like Gandhi. As a boy, Clive was very interested driven
in — lifie. march
gain
retake
It was the plan of the French to use the great — they
retook
had gained to — the English out of India. The English retaken
had tried to stop the rapid — of French power. At addition
Arcot Clive took good care of the just — of food. The development
— of the enemy army was much greater than that of expansion
Clive's. The enemy tried with all their — to take justice
Arcot, but at last they were — to give up the battle. official
punishment
just
punish
prison
EXERCISE B. gentle
Write 200-300 words about a film you have seen. In bedtime
what cinema did you see it? In what country had it distribution
been produced? Who played in it? What was it about?
govern
Was it a good or a bad film? Tell us about all this Indian
in your own words as well as you can. Governor
Sepoy
century
intention
rule
EXERCISE C. GRAMMAR. Pakistan
The forms of most English verbs are made in the same Ceylon
way as those of ‘to call'. We call these verbs regular
reg julo verbs. From what you have learned about
them so far, you will have seen that if you know the
infinitive, you will be able to make all the other forms.
But in the case of some other verbs this is not so.

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Chapter Fifty-Seven (57).

Example: write, wrote, written (he writes, he wrote,

he has written). Of such verbs you must know the
infinitive, the past tense, and the second participle, in
order to be able to make the different forms and tenses
of the verb. We call these verbs irregular [t'reyJtiJa]
verbs. Other examples are: eat, ate, eaten; give, gave,
given; swim, swam, swum.

The verbs 'shall', 'will', ‘can', 'may' are also irregular

verbs; they only exist in the present tense and in the
past tense: shall — should; will — would; can — could;
may — might.

•Must’ and •ought’ are the same in the present tense

and in the past tense. Examples: You must go now.
When he came home, I told him that he must go again.
You always ought to help your friends. When you
visited your uncle, you ought to have told him the
truth.

Questions:
Mention one or two of the regular verbs that you have
learned. ... Mention one or two of the irregular verbs
that you have learned. What are the past tense forms
of 'shall', 'will', •can’, •may'? What are the past tense
forms of 'must’ and ’ought'? ...

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Chapter Fifty-Eight (58). The Fifty-Eighth (58th) Chapter.

THE CAT IS LET OUT OF THE BAG

“Look here, Storm,” Mr. Edwards said one afternoon,

“fu/t his, sts:iti,” itiistar edwads sed wan a: fto'nu: tt,

as they were sitting in Mr. Edwards’ study up to

oz bei we: sitiq in misfar edwodziz stndi np to

their eyes in letters, bills, and all sorts of papers.

drar oiz iii leto•, bil , end o:l so:ts »v pei
p»z.

“We shall have to find out why the goods that come
“wi: Jol he to faind ant hwai b» gndz dot bum

to us via Portsmouth have been so late in reaching

tu as vain po:tsmo§ hov bi:n son leit in ri:tJiq

us the last few times; we can’t have all these delays.

as do la:st f ju: taitns; wi: ba:nt hav o:l di:z di'leiz.

Twice there has been a delay of five days. Please go

twats hen hoz bi:n o di'lei m faiv deis. pli:z gon

to the telephone in the hall and ring up Marshall.

Ask him to send a wire to Portsmouth. I demand wire = telegram

a:sk him to sr.Ltd a warn to pa:tsnio§. ai di’ma:nd

to know the reason for those delays at once. Tell

to non do ri:•n fo hour di'leiz »t w. us. tel

Marshall that we want a reply by wire to-day, so that

rna: J»l hot wi: want o ri'§foi Koi traia to'dei, son be!

he may be able to send the necessary cables to the cable te1egram

across water
Hi: tnei tii: eibl ta send d» nesisari keiblz lz do

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Chapter Fifty-Eight (58).

Continent, if they don’t know anything about it at

Portsmouth. I want to get to the bottom of this

question now, and it takes too long to send letters.

kwest fen nan, and It teibs tu: 1:I § th sPHd letoz.

So, as I said, I want Marshall to send a wire to

son, oz ai sed, at wo itt dna: fol to send o wai» to

Portsmouth, and, if necessary, to cable to the Con-

pa:tsnio), end, if nesisori, to Aribi to be ban-

tinent.”
tinont.”

When Storm had rung up Marshall and given him the

hwen St:I! It had r q p ma:Jul end piuti fiitti da

message from the manager, Marshall replied, “I know

niesid$ from be nianid$z, ma:Jul ri'plaid, “at non

a fellow at the customs office in Portsmouth. I think

o felon oi be bnstonif ofis in po:tsmo). «i )i b

I’ll send a personal wire to him and ask him to help

ail send a po:snl taoia to him end a:st him to hel p

error = something us to find the error. For it seems clear to me that

as . ta faind bi em. f ar it st:mz Clio to Eni: hot

it must be somebody down there who is making an

it mcs I bi: snmbodi doun dcc hu: in mPl‘k!’!f *

error of some kind or other.”

era aw zaut #oittd :r xda.”

“Yes, do that,” Storm said. “And then ring me up as

“jes, du: da:I,” EU:tn sed. “on ben riy mi: p oz
 The Fifty-Eighth (S8th) Chapter.

soon as you have learned something about it.” As he learn something

en:u a - ju: ltov lo:ii‹l sum fry o'haiit ii.' a - lii: (here) = get
information
returned from the telephone in the hall, he met Marion
ri'ta: nd from do teli fount iti âa lt a:l, li i: mrl uuerioti

just leaving her father’s room. “Hallo!” he greeted

d§nst li:z›ig la: fa: âa• ru:›n. “Ii»'Iou!” lii: gri: tid

her with a smile. “You certainly have courage to go

in to your father when he’s so busy. It must have

in to Js: fa:be huien hi:z son biz-i. it test hov

been something pretty important you had to tell him.” pretty (here) =
bi:n s. iii fiJ grit i rim'{y: tout jii.’ li‹rd to trl him.” rather

She didn't answer him, but hurried away.

Ji: didnt a:use hiiti, hot harid o'wet.

He shook his head a little in surprise at her behaviour, He shakes, he

Hi: /u# /ttz lied » IiII in sa'f›rni• at Ita: bi'heirja, shook, he has

but entered the room without trying to stop her. Here

bat entad ba re: iii zui6'out traiiq ta step ha:. hia

he found Mr. Edwards standing at the window in

hi: faund Quieter edwadz standi at be windou iti

deep thought, not looking busy at all. When he heard

di: p §o:t, it at lusty bi•i ct a:l. hwen hi: he:d

Storm, he turned round with a little smile and said,

sts:m, hi: to:nd raund wid o litl smoiJ end sed,

“Well, my boy, Marion has just told me about you two.

“’ivel, trirti f›.›i. rfi‹ri-iazi lies if ¿.s.st lonh cii: a'fzot‹/ yu: Qtr:.

And although young women no longer have to ask their

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Chapter Pifty-Eight (58).

father's permission to marry, I’m happy to be able to

fa:bo• po'rim fen to mari, aim h‹y pi to bi: cial ta

say that I should gladly have given Marion my per-

set but at Jed glzdli h»v pin niari»n mai p»-

mission to marry you, had she asked me. This is a

'niiJon to start ju:, had Ji: a:sit tni:. his iz o

surprise to me. — I wonder what my wife is going to

so'praiz to trfl:. — at wnndo hwat mai waif iz goui to

say about it! Where have we had our eyes? But, of

sei o'baut it! hwco hov wi: had auor aiz.! hot, cv
course, modern girls aren’t kept under observation in
ha:s, itiadan go:lz ‹i:tit kept itdar abza'veiJan in

the same way as their mothers were when I was young.

be seini wei oz dcc mmbuz we: hwen or woz job.

why! = oh! Why! You must have been seeing each other quite
Email ju: most hov bi:n st:iy i:If eâo dwarf

a lot to find time for coming to such an important

decision!”
di'si$on!”

“Not nearly enough, Mr. Edwards,” Storm replied.

“nat nioli i'n f, mistor edwodz,” sts:rn ri'plaid.

“You see, there were always so many people about to

“ju: st: , den wa:r a:livo• son ment ii: Al o'taut to

prevent me from telling her all the things I had to

f'ri'iieitt iih: from lrliij he: r a:l âo fiys at h‹f d to

say — and when it did look as if I was going to have

set — on hmen it did Ink az if ai woe gouiy to he
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a chance, she always seemed to be able to find sonne-

t tea:us, Ji: a:lwo- st:ind. to hi: eil›l ta /‹iir‹f. sniii-

thing to prevent me from talking about it just then!

)i to {ri'vent rim.: fraiii. ta:hiy o'baut it d ynst den!

But I can play at that game, too,” Storm continued

bet at kin Mini ct bat geini, tii:,” sta:in bon'tin ju:d

with a little laugh, thinking of their trip to Leith Hill.

wib o fiff la: f, )iybi cv hen tri p to li: § hil.

“I caught her in a place the other day where she

“at be:t he:r in o plete di who dei hwco Ji:

couldn’t get away, and for once there were no unwanted unwanted = not
éiidtit r/e/ a'wei, ate /a tratis dra ft'a: non 'nn'wyntid wanted

persons about. So I just kept her there till she ac-

po:snz o'haut. son at d test be pt he: bee til fi: ob-

cepted me.”
'septid nii:.”

