CHAPTER X. NOBLESSE OBLIGE 



The other won't agree thereto, So here they fall to strife; With one another they did fight About the children's life. Babes in the Wood. 

"I say, Aunt Cherry," said Adrian, "the fossil forest is to be uncovered to-morrow, and Merrifield is going to stay for it, and I'm going down with him." 

"Fossil forest? What, in the Museum?" 

"No, indeed. In Anscombe Cove, they call it. There's a forest buried there, and bits come up sometimes. To-morrow there's to be a tremendous low tide that will leave a lot of it uncovered, and Merrifield and I mean to dig it out, and if there are some duplicate bits they may be had for the bazaar." 

"Yes, they have been begging Fergus's duplicates for a collection of fossils," said Anna. "But can it be safe? A low tide means a high tide, you know." 

"Bosh!" returned Adrian. 

"Miss Mohun is sure to know all about the tides, I suppose," said Clement; "if her nephew goes with her consent I suppose it is safe." 

"If-—" said Mrs. Grinstead. 

Adrian looked contemptuous, and muttered something, on which Anna undertook to see Miss Mohun betimes, and judge how the land, or rather the sea, lay, and whether Fergus was to be trusted. 

It would be a Saturday, a whole holiday, on which he generally went home for Sunday, and Adrian spent the day with him, but the boys' present scheme was, to take their luncheon with them and spend the whole day in Anscombe Cove. This was on the further side of the bay from the marble works, shut in by big cliffs, which ran out into long chains of rocks on either side, but retreated in the midst, where a little stream from the village of Anscombe, or rather from the moorland beyond, made its way to the sea.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is to be uncovered in Anscombe Cove tomorrow?
2. What is happening in Anscombe Cove tomorrow?
3. 
Q2:
1. What is the name of the person who said that there was a forest to be uncovered tomorrow?
2. According to which person is there a forest to be uncovered?
3. 
Q3:
1. Who was Adrian talking to?
2. What is the name of the person that Adrian was talking to?
3. 
Q4:
1. Where was the uncovering of the forest to take place?
2. What is the name of the place where the forest was going to be uncovered?
3. 
Q5:
1. What is the name of the person that is staying for the uncovering of the forest?
2. Who is going to attend the uncovering of the forest?
3. 
Q6:
1. What natural event is going to cause the forest to be visible?
2. thanks to what event will the forest be visible?
3. 
Q7:
1. How do Merrifield and Adrian intend on gathering the fossils?
2. What method is to be used by Merrifield and Adrian in order to gather the fossils?
3. 
Q8:
1. Would there be some duplicate fossils available to be used for something?
2. Would duplicate fossils be present in Anscombe Cove for Merrifield and Adrian to use?
3. 
Q9:
1. For what event do Merrifield and Adrian wish to gather duplicate fossils?
2. Merrifield and Adrian want to gather duplicate fossils for what purpose?
3. 
Q10:
1. What is the name of the person who believes that it is unsafe to go digging for fossils?
2. Who believes that the digging up of fossils will not be safe?
3. 
Q11:
1. What would make the digging up of fossils unsafe according to Anna?
2. Why does any believe it to be unsafe to gather fossils?
3. 