“Hem, well,” Mr. Edwards replied, “I’ve made the

“hin, wel,” Eni.her edwodz ri'plaid, “aiv meid âi

observation several times myself that one must use a

:)bSo'vei Jon sevrol taimz niai'sel f dot wan m ost ju:z o

strong hand with women now and then. It was the

same with her mother when we ...” He suddenly

seint aid la: trim da hwen N: ...” Hi: s drift

interrupted himself here and continued in another voice,

into'rx ptid hiiis'self his and kon'titiju:d in o'rim da rois,

“Well, shall we go to the sitting-room and break the

“eel, Jol wi: pou to be siti rum on breib be
break the news = news to my wife?”
tell the new.s
n jn:s ta thai thai/.*”

They found Mrs. Edwards in the garden with Marion.

“Now, what do you think of that?” Mr. Edwards

“nan, hw I du: ju: )iyb cv dat.!” niistor edwodz

grant = give asked. “Do you think we can grant these two children
a:sbt. “du: ju: /ip# tci: #ait gra: nt bi:- tu: t fildron

our permission to marry?” “I think it’s wonderful, and

aux po'nti fen to niari.!” “at §iqk its wz ndaful, »tt

that he's a very nice boy for our Marion. May God
hot lii:• o vrri tuiis l›ai. far inns nuerian. inei 9aâ’

bless you, children! I hope you’ll be very happy.”

hlr s ju:, IJildt oii ! ai lmu f ju:1. hi: vert. ha pi.”

“Thank you, mother — we shall,” Marion answered,

“fayk ju:, nt zbo — wi: Tal,” iti‹eriati ‹i:used,

with a little smile at Storm’s red face.

wid a Jitl entail ct sta:buz red feis.

“But you don’t look very surprised,” Mr. Edwards

“hot ju: dount Int vrri .io'praizd,” triistor edwodz

said to his wife. “Oh no, I’ve been expecting this for
sed to his- tt'ni/. “on noir, aiv hi:ti iks'pebtiy his fo

some time. Haven't you?” He replied by shaking his

.stir luiiii. It‹ei tiI ju: i” lii.’ ri'pl‹ii‹i ñui feikiy his

head. “Why, with your wonderful brain, I thought

ltrd. “huiai, wid ja: tern ride ful brein, at pa:t

you had found out long ago!” “I may have got a good
ju: had found ant lay o'9ou!” “at met hov got o gud
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brain, as you say, and be able to use it in my work.
brein, o• jii: sei, on hi.’ ril›l to ju:z it iii mat zva: k.

But I'll never be so wise about life as you are, my

bat ail new hi: son teai• o'haut lai f ap• ju: a:, nmi

dear,” Mr. Edwards answered. “Your mother is a

die,” niistor edwod• a:used. “ja: nt z her in- o

very wise woman, Marion,” he continued; “you can’t

veri train ‹t›utiiati, inarioti,” hi: hoti'tin ju:d; “ju: ha:ttt

teach her very much about life.”

ti: f/ /ia: t'eri @taf/ o'baut lai f.”

“Yes, I do hope Marion will grow up to be like you,” “aius o'freid aux
“jes. ni ilii: lion f iii‹rriaii it-ii yrou .xp In hi: l«il• ju: pl‹enz fo
.” hunt

Storm said seriously, but with laughing eyes. “Grow

sta: m sr‹l siorio.‹li, l»i -!‹id ln: fiy «ir-. “‹jrou

up!” Marion cried. “Now, children, please!” laughed

n p !” iiiarioii krnid. “unit, IJildron, fli:•!” la: ft

Mrs. Edwards. “Life may be pretty rough, you

tnisi• edwodz. “laif inei It: priti re f, ju:

know, so don’t make it rougher still by fighting already.

tion, son doiiiit iiteib it rz fo til Lai faitiq a:l'redi.

And we have so many things to talk about now, too.

Let’s go inside.”
ie.to g‹›u iti'sni‹I.”

“Yes, tell us about your plans,” Mr. Edwards said.

“jes, tel as a'baut ja: fil‹enz,” niistor edwodz sed.

“I’m afraid our plans for the future haven’t taken any
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 Chapter Fifty-Eight (58).

shape form
definite shape yet,” Storm answered. “We want to
de fruit fei p jet,” sts:in a:used. “wi: want to

marry as soon as possible, of course, but it looks to

inari o• su: n o- f ysabl, cv ko:s, hot il Inks I’a

me as if that’s a long way off. As far as I can see,

mi: oz i f bats o lay ivei o: f. o• fa:r o• at kin si:,

we must place all our hope of marrying soon in what

tui: most pleis a:l aux houp cv inariiq en:n in hwat

I'm able to do with my brain.” “So you can under-

aimeihl la du: aid niai brein.” “son ju: hon ndo-

stand what a very small hope it is, father,” Marion

'stand ltcoat o veri stir a: I hon p it iz, fa:be,” marine

interrupted, laughing.
into'r ptid, la: fit.
pay attention
Storm paid no attention to her words, but it was with
g •i e a tt e nti Ct Y1
$t:I:tn feid it on o'tenJon to he: w»: dz, bsl ii w»z trid

rather red ears he continued: “What I mean is, I

ra:do red tax Hi: km'tin ju:d: “hwat at Eni:ti iz, at

haven’t been blessed with any rich old aunts who will
h‹runt bi: It hlest mid dfli rit f ould a:nts hu: wil

leave me all their money when they die, so what we'll

li:n wti: 9:l âea »aiii lizurn âei dai, sou twat wi:I

need, I shall have to earn by my own work. However,

cii: J, ‹i( /af her tu o:ti bai utai oun we:b. hau'evo,

I think that the experience I have been able to gain

ai §ipé dat di i#i'§iarians ai hav bi:n eibl to gein

over here will help me when I return home.”

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“Return home!” Mrs. Edwards cried. “But that’s
“ri'to:n houni!” irtisiz eduiodz kraid. “hot d‹rti

entirely out of the question. Isn’t it?” she asked and entirely = quite
in'taieli ant cv be hwest Jon. iz•nt it.!” Ji: a:sit end

turned to her husband. “I’m afraid it's impossible for

I»:nd to he: hnzb»nd. “aim u'freid its tin’p;)Sdhl :f'

me to stay much longer,” Storm said. “It makes me

very sad, too, to think of leaving England. But noW sad — sorry
vert s‹ed, tu:, to )iyk cv li:viy iyglond. hot can

I shall have to •get rich quick', as they say in America,

at fol her fa yet ritJ bwib•, o• dei set iti a'merit a,

and my chance of getting better paid work will be

an nilai tfn:tis or getig beta eid wa:b wil bi:

greater at home. And an entirely different thing is

yreitar ct liotiiti. otid on tit'taiali di front f iy is

that my passport says that I can only stay three months

hot mini, {a: s o: I sr• bat at knit outili .itei )ri: in.• n)s

longer in England.” “Only three months?” Mrs. Ed-

wards asked sadly. “Oh, isn’t there anything you can

;rorf_ a: sJ•f sa:‹lli. “oi‹, i-iii dir ciii fit ju. l'oii

do about it? Don't you know anybody in the police

dti .- a'l›aut it .9 d oti iit jii: imti riiil›.›‹li iii â.a {o'li:x

department that deals with unwanted foreigners?” He deals, he dealt,

he has dealt [di:/-.

Mr. Edwards replied, with a little smile at the ex-

mist or edi‹'ad -. ri'plural. n iâ › li ll .s innil a1 rat i#s-
Chapter Fifty-Eight (58).

as a matter of fact
= really pression his wife used, “As a matter of fact, I do know
'{rrJon hi• ivai f ju: -d, “oz o tn et ar cv fall, ni âu: non

the chief of a a man there. Jenkins, the chief of that department,

department = the
man who is at the o tnan hen. d$eyhinz, do I|i: f cv bar di'pa:truant,
head of the
department is a personal friend of mine. But I can’t very well go
i• » po:stil freitd :n! math. hot ai éii:nt sari we/ you

up there and demand that they should make an ex-

am dra ati di'itia:md dat dci fed mere an i#-

ception to the rules as a personal favour to me, just

'se p fen to be rii:lz oz o po:snl feivo to nii:. d$.est

because we would like a certain young man to stay.

But there's nothing to prevent me,” he continued a

hat dam ii.tory la pri.'veiit ini:,” lii: /.'ao'tiiiJt‹:d 3
hopeful full
cf hope little more hopefully, “from sending a personal mes-
litl iii a. hon{fuli, “from sriirfiij o o:.‹nl nms-

sage to Jenkins, recommending Storm’s case to his

kind attention.
baind o'len fen.

“Now, listen!” he went on, turning to Storm. “You go

“nun, lien!” fti: u'enI :f H, to. ni y to sta:m. “ju: you

in and write a letter to the chief of police, saying that

its an raii o let o la ba iJi: f av pa'li.-.‹. sriiy bsl

you’re doing special and very necessary work here,

jug ‹ltd:ii .‹die fol on vert nr.sisari n›o: k his,

which can’t be finished within the three months that

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you’re allowed to stay, and asking for an extra year’s

juor o'laud to stei, end a: sbiy for cii ekstro jia -

stay.

“There’s more than sufficient work for you in our firm,

“boz mo: hon so'fi font we: b fo ju: iii aux fo.’in.

so I’ll see that you get chances enough to prove whether

son ail st: dat ju: get I Ja:nsiz i'nx f to pm:v hwedo

you can take on more responsibility. If they grant

ju: fi'an teiiz Alt Inc: risf›snsa'biliti. if âei gra:nt

you that extra year, and you make good in your work, make good
ju: bat ekstro jio, Qtr ju: ttieik g tu l iii ja: we:b, have success

you will get a rise, so that you can marry within the
Jai: «'if y/r/ a r‹iic, .ion daf Jai: taii iiiei i i«id'iii ba

coming year. And then next time you ask for per-
l”. iiiy ji1. all dr›t url*.‹/ f‹/i/// jii : a:.‹//a #a-

mission to extend your stay in England, you’ll have

'rim fen tu the'tend jo: stei in iqylzitd, Ju:1 hav

the very good reason to give that you’re married to

be veri gud ri:zn ta yiv bzt jug marid In

an Englishwoman. So run along now and get that letter

done, while I write to Jenkins!”

d.cii. //zc'o// ui / u// /:› ‹l¿i’i)i•'iit»!”

“Isn’t it wonderful, the way father can always find

a way out of difficulties?” Marion said to her mother.

o u›ei atit cv Ji fib ltip•.!” tn‹rr ian .tel In /ia: m.i do.
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“Yes, dear — there's certainly nothing wrong with his

brain,” Mrs. Edwards answered proudly.

brein,” inisiz edwod• a:used praudli.

An hour later, when the two letters had been sent off,
Qtr aux leith, liuieti be tu: letoz had hi:ti sent a: f,

Marshall arrived. “I thought it best to come out and

iitu:|al o'raised. “ai )o:t it best to h iii ant html

explain the matter personally,” he said. “What matter?”

ills'pleiii do Pri ate po:snoli,” hi: sed. “hwat tit ate?”

Mr. Edwards asked. “Why, about the delays at Ports-

itiistar edwod• a:sht. “/tzi'oi, a'ñaiif da di'frir at po! ls-

mouth, sir,” Marshall replied in some surprise. “Oh yes,

inc), so: ,” ma: fol ri'fluid:I in sotn sz'praiz. “‘on jes,

that’s right. I'd forgotten all about that. You see,” he

bats rait. ‹rid fo'ya In .i . 1 o'hau I ‹1‹r t. jii . .‹i: .” lii:

explained, noticing Marshall's expression, “we’ve just

learned that Marion is going to marry your friend

Storm, so we’ve been far away in making plans for

sta:iii , son tr i .’•‹› bi: n fa:r a' tt!ei in itteiki’q pla'ti•• fo

the future.”

“What's that, old man?” Marshall said to Storm. “Didn't

“h•‹s a1s beet, ould m‹eti.!” uui: fal srd to sts:in. “didn I

you tell me the other day to guard that piece of news

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like the crown jewels?” “I did,” Storm answered.

laib be branii d $ii :olz?” “at did,” sta : tii u : rise J.

“But Marion let the cat out of the bag this afternoon.”
“bet itia:riott let da b‹et ant cv be h‹vg his a :! ta'ii ii :ii.”

“Aren't you afraid to send your daughter off with a

“a: nt ju: o'freid to send ja : da:ter a: f • 'iâ

foreigner?” Marshall asked Mrs. Edwards. “We hope

f:trim.!” rna: fol a:sbt ciisiz edu•odz. “wi: lioti p

they’ll be able to stay in England,” she answered, “so

beil bi: eibl to stei in iqgloiid,” Ji: a:ns»d, “son

that we can keep an eye on them and guard her against

dat tei: #ao Hi.’/ art at uii dam art ya:d fia:r »'yciitst

all the strange ideas that he will no doubt try to put

u:I da .streiiid ¿ ni,'dio• âol lii: n oil Stott dam tr‹ii to fu I

into her head!”

into he: leed!”

“Well,” said the manager, “what did you find out about
“wel,” sed d» mania$o, “hwat did ju: faind ant o'baut

Portsmouth?” “It doesn’t look as if anybody is making

Ja:tsnta/.*” “if J. znt luh ar th eiiif›udi ir iitri#iy

any errors down there,” Marshall replied. “All goods

eni ri’a rfn1‹it âes,” 1iia:faI ri.'f›Iui‹I. “a:I gftds

are sent on very soon after reaching the town.” “Well,

‹i: sytit an rCri su: ti ‹i: fts ri: t Jiy do tautt.” “wel,

did you cable to our connections on the Continent then?

did ju: keibl tit aux ba'nek fens an be Cuntinarit den.!

You can’t have received any cables yet from over there.”
ju: ka:nt hov ri'si:vd eni keiblz jet from ouvo den.”
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“No, I didn’t cable. You see, I found out that the last
”iir›ir, ui ‹fir/iit irié/. Jii: .‹i:, ni /uiinrf ‹ml dat da fa:sI

two or three times the goods have arrived on time.

I ii: a Sri: mimic da yiid • ftar o'raic'd un laiiti.

So I got some of these papers that deal only with

sort ai yet sum cv bi:• pet f o• dot âi:1 oiiiili zrid

ships; you know — the sailing plans of all ships, news

/i9s; yu: tion — da iri/iy §/ztic ar u:f /i#s, iiyu:c

about the weather, and so on. And it seems that by

'baut be n!edo, cii soti :w and it st:iti• hot bar

. a strange chance, four of the ships bound for Portsmouth

o strciiul y I fu: us. fa : r a•‹' be /i/s l›‹m ltil lz f a: 1.‹m a p

with our goods on board have had several days' delay

on account of bad weather and a rough sea. The fellow

cii a'l ai‹ii/ ar /›‹rrf webar on‹l o rn f .‹i. . ‹to felon

down there who had dealt with our things was very
‹fruit dra Jim: had dell wid ana hiya tche veri

helpful; it was he who suggested that I should try those

hel f fill,- in waz hi: liu: so'il¿est iil ‹Jot iii Jul Irui hon-

papers.” “Good!” the manager said. “I think it was

' •› ‹‹ J• ‹• ‘ ’, •

hunt about (here) wise of you to hunt about a bit before sending cables
look for -‹t›iti* ar J ii . la h tit z'hniil o hil I›i'fa: .‹riidiq l'eil›l•
something
all over the Continent.”

Marshall and Storm stayed with the Edwards family

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for dinner, and naturally, the conversation turned to

the subject of ships. “I’ve visited Portsmouth several

da snhd $iht as Jim.‹. “eir t'isiti‹i /›.i:/*iiiaJ *e‹'i a/

times,” Marshall said, “and I think it would be hard

taiitt •,” itia:Jal srd, “and at fiiyl' it. •‹‹'o‹l hi: lta:if

to find another harbour with so many types of ships

to faiiid »'nnbo ha:ha wib son ineni Lai ps cv fi ps

in one place. The entire harbour is full of all kinds entire = whole
in wan pleis. bi in'tail ha: her iz ful cv a:l haiiid •

of ships.” “You know,” Mr. Edwards explained to

a•‹' Ji¿s.” yet: non.” nti.‹tar ed1‹'ods i1'i'/›/ri i‹f /.›

Storm, “Portsmouth is one of the most important bases

sta: in, “pa:tstii o f in- m. n cv do moth.‹I iiti'pa: I Int t‹isic- “

for British warships. In fact, it has been so ever since

Roman times, for the shape of the South Coast makes

rouiii on tuiiti-, /a da Jri¿ ay da son f kousl ni eih.‹

a fine natural harbour here. Within this natural harbour,

o fiiiit ii‹ct frol ha: he his. wib'iii dis ii‹ct ft-of lia: he.

two harbours have been built, one for warships and

one for other ships.”

7t/.th far xda tgJ.”

“And outside the harbour,” Marshall added, “is the

place for all the small boats owned by the people who
5fris for o:l be sin a:l bouts ou nd bar be ii: Al ku.
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 stay there in the summer. I’ve been there on a summer
sari dear in da .i.‹via. sit› 6i:›i bear ua a iaiua

battleship - day, and it really was a wonderful sight: great battle-

warship
dci, end iI rioli ••‹'o• o w rt da f ul sait: grrit b‹etl-

ships and small, all painted grey, aircraft carriers with

their broad white decks for aeroplanes, or aircraft, to

akcraft
carrier land on, black steamers, aeroplanes starting from and
land :fft , blah sli:nioz, eoropleitiz sta: try frstti str

q+- landing on the aircraft carriers, and moving in and out

/ •›/dii/ »i ai raH“ . f/ Lei“i s, all Anil.”z iy i›i ai/r/ oil/
aero,plane among all these, there were many small boats with
r ' - - - .- - - . .
‹z//rxn/r their white sails bright in the sun. We saw a great
one aircraft dry lii‹!ait seil• limit iii âo .‹. ti. •o!i: s.1: o yreit
t wo aircraft
white steamer far out at sea, too. Somebody said it
/itrni/ Eli: rna fa:r ant at .ii , tii:. satu /›ar/i serf i/

was the ’Queen Mary'. It's strange to think that they

tc'az da ’1•tt›i: ii titeort’. ii.‹ strriiid ¿ /a Jiyl da/ ri

can now build ships large enough to accommodate several

¿, » ›i‹tn l›ilil Ji ps /‹i.'r/,-} i'it i f lti :i'ko m»‹lrit .trrr»/
accommodate =
have room for
thousand passengers and sailors.”
fanzon‹l {‹rsind$o• on .‹ril»•.”

“That’s enough people to fill a small town Storm

said. “But, of course, that's unusual. The boat I came

sell. “leaf, av by:s, fi‹etJ str'jii: fuel. be bout oi briiii

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over in accommodated 300, one of the sailors

ouvor in o'boniodeitid fri: hnndrad, wan cv be seila -

told me. — What a crowd there must be to see all see off = say
tould rim:. — /izvut o kraud beo most hi: to si: a:l good-bye to

those passengers off!” he added, thinking of all the

dour- pasind$a• a: f!” lii: adid, fiyhiy av a.’1 b»

people who had been there last year to see their friends

off when he left the Continent.

After dinner they passed a pleasant hour in front of

a:/ta ‹lima Rei pa:st o pleznt auor itt frs nt cv

the fire, as it had grown a bit cool in the evening.

da /oiu, ac it lied yroun a Gif km:l iii di i. ruin.

When they rose to leave, Marion decided to walk with

hweii dci roiiz ta li:v, in‹eria ii di'saidid to ma:b u'id

them to the bus. “Wait a moment!” she called to them

daiii la da 1› as. “trrit a iuouuiant !” /i: ba :ld ia daub

from the stairs, while they were saying good-bye to

frstii ba stso•, liivail dri zua: seiiy yud'bai to

Mr. and Mrs. Edwards. “I just want to get my

moister end itiisi• edu!ad •. “or d Inst teant ta met rna i

coat and a cap.”

/.’out a/td a be ”

“What! A new hat again?” cried her father, as she

“ht uf / o n ju: h‹:ct o'gein.!” hraid ha: fa: da, o• Ji:

appeared again with a bright green cap. “It's not a

o'pied o'gein tvid a hrait yri: n hue f. “iIs tint, o
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hat, daddy, it’s a cap, and I made it myself, so it hasn’t

h‹el, Judi, ils o ha f, oii‹l. ni tiiei‹1 it mini'self, son it liaz•nt

even cost you a shilling.”

i. 'rao 23St ji‹: a /i/iy."

“Be careful now, my boy,” Mr. Edwards said to Storm

ti. beof til ruin, tiini hat,” inistor eduiodz sed te ifo:ni

with a smile. “You see, she’s trying to give you the

wib o stnail. “jti: si: , fi. s tr‹iiiy to yiv jti: bi

impression that she's a great little woman for saving

iiti'pre foti hot fi.’ • o yreit litl ivutiton fo seiviq

money. But don’t trust her! Keep her under your

m.s tii. hoI do ii n I tr.sst li o: ! ki: p lt o:r . ii âo ys:

thumb right from the beginning. It's the only way to

{anti rait fraiii âa hi'gitiiy. its 3i onnli zuei ta

make good wives of them.” “Is it?” asked Mrs. Edwards.

rii eib gud waivz or born.” “i• it.!” a : skt iiiisiz edivodz.

“Perhaps I should tell Marion how I made a good

“f o'lta fs at fed tel nurriati heu or incit o ym

husband of you?” “It’s very kind of you to call me

ha*dainf ap Jii:.*” “its vert kaind as yti: fa 1•u:/ tier:

that,” her husband answered with a laugh. “But per-

d‹tl,” li o: li n•hoin:1 a: tifo‹l rib o la: f. “list po-

haps you had better not. It might make him afraid.”

'li u'ps jti : li ail for.ta na I. iI nioil in eik him o'freid.”

At last they all said good-night again, and the three

ct l‹t .’.‹I bei .› :l .‹ed gud'it‹iit a'yeiii, atid âa fri:

young people left the house.

1"!l I'!’-’p! Ie fl âa Irans.
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EXERCISE A.

Mr. Edwards — to know why there was such a great

WORDS:
— at Portsmouth. He wanted Marshall to send a —
demand
to Portsmouth, and perhaps also — to their connections police
on the Continent. Storm — up Marshall and gave him delay
the — from the manager, and Marshall answered that chief of police
he would ask a man at the customs office, who was a chief
— friend of his, to help them to find out where the
personal
message
— was.
deal
dealt
Young women nowadays no longer need their parents’ wise
— to marry, but Mr. Edwards would gladly have — unwanted
prevent
Marion permission to marry Storm. He told Storm
brain
that he had often made the — that it was necessary guard
to use a strong hand with women. Marion had for ring up
some time tried to — Storm from talking about mar- observation
rying her, but at last he got his chance. permission
error
wire
When Mrs. Edwards asked her husband if he had not cable
noticed anything, he — his head instead of saying “no”. cable (verb)
Mr. Edwards knew how to use his — in his work, but entire
he said that his wife was much — than he was. Storm's see off
and Marion’s plans for the future had not taken — yet. sad
hopeful
warship
It made Mrs. Edwards very — to think that Storm battleship
must leave them soon, but her husband told her that land (verb)
he knew the — of the — department that — with rough
foreigners staying in England. He would tell him that grant
Storm's special work could not be finished — three helpful
shape
months. Storm had told Marshall to — the news about
aircraft carrier
Marion and him like the crown jewels. aircraft
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aeroplane
Portsmouth is one of the most important — for Bri-
base
tish —. — — are ships with a broad deck for — to —
accommodate
bless upon. When people go away on trips, their friends
cap usually come to — them —. Marion herself had made
shake the — which she wore that evening.
shook
shaken
wonderful
within
bag
EXERCISE B.
Have you ever had anything to do with the police? ...
Have you ever been up in an aeroplane? ... What is
an aircraft carrier? ... Have you ever been out in a
bad snow storm? ... Have you ever visited a foreign
country? ... At what time of the year did you go there?
. What was the weather like? ... What was the pur-
pose of your visit to that country? ...

EXERCISE C. GRAMMAR.

Shall and will are used with the infinitive of a verb

to make the future tense. Examples: I shall come to-
morrow. When will your uncle come? I should be
glad to see you this evening. He would write me a
letter as soon as possible.

Shall and should are generally used after •I' and 'we’,
and as a rule will and would are used after 'you', •he’
(’she’, 'it’, and a noun in the singular), 'you’, and
’they’ (and a noun in the plural). For instance: I shall
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write my exercise to-morrow. Will you go with me

to town to-morrow? He will soon learn how to speak
this language. If you would come to-morrow, we should
be glad to receive you. Zhey would have given him
the money gladly.

Questions:

How is the future tense made? ... Which verb is used

after •I’ and •we' in the future tense? ... Which verb
is used after 'you’, •he' (•she', 'it’, and a noun in the
singular), 'they’ (and a noun in the plural) ? ... Write
four sentences in the future tense.

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NETVFRIENDS

A few weeks after Storm and Mr. Edwards had written

a f ju: zei.’hs a.’fts sta:in ord artist ar ed zuod - ltil rilti

to the police to get permission for Storm to stay,

Mr. Jenkins rang up and told Mr. Edwards that he

mist o d$eqkin• ra'y .s f aim toiild iii i.st ar e‹lteaJ z ba I lii.

had been able to arrange everything: Storm might stay

li nd bi.’ ti eibl In o'reinJ $ ermi f i y . sta: m inait stei

on for another year.

uii for o'ii nbe jia.

So Marion and Marshall and a small number of other

soti iHcei tart ati‹l rna: fal and o stirs:1 nniubar av .she

young people, friends of Marion's and Marshall’s, and

j. y pi: pl, frendz- cv nu:erioriz end tea:Jalz, ’end

now Storm’s friends, too, decided that they had better

itau sta:itiz frend•, tu:, di'saidid hot bei had beta

’do something about his education', as they expressed

•ilii .- s. in)iy o'baut lii• rdyit:'#riJoit’, oz bet iks'prest

it, and teach him everything he ought to know about

it, and ti. I f him evri fry hi: 3: I to non a'baul

the country and its people in order to become a true

be hnntri a nd its pi: pl in a.’do to bi'k zm 0 lrit:

Englishman.

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It all started in fun, of course, but they soon became

it a:l sto:tid in fan, cv bo:s, bat bet sit:ti bi'heiiii

really interested in this 'education business'. When-

riali intristid in his •ed ju:'kei foti bikinis’. fi«'eii-

ever possible, they went in the evenings to hear English

'mo pasobl, dci went in dI i:Wtiiyr to hiar fygli

men of science speak about different subjects in which

nieti cv soia›ls spi:b o'bnut difront s•bd $ibts in fiu'ifJ

they were interested — natural history, for instance.

bei run:r intristiJ — nat frol liistari, for itistoiis.

Afterwards, they would go either to Marshall’s or to

afterwards =
u: f tawad•, âei wad gou aida ta alia:fal• s: after this
ta

Marion’s home and have long arguments about what

Btu:erioti • honni otid hav lay a: y juitiotits o'baut hwyt

they had heard. At first, the tea-table would be ready

âei had ha:d. ct fo:st, be ti:teibl wed ñi: redi

for them when they arrived, but soon the visits grew
a : b8tit litern âei a'raivd, loot sir :n be vizils gru:

so frequent that Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Edwards had

emu fri:bwant hot ttiisiz rna: fol otid niisi• edwod - had

to let them boil the water, make the tea, and lay the
ta let born f›sif da tvo:ta, itiei# da ti:, end let be

tea-table themselves. They all helped gladly, of course,

li.’leihl buti'selvs. dei a:l liel pt y/‹rrf/i, »r ka:s,

and so on these evenings the house was filled with

end son oti di: ñ i'Wince da haus woz fild wib

young voices in hot argument from kitchen to dining-

jn vaisiz in hat a:g jutnant from bit fin to dainiy-
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room. On such nights, they would draw the curtains,
mm. an em J units, âei Brad dry: be he:tnz,

put out the electric light in the middle of the room,

Jul am di i'lebtrip fart itt ba niidl cv do ru: ni,

and sit in a semi-circle in front of the fire, talking

end sit iti o seiniso: bl in fro at m be /aia, ta:big

about different subjects, with only the circle of yellow

o'b‹iiit di franl enltil$ibls. ic!id ounli do so:bl cv jelou

light shed by a small lamp over the fire-place. They

l‹tit fed hat o suit:l l‹rtn ouvo ba fai»qleis. bet

would sometimes be lost in thought, dreaming wonder-

semi—circle wed s intniiti• lvi: 1:)$ t tit f a. I, dri:tniy we nd»-

He dreams, he ful dreams about the future.

dreamt, he has ftil ilri: m• o'hniil be f jii.’I fo.
d ay&mk
[dri:mz, drentt,
dreint]. Mr. Edwards was very pleased with all this. Like
mistar Pdivadz n •o• inert fli:•d ivib a: I his. laid

most fathers, he had tried with many wise arguments

1iioiisi fa:âa , lii: lied trnid wiâ iiieni zuolJ2 n. gjuiiisnls

to show his daughter that knowledge is the rock upon

ta Jon litre da:to dat nalid ff i• be rab a'putt

which young people should build their future. And

limit f joy fi: fl fed bild hen f ju:I Jo. end

Marion had, like most healthy girls, said “Yes, father”,

healthy = in good
health m‹yrian h‹ed, laid nioiist helm ga:Is, red “jes, fa:da”.

and then afterwards forgotten all about it. She had

oitd den u: ftowod• fo'get.n o:l a'baut it. Ji: had

dreamt again her own rosy dreams, in which she would

drein I o'yein he:r oun rouzi dri:niz•, in hwit J Ji: wed
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always, through some happy chance, be ’on top of the
o:lwa•, fru: s.Eni ha pi tJa:us, ti ii ta f av be

world’ like an eagle on a rock.

tr»:ld’ lath on i: gl str o rib.

She would see herself in the theatre, perhaps, standing

Ji: wed si: ha:'eel f in be fiats, f o'ha ps, st‹eiidij

in front of the curtain with her arms full of flowers,

i» front cv be bo: In wib he:r a:wis ful cv flauoz,

smiling across the hundreds of electric lights at her

sinailiy a'kras do hnndrodz cv i'lebtrib laits ct lie:

feet to a house full of shouting and admiring people.

fi:t. tii a hatis fnl o•‹ Jaiitiy end ad'›iiai»ritj ii: Al.

Or she would paint beautiful pictures, and crowds

o: fi: wed peint h ju: I aful pibt foz, end braudz•

would come to admire her art.

trod hmm tu »d'niaio he.’r a:t.

“She’s learning quite a different art now,” her wise

“/i:c lo:tiiy /.tea it a ‹li fratit a: I iinii,” /ia: tears

mother thought to herself, when she saw the interest

niche f y:t la he:'self, liweii fi: ss: di intrist

with which Marion took part in the discussions, “the

u'ib hwitf ittariati tttñ §o:I iit da dis'h•Jonz, “di

art of living in a world full of plain facts, and liking it.”

o:f as firth th a w»:ld ful zv plein fabts, on foiéiy it.”

Mrs. Edwards even had to stop the girl now and

niisiz edwods i:con had to step do go:l nan end

then. She had begun to hurry through her meals in

dcii. /i: had bi'gon to hari fru: he: mi:lz in
 order to get on with some interesting study or other,

as if she thought eating a waste of time.

ar i/ /i: fa:t i.’/ty a u•eist cv mint.

“Be careful, child! You’re healthy enough now, but if

“bi: bsoful, I faild! jug heI)i i'nn f nan, bat if

you keep up that speed, you'll make yourself ill.”

yii: Hi:§ a9 dat s pi:d, yo:f utrid yu:'set/ il.”

“Let her work, my dear,” her husband said, “it won't

“let he: ii!o: h, inoi die,” he: h.izbond sed, “it ivounl

last very long. As soon as she has to start arranging

la:st vent 1) J. o - sn :ti o+" i! ltaz to .‹tn: I o'i eind yi'y

everything regarding their home, her interests will be

eat)iy ri'ga: diy den houtii, lie:r in trisIs wil hi:

divided more equally between study and other kinds

di'vaidid! irta. r i: hwoli bi'twi:n sts di and sha b£t1ttd•

chief = most of work. The chief thing is that she’s learning to use
important ay ‹ea:f. da t}i:/ diy ir daf /i:- lo.’iiiy la yii.'-

her brain now and not just dreaming away her time.”
he: brein nan str na I d last dri:itiiy o'wei he: tcitn.”

“I do hope you're right,” Mrs. Edwards said. “I am,

“ni Ju. houp jug rait,” uiisi* edwodz sed. “ai ‹em,

my dear, you may be sure of that,” her husband

tnai Rio, ju: n et bi: lu ar cv dat,” he.’ h.i•b»nd

answered. “Her chief reason for this sudden interest

a:used. “he: I/i:/ ri:en fo dis sndn intrist

in science is, in plain words, that she doesn’t want her

iii satins i•, in f›lein mo:dz, dvt Ji: d zn I wa n t he:
future husband to think her too foolish.”

On a fine day at the beginning of October, a party

bit a /aiit dci a/ da #i'pitiiy ar oh'tomba, a #a:ti

consisting of the usual small group of friends had gone group = a

number of persons
or objects

into the country for the week-end. They had decided

into do li ntri fo be 'wi:b'end. bei had di'saidid

to stay the night at a village about 20 'miles from village = a very

small town in the
ta stei ba nail at o vilid o'baut ttretifi math from country

London, and from there to go for walks in the woods

1. nil.an, end fret». bca to gon fa tv›:bs in ba wudc

and the surrounding country.

end Jo sa'rnund iy h titri.

As soon as they had had their tea on Saturday,

oz su:n oz bei lied had deo ti: an sat»di,

they started out for their first walk from the village,
bei sta:tid ant f» bzo fo:s! ma:h from da rifid3,

although the sun was already low in the western sky.

“Let’s sit on the grass a bit and watch the sun setting,”
“lets sit an do yra:s a bil on wet f do s.in setts,”

Marion suggested, when they reached a small hill.

tn‹erion so'd yestid, liiveti bei ri:I ft q .rna: I hil.

“Oh, it’s wonderful!” she cried. “I wish I could paint

“on, ifs w ndoful!” fi: braid. “ai wi f at bnd peint

it all — the wood, the small groups of trees in the

it a:I — be wud, be sink:l gru: ps av tri:z in be
fields, the village!”
fi:ldc, be vilid $!”

“There, there, don’t be sorry, Marion. I’ll buy you a

“de a, hen, doun I bi: elm, ina:rioti. ail bar ju: »

nice picture post-card when we get back.” “You’re

nais pibl fo poustba:d /tic'ru tv': get bal .” “juor

impossible,” Marion laughed. “Well, there’s nothing

ini'pasobl,” tti‹rriatt la: f t. “wel, boz n. fit

left of the sun now. Shall we go on?” “Have you

le fl cv be sun nan. Jul Sri: gon an.!” “hey ju:

noticed that there are hardly any birds left now?”

noutist hot bee lin: dli eni be:d• left n‹iii.!”

Storm asked as they rose to go. “At least you don't

sta:ni a:sbt az dei rout to gon. “ct. li:st ju: Jount

hear any birds singing.” “That's because it’s autumn,”

Tier eat be:dz siyi5.” “bats bi'kaz its :f: font,”

Marion replied. “There are still many birds that

Ht‹erian f'i'f›laid. “âea stil ff7Cfti b0:bZ âat

haven’t left the country yet, but they don't sing in the
havnt left be bnntri jet, bet bet donut siy in di

autumn.” “Marshall!” she suddenly cried. “Where

a: farm.” “trio:/aJ /” /i: sndnli braid. “hweor

are you taking us?” “Into this field,” he answered

a: ju: leibiy . s.!” “inta dis fi:ld,” hi: a:used

and began to open a big gate. “What’s the matter?

and t›i'p‹rii ni oupon a big yeit. “hwots be mate.!

Are you afraid of the cows?” “They do have such

a: ju: o'freid cv be bauz.!” “dei du: he set f
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very big horns,” she replied. “Yes, couldn’t we go

veri hiy ha:n•,” fi: ri'plaid. “jes, hiiJitt •‹c!i: you

another way?” asked Ellen, Marion’s friend. “I don't

a'tiada zrei.<” n:sit elin, uuerioti - frenñ. “‹ii doiitit

like the look of those horns, either.” “But this is

laih be Ink cv bouz lix:nz, aibo.” “hot dis iz•

the more direct way,” he said. “We don’t like going

da mu: di'reb I uiei,” hi: sed. “mi: dount lai.é
poiiiy

that way, do we, Ellen?” Marion answered. “I’m

bat wei, dn: wi:. elin.!” marine a:used. “aim

sure those cows are going to start running towards

Jun botiz kauz a: gouiy ta star:t rarity to'wo: de

us the moment we're inside the gate.” “All right —

s be nioiititotit wior in'snid do geit.” “a:l rait —

I give up, then!” Marshall said.

oi pin a§, ben!” rna:Jul sed.

Half an hour later they were back in the village. It

ha: f on aux leith bet we: bab in do vilid $. it

was still too pleasant out of doors to go inside, so

woz stil lii: {leznt ant cv da:z Io gon in'said, son

they decided to walk about the village and look at

bet di'saidid to wa:b o'baul do oilid y end lub ct

the houses, some of which were very old.

be hauziz, sx iti cv huiit 'o: vert ould.

“It’s strange to think,” Storm said to the others, pointing

“its streind to fish,” std:M sed to di ndoz, pointi

out an old house with a beautiful old door, “how much

ant »n ould laws lb a b ju:toful ould da:, “hau m If
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spent (here) =
money and work was spent in the old days to make
“ se‘ Qtr. ni on we: b u!az s pettt in Hi ould deiz to iriei#

the houses beautiful. Look at this door, for example.

be hate -i- b jn:tofiil. lub ct his da:, for ig'za:mfl.

And yet they did nothing at all to make their houses

on jet bet did noQty ct a:l to mere hen hauzi •

healthy to live in. They didn’t even have drains to

hel§i to liv in. bet didnt i:von hov dreinz Io

take the dirty water away from the houses, but just
teib be dd:ti tP3: tdY 8'W#i frs 'I dd hausi•, but d test

threw it out of the windows into the streets or the

fru: if ant cv be windouz iiit» da stri:ts y: be

gardens.”

“And so, of course,” said Hardy, Ellen’s brother, “many

“on son, cv ba:s,” sed ha:di, elinz brado, “ or eni

people died every year of all the diseases that are the
pi: pl daid iniri jio cv o:l be di'zi:ziz hot o: be

consequences of dirty people living in dirty houses.

konsibwonsiz m do:ti §i:#f liviy in do:ti hauziz.

In the East, those special diseases are still very common.

iti df i:st, douz s{eJol di'zi:ziz a: stil veri komon.

But even in many countries in Europe, you’re almost

hot i:von in nu'.ni #aitfri iii yitara#, juor o:lmousl

sure to get typhoid fever if you drink water that

fun to gel taifaid fi.’va if ju: drigb wa:to dot

hasn’t been boiled first.”

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heznt bi:n
build
fo:st.”
“What a lot of trouble!” Marion said. “You would
“ltwal a lal cv tr bl!” in‹erion set. “‘yti: mad

think that it would be much less trouble to clean up

§iyk dot it wed bi: iii at f les tr bl t.o bli:n x p

those places and have drains from all the houses, or

hour pleisi• on hov dreinz from a:l be hausiz, o:

whatever it is that needs to be done.” “You say this

hwat'evor it iz hot ni: dz to bi: den.” “ju: set bin

almost as if you would like to do it yourself,” Storm

a:lmoust oz i f ju: wed foi# t0 du: it j:):'self,” sta:Wt

said with a smile at her serious face. “I would,” she

.‹rd ivib o stiinil ct ha: siorios feis. “ai wud,” Ji:

answered. “Only I should be afraid to go to the

n:nsad. “oun/i ni fed bi: a'freid ta golf ta âi

East and perhaps get one of those diseases myself.

i:sI art po'ha ps gel wan cv bouz di'H1:ziz niai'self.

My father has a friend who got malaria when he was

mai fa:be has a frend hu: yet mo'lcorio hwen hi: moz

in India, and he still gets very ill at times, when the

iii itiJya, an lii: stil gets veri il ct taiins, hwen be

fever is •burning his brains out', as he says. But

fi:ver i• ’ha:niy liiz• breinz ant’, oz hi: see. — hot

let's talk about something a little more pleasant,” she

lets ta:b o'bau I sum fig a litl ma: pleznt,” Ji:

continued. “Shall we go in and have our supper

kaii'tinju:d. “fal zui: gou its ati he aua sofa

now?”
Chapter Fifty-Nine (59).

“Yes, let’s go in,” Ellen said. “I’d like to put on another

“je.‹, lrt.‹ gon itt,” cliii .sed. “aid lark to fut an o'nnba

pair of shoes. I was foolish enough to go walking in

new shoes, and, of course, they’re still too tight to be

n ju: fu: z, end, ay ba:s, bee stil tu: toit to bi:

comfortable. The consequence is that my feet hurt.”

#am/afabf. da éutiiiéu'atis iz daf iiiai fi: t 6a:I.”

“Isn’t that just like girls? Why don't you buy shoes
“rent dat d $est lath go:lz.! ftwoi dount ju: bar fu:z

that are big enough?” her brother asked. “If you

âot ii: l›iy i'n f!?” ltd: l›rz âor a:.ikt. “i f ju:

can’t spread your toes a bit in new shoes, you may

éo:nl spred yo: tour o bit in iiyii: Ju:z, ju: tnei

be sure that they’re too tight to be comfortable.”

éi: /iia dat den la: init ta 6i: Main/aiañJ.”

“There he goes again,” Ellen laughed. “Really, you

“dcc hi: gone- o'yein,” eli,n la: ft. “ria/i, yo:

should have been a doctor, I think — always talking

fed /tar bi:n » d:fb Id, IU Jt b — 3'l2fdz 13! kI §

about diseases and what’s good for you and what isn’t.
o'baut di'zi:zip on huiats gud fa ju: an hwzt i•nt.

You’ll be pleased to hear,” she said to the other young

Ju:1 bi: pli:zd to his,” Ji: sed to bi be j q

men, “that he has found out that beer is good for the
alien, “dat ii: lfas fnu /td all âat biar is gud fs â»

stomach.”
steinch.”
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“That's right,” Hardy explained in a serious voice.
“bath mil,” ha:di its'fleind tit o stories rois.

“You see, when I was younger I didn’t drink beer . . ”

“ju: si:, hwen at won jnifye ai did nt drink bio ”

“Pather wouldn’t let him,” Ellen interrupted, smiling.

“fa:do tetidnt leI him,” elin inta're ptid, sniailiq.

“He thought it was a waste of money.” “I had a lot

of trouble with my digestion, then,” he went on.

a trabl tz/iâ inai di'dfi,estfan, âen,” /ti: zrzn/ aft.

“No doubt because you were always filling yourself

“ tion daut bi'boz ju: wd:r :f!lw»z filth ja:'eel f

with sweets,” she interrupted again. “... but now

teid inst:ts,” fi: inta'rs ptid o'gein. “. . hot nan

that I have begun to drink beer,” he continued, paying

hot ai how ki'goit ta drink bio,” âi: ban'tin ju:d, peril

no attention to her, “there’s nothing the matter with

tion o'tenJrii la /ta:, “dam iia§iy da rii‹rfa w(

me any more.” “Perhaps not with your digestion,”

Ellen said, “but I believe that I have seen you when

elin sed, “bet ai bi'li:v hot at hov st:n ju: hwen

your beer was giving you a bit of trouble — 'tight’

ys: dia tual piriy yti: a Gif ar tr bl — •tait•

or •drunk', I would have called you.” “What is

s: ’dry yb’. ‹ii i‹»d fiat ka:lil yet. .” “/iu'ut in

my crime,” the poor fellow cried at last, “that I

inoi kra ini,” ba fu a /r/o ii hritiil a I la: st. “hot Ht’
 should be punished by having such a sister?” “Peace,
fed bi: Joni ft bai haviq s. I f a wish.*” “pi:s,

children!” laughed Storm. “Let’s all have a glass of

IJildroti!” la: fI sly:iii. “lets a:l he o gla:s cv

beer and see if that won’t make her a little gentler

dia an si: i/ d‹rt wount nieib he:r o litl d gentle

with you.”

He called the waitress and ordered their beer. “We

/tt' b:)! ld ba weitris end a:dod bed bi». “ :

fix = arrange haven’t fixed anything about our rooms yet. How
h tit fibst eni fig a'h‹tiit ona ru:mz jet. hau

much do you charge for rooms here?” he asked her,

met f du: ju: I fa:d$ fo ru:mz /tia.*” âi: a:ill âa:,

when she brought the beer. “Single rooms nine

hwen /i: bra: t be bio. “siygl ru:niz nain

shillings, double rooms fifteen shillings,” she replied.

filiqz, dnbl ru:niz• fi f Ii:n fifty •,” fi: ri'plaid.

“We’d better take single rooms,” he said.

“Rei:d beta teih siggl ru :nts,” ii: red.

They sat for some time talking and watching the other
bet sat f» s»tt taini t:I: kiy end teJfJip di ada

guests in the room; but as they were alt rather tired,

gests in 6a ru: in; bat az âei wa:r a:I ro: 6a loiad,

they soon went up to bed.

âei .ui:n ivetit n p I» br d.

Next morning they were up early, so that they might

nek.st tire: iiiy dei we:r a# o:li, sou but bei matt
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have a long day for their walk. “I heard you had

hav o lay dei f• !• d ft':I:b. “aI h»:d ju: had

trouble with your feet last night,” the waitress said

trnbl teid jo: fi:t la:st nait,” be weitris sed

to Ellen, when she was bringing their breakfast. “Are

tu elin, hwen fi: woz briyiy den breb fast. “a:

they better to-day?” “As a matter of fact, they aren’t,”

bet beta to'dei.!” “az o mator cv fabt, dei a:nt,”

Ellen replied. “They hurt me even if I touch them

elin ri'plaid. “bet he: I mi: i:von if ai txt f dam

with my fingers.”
Reid iiiai fiygoz.”

“I thought that might be the case, so I’ve brought a

“at §a:t dat matt bi: be I:cis, son air bra:t o

small bottle of some oil that I always use. Waitresses

Ttua:l batl cv satu oil hot at y:lwoz jii:z. weitrisiz

often have trouble with their feet, you know. Just rub
y: fn lixv trzbl web dcc fi:I, ju: non. d Scsi rub

a little oil into the skin of your feet, and they will
o litl oil int» d» shin cv ja: fi:I, on dcl wil

feel much better.” “Thanks! That’s very kind of you,

fi:I mntf beta.” “)aybs! dats veri baind cv ju:,

I’m sure. It’s no fun walking when your feet give

erm /iia. its non fz n wa:bid hwen ja: fi:I 9i*

you pain.”

In the afternoon, when they were returning from their

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long walk, they met a group of about 20 people,
Inq wa:h, dci met o gru: p cv o'baut twenti pi: fI,

all carrying bags or baskets full of different plants

o:l b‹erinj b‹eg• :f: ba:shits ful cv difront pla:nts

that they had picked in the fields or the woods. “I

dot dfli had pint in be fi:ldc o: be wudz. “at

wonder who they are,” Storm said to Marion. “They

wondo hu: dei a:,” sta:ni sed to marine. “bet

all seem to be workers, except that tall man over there;

but at the same time they look like a class of school-

bet ct be seim iain dci ml lark o Plc:s cv sku:1-

children who are out studying natural history with

I|ildron hu: a:r ant st cdiii nat Jrol histori teid

their teacher.” “Perhaps they’re both,” Marion replied.

hen ti:I fo.” “po'haps bed hon§,” marine ri'plaid.

“You see, several of our universities send out travelling

“yii: st:, sevrol cv atie jti :ni'vo:sitiz send ant frolic

teachers all over the country. If a sufficiently large

ti:f/az u:/ onta da k nntri. if o s»'fiJantli la:d y

number of people in a town wish to take up one or

n mbar cv pt: pl iti o tauii ter f to teib np wa ft :)!

more subjects of study and are willing to work

via: sz bd yibts cv stzdi and a: Ji If tt78:b

seriously, one of the universities arrange to send a

siori’osli, i t'.en av be ju:ni'va:sitis »'reind ta send o

teacher to them. They’re charged nothing for this, as

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the teacher is paid by the university. Many people,

da ti:I Jar iz peid bar ba ju: ni'vo:siti. meni pi: pl,

for whom it would be impossible to study at a university,

fo hu: ni it wed bi: ini.'posobl to stndi ct o ju:ni'va:siti,

have been able to take up some study in this way and

Star lii:a eibl to leib Ȥ rata stndi iti his tvei an

have gained really useful knowledge of their subject.”

hov geind riali ju:sful nolid$ cv bed iat•d§i§f.”

“What a fine idea!” Storm said. “It gives work to

“hwat o fain ai'dio!” sta:ni sed. “it givz we:b to

men of science as teachers, and it gives some idea of

science to people who have to work, but want to get

more education. Really, I'm rather proud of 'us’

itia : r ed ju.’'bei fen. riali, aim ra:do praud cv ’as’

English." “Listen to those four men playing cards at

the next table! I’m afraid you won’t feel so proud

do nebst teibl! oitri o'freid ju: wount fi:1 son praud

of ’us’ English when you hear their stories,” Hardy card

az' ’as’ iygli| hwen ju: /tta dS2 Sts'rfi8,” ha.’di

said, when they were having supper that evening. “One

sed, huien dei we: ha:viy sx pa bi:ct i:vniq. “wan

of them seems to be the village policeman. They have

ar data st:niz ta bi: ba uilid po'li :s rtwn. dci hov

been talking of nothing but fights and blood and crime

6i:ii fJ: dip ar tta§iy hot fails on blnd on kraini
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since they came, things that have taken place in this

situ dei ferns, §iyz hot he tei#ii p/eis iti N

little village. Their cards, too, are just as dirty as

litl Slid$. bed ba:dz, tu:, a: d3ast as d»:ti oz

their stories. I shouldn’t like to touch them look at

bt» sta:riz. at fudnt laid to trite bone. lub ct

Marion! She has been listening, too; she’s quite pale.”

tii‹eriaii/ /i: has 6i:ii lisniy, lii:; /i:z dwarf ¿rif."

“How are you feeling? Anything wrong?” Storm asked

“hau a: ju: fi:liy.! eni fig roq.!” sta:in a:sit

her. “I do feel a little sick,” she replied. “It must

h :. “at du: fi:1 a litl sib,” fi rJ'flaid. “it most

be because I’m tired, but it was made worse by having

bi: bi'YES Oini taiod, bdt tt 2f86 PHCJd we: s bai ha tn f

to listen to that man telling all those stories. If there’s

la lien to bat man leliy a:l bou• sta:riz. i bos

time before our train leaves, I think I'll go and lie

latin bi'fa:r aux trein li:vz, at fill cii you on lot

down a bit.” She left the table rather suddenly and

daun o bit.” Ji: le fl do teibl ra:do sndnli end

ran upstairs. The waitress had seen what had happened,

ran z p'stso-. be weitris had si: n hwat had ha pnd,

however, and a moment later, she was standing at the

hau'evo, end o monument leith, Ji: woz standby ct be

fat policeman’s table. “You're a fine one, you are!

f‹et po'li:snians teibl. “jeer o Jain wan, ju: a:!

See what you've done now. You’ve made that poor

si: hwat ju:v den nan. ju:v itieid bat put
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young lady sick with all your stories. And when the
job leidi sik wid o:l ja: sta:riz. on hwen be

truth is told, you’re no more use to us than that dusty grey with
dusty dust
tru:§ iz tould, jug non mo: ju:s tu as hon dat distr

old eagle up there on the wall. I’m sure you’ve never

ould i: gl x p drar an da wu:I. aim /iia yo:r tirva

been within five miles of a real crime!”

bi:n wib'in /aiv mailz ay o riff braini!”

Marion couldn’t help laughing when they told her about

marten budnl hel p la: fit hwen bei tould he:r o'haul

it. In fact, she felt better after hearing that the poor
it. in fat I, /i: felt betor a: fts hldrlp bdl bd pttd

policeman had left the place with the waitress pouring

po'li:smon had left do plete teib be weitris §u:riy

truths into his burning ears. “I'm still proud of •us'

tru:dz into his ba:niy ioz. “ai rs stil praud cv
•ns•

English,” Storm said, when they were sitting in the

iqgli f,” sts:ni sed, hwen dci we: sitiy in dv

train. “That was a brave little woman; it’s a serious

lrein. “bat wcs o breiv litl wunion; its a stories

matter to speak like that to the law.” “She’s quite

vi‹rta ta ipi:é laib bat to be la:.” “Ji:z await

safe, old man,” Marshall told him laughing. “She’s

set f, ould nan,” ma: fol tould him la: fig. “Ji:z

his wife!”

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EXERCISE A.

WORDS: Marion and her friends took Storm to hear English

arrange university people speak about different subjects of —
sick and art. —, the young people would go either to Mar-
plain shall's or Marion’s home and have long — about what
digestion they had heard, while they had their tea or sat in a
tight
— in front of the fire. On these nights, they would
dream
dream (verb) draw the — and put out the — light, so that the room
dreamt was dark except for the light — by the fire-place and
healthy a small —. Sometimes they sat — in thought, — about
oil the future. “Knowledge,” said Mr. Edwards, “is the
circle — upon which young people should build their —,” but
semi-circle Mrs. Edwards thought that it Was not — for a young
electric
girl to take her studies so seriously that she even began
card
post-card to find eating a — of time. However, she was glad
chief that Marion was discovering that the world was a place
afterwards full of — facts. On a week-end trip into the country
argument the young people stayed the night at a — about 20 miles
waste from London. Marion was afraid of some cows on ac-
curtain
count of their big —.
touch
direct
In former times people had no — to take the dirty
charge (verb)
group water away from the houses. Many people died of
art —, a consequence o1 living in dirty houses. In the East
science you may get — fever if you drink water that has not
rock been boiled. Marion’s father had a friend who got —
eagle when he was in India. New shoes are sometimes too
horn — to be comfortable to walk in.
village
drain It is not good for your stomach and — to eat and drink
disease
too much. The waitress brought a bottle of — for
fever
typhoid Ellen’s feet. While they were having supper, the young
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people listened to the conversation of four men who malaria

were playing —. They were talking of nothing but crime
fights and blood and —. Marion got — while listening set
to their stories. consequence
boil
skin
EXERCISE B. fix
In chapter 56, Exercise D, you found a letter from Storm
to Wood. Please answer this letter as if you were Wood.
In doing so you must use all the words in the following
list in some way or other:

marry — daughter — happy — winter — snow — ice

— skate — break — leg — hospital — doctor — move
— house — flat — address.

EXERCISE C. GRAMMAR.

A form of the verb which is used very much in Eng-

lish is the first participle. It is made by adding -ing
to the infinitive. For instance, calling (call-ing) going
(go-ing), explaining (explain-ing).

In writing, the following rules must be remembered

when making the first participle.

If the infinitive ends in an -e following a consonant,

this -e is dropped before -ing is added. For instance,
come — coming, love — loving, but: see — seeing.

Verbs that end in -ie change the -ie into -y before -ing
is added. For instance, die — dying, lie — lying.

When the verb ends in a single consonant, we have to

follow the rules that were given regarding the past
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tense, that is: The consonant always remains single

when following two vowels. For instance, explain-ing.
The consonant remains single after an unstressed vowel,
but is made double after a stressed vowel. For instance,
answer-ing, prefer-ring. To this rule there is, however,
the exception that -l is made double even after an
unstressed vowel. For instance, travel-ling.

The first participle is used in several ways in English.

It may be used as an adjective. Examples: I looked
up into his smiling face. The mother kissed her sleep-
ing child. He told me an interesting story.

Here is another use of the first participle: He speaks

French, he is speaking French. Both sentences are in
the present tense. What do they mean? •He speaks
French' means that •he’ is able to speak French, and
possibly does so now and then; but 'he is speaking
rrench' means that •he' is speaking French now.

Here are some more examples with the same difference

in meaning: He reads many books — he is reading an
interesting book. He smokes cigarettes — he is smoking
a cigarette. These forms of the verbs, 'is speaking', •is
reading', 'is smoking', we call expanded iks'p‹etidid
forms, which means forms that are made longer, and
you will see that they are made up of a form of 'to be’
and the first participle.

We may also have expanded forms in all the other

tenses you have learned, and there is just the same
sort of difference in meaning between the short forms
and the expanded forms. Examples: I closed my book
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when he entered the room — I was just closing my

book when the clock struck twelve. My brother has
already written one book — he has been writing an-
other one for ten months now. He had written half
of his first book, before I even knew he had started —
he had been writing all day on the new book when I
saw him.

Sometimes the expanded forms of verbs such as 'go’

and 'leave' express the future. Examples: I am going
to town to-morrow =- I shall go to town to-morrow. I
am leaving Paris next month = I shall leave Paris
next month.

The first participle is used after many verbs, such as

come, go, sit, lie, see, hear, etc. Examples: He came
running towards us. She went singing through the
house. I saw him turning round the corner of the
street.

In many cases the first participle is used instead of

some part of the sentence with the verb in the present
tense or the past tense. Examples: So saying he closed
his book he said so and closed his book. Having
finished his dinner, he usually smokes a cigar = when
he has finished his dinner, he usually smokes a cigar.

How is the first participle made? ... Write the first

participle form of 'to die’. ... Write the first participle
form of 'to stop'. ... What are the expanded forms of
the verbs in the following sentences: He ate an apple.
We play football? ...

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Chapter Sixty (60). Zhe Sixtieth (60th) Chapter.

A ‘HAPPY END’

What is “What’s on your mind,

on your
mind? mother?” Marion asked her
= what “/itrsts yn ja: inaind, ms
are you do!'” marion ‹i:sl••t Jia:
thinkin
g of?
mother. “You have been
looking for some time as
t'nada. “yii: Star Hi:ti
lubiq /a *Btu
tottn »°

if you wanted to say

something.”
if ju: wantid to Sri satu fig.”
it try* d$est a: fts

lunch on a quiet Sunday

afternoon shortly after New
lnnf an » I:waist saudi a:
fto'nu: n J :tli a: fts
n ju:

Year's Day, and the

Edwardses
and Storm were
jioz dei, end bi
edwodziz end sta:ni we

gathered in front of the fire.

“Y
ou see,” Mrs. Edwards
gadod in front cv do fair.
“ju: st:,”
niisiz edwod••
replie fta'nu:n.
d,
“Mild Elizabeth is my
red sister’s twelve-
rang year-old
up daughter,” she
this i'lizabo) iz• mat
morni sistoz•
ng
and
asked
explained to
if
Storm. “father
ri'plai
wasn’t here
d,
when she
“inild
rid ibs'pleind to
np sta:ni. “fa:da
zvJaiif
dis
his
Ji:
mo:ni
y rang up, and I
a:sit didn't know
whether he had
we
any plans
could
r‹ey p, and at
n’t
dldnt non
take hi: had
Elizab
eth for this
off afternoon, so I
her promised to tell
hands her after lunch.”
this fo dis a: fin'nu.’ ti,
aftern son ai prainist
oon. he:r a: f to lnnJ.”
liii:
budnt

ba)
o: f
he:
hands
dis a:
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“Well, have you made up your mind about it?” Marion make up one’s
“wel, hov ju: lucid up ja: maiitd o'baut il.!” ni‹crion mind = come to a
decision
asked. “No, I haven't. I really ought to let her come,
a:sit. “non, am havnt. ai rioli a: I ta let ha: k niii,

I suppose, since we have nothing else on. But I'm

at so'pour, sins tri: far tia/iy rl.i att. hot oiitt

feeling somewhat tired and was looking forward to somewhat —

fi:liy s itihwat taiod dn waz lubi§ I:2I/dJ tu a little

a nice, peaceful Sunday." She pointed to the small peaceful == full of

o mars, pi:s ful sondi.” Ji: painlid to be situ:1 peace

table beside her chair. “You see, I had already gathered

trip/ l›i'snid he: t fee. “ju: st:, ai had o:l'redi rJaba‹l

together on the table the papers and books that I

haven’t had time to read till now, — and needles and

lt‹ri!iit had taiiii to ri:d. lil ttan, — on iii.’dli o n

thread and my scissors for a bit of sewing. But with

freil Qtr mat st-o• for o bit. av south. loot avid

a child of twelve in the house there will be no peace

» t Jaild ai tzvrlv tit âo haus dr.a i‹!il l›i: now fi: s

for doing all that.

fo dii:iy a:l da'l.

“When she was younger, I could give her a pair of

scissors and let her cut paper dolls. But she’s too old
JiPa* on let ha: be I pet po dal•. bat Ji. • 1 ii.’ o*!

for that now, and she's no good with a needle and

/a Inf nan, on /i:c etc ti yuil 2ciJ ° "'-’' °"
Chapter Sixty (60).

thread, so I dare not let her help me. I can't make up

fred, son ai dea nat let he: hel p tnt:. oi ée: tit mere np

my mind what to say to Mildred. If I say •No', Mildred

mat waind hn ct to sei la its ildrid. i f at set non’, niildrid

will have to change her plans; if I say •Yes', I'll get no

tri/ lies' la Ifeind$ hz: [I‹en ; if at sei jes’, oil get now

rest to-day.” “Marion and I might take her some-

rest to'dei.” “tiiarizti end at ttiait teik he: sxni-

where,” Storm suggested, “to the Zoo, for instance.”

hweo,” sta: tn. so'd $estid, “to be far in.‹tatis.”

“That certainly would be nice for us, if you think you

“bat so: tuft used hi: mars far as, t/ yti: Jiy# yo:

can stand it. I’ll ring up Mildred, then, and tell her.”
hott statid it. art riy n f inildrid, ben, Qtr tel he:.”

dangerous = full “You would think we were talking about a dangerous

of danger

animal and not a girl of twelve, to hear your mother

speak,” he said to Marion. “She’s almost as dangerous

spi: k.” lii: srd to uuerian. “fi.’ o:llWl first o- deind ros

beast == wild to have about as a wild beast,” Marion answered. “She

animal
ta li‹rli a'l›atit o• a n•ailil f›i:.it,” itia'rioti u.’used. ”Ji:

says and does whatever comes into her mind without

sez• air ‹for ln‹v t'eve h xin• in ta ha: inaind zrsb'aut

thinking first, and she doesn't walk like normal human

f i I:iy fo: st, a n fi: d nznt mo :b Init oJ.’iitaf h ju: in cit

beings, but moves about by jumping like a monkey.

lii. iys, 1› of iii ii:i'_ o'haiit /›ni d, am{i9 lark a Qtr n phi.
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The last time she was here, she tore a big hole in a He tmrs, he tore,
âa la:st taint /i: was hia, |i: to:r a big houl iti a he has torn

curtain and broke a very fine dish — a gift to my

ba: tn an brouh a Seri fain dif — a gifi la
gift == present
mini

mother from her uncle in India.”

mada from he:r nqbl in ind j»."

“The Zoo seems to be the right place for her, then,”

“be zu: st:mz Io bi: be rait pleis fa: he: , hen,”

Storm laughed. “I can almost guess what she’s like.

sta:iti la: ft. “at han a:lmoust ges liu!at. fi.’z- laih.

My own sister was the same at that age; one of her

mat own sist» woz do seini at bat eid $ ; te rnii av he:

greatest delights was to sit on a branch above the delight great

‹jreilist di'laits woz to Gif Qtr a hra: nJ o'bzv be eaSU e
' "
garden gate and throw things at me when I came home
ya :dat geil aii Iron fiq• at ini: Jnreti ai keitn lioiitii

from work. Once she threw a paper-bag full of flour

down on me. She didn’t do that again, though.”

latin art mi:. /i: didnt du .’ d‹et a'yeiti, hon.”

“I can guess what you did to her. And I can fancy

”ni kin ges hu›at jn : did I u lt o:. atid ui koti f‹etisi

what you must have looked like,” Marion said, and

html/ yii .‘ ui.est ltov lu1'I laid ,” tn‹erioii sell, ait‹i

smiled at the thought. “The little beast wouldn’t

stit‹iild ct do fa :t. “be litl bi. st ivud n I

come down, of course,” Storm went on, “when she

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saw how angry I was, so I had to go up myself and

iu: hau ‹r yyri O1 tt/aE, SOu Oi h ard In gon z p itiai'sel f in

fetch — get fetch her down. It was a delight to seize her by

fet f he.’ dauii. it wo• o di'lail to si:z he: bai

the neck and pull her down, I can tell you. If my

mother hadn’t come out in time to save her, it’s quite

ritmda hadnt Extn ant in taint ta iris /ta. , i/s hwail

probable that I should have given her a good beating.

As it was, she was quick to seize the chance of getting

o• ii z, i: uioz buiih to st: - do I|a: us av gems

away from me.”

a'trei fratii Eni:.”

“Would you really beat a woman?” Marion interrupted.

“rued ju: riali bi.’ I a cii ni an.*” nut iait itil a're ptid.

“Woman!” Storm cried. “Didn't you tell me yourself

”IL*l4 IU dt1 !” JfJ:ilt bf’t2/t/. “didtt t j H' : 101 US ! j3 :'$ H!

a moment ago that girls at that age can hardly be

u mon m Int o'you hat clv:1- o I b‹et eid $ kin ha :dli bi:

regarded as human beings, but are much more like

th'yu. âiil a_ h ju: mon l›i.-iy*, bet a: iii.xf rna: foil

wild animals?” “All right, all right — it was only

i‹'iiil‹l ‹mini al•.!” “a:1 roii. a:l rait — ii ma- can/i

in fun.”
iii f.1*t."

“I’ve always wondered what my mother said to my

“u iv a:liv'a• i‹'.i rided lire ot tnai ninba sed I o tit ai
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