CHAPTER XXX 

Selingman had the air of one who has achieved a personal triumph as, with his arm in Maraton's, he led him towards the man whom they had come to visit. 

"Behold!" he exclaimed. "It is a triumph, this! It is a thing to be remembered! I have brought you two together!" 

Maraton's first impressions of Maxendorf were curiously mixed. He saw before him a tall, lanky figure of a man, dressed in sombre black, a man of dark complexion, with beardless face and tanned skin plentifully freckled. His hair and eyes were coal black. He held out his hand to Maraton, but the smile with which he had welcomed Selingman had passed from his lips. 

"You are not the Maraton I expected some day to meet," he said, a little bluntly, "and yet I am glad to know you." 

Selingman shrugged his shoulders. 

"Max--my friend Max, do not be peevish," he begged. "I tell you that he is the Maraton of whom we have spoken together. I have heard him. I have been to Sheffield and listened. Don't be prejudiced, Max. Wait." 

Maxendorf motioned them to seats and stood with his finger upon the bell. 

"Yes," Selingman assented, "we will drink with you. You breathe of the Rhine, my friend. I see myself sitting with you in your terraced garden, drinking Moselle wine out of cut glasses. So it shall be. We will fall into the atmosphere. What a palace you live in, Max! Is it because you are an ambassador that they must house you so splendidly?"  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who were the men walking with arms joined?
2. Who walked arm in arm?
3. 
Q2:
1. Who are Selingman and Maraton off to meet?
2. What person will Selingman and Maraton meet up with?
3. 
Q3:
1. What does Maxendorf do for a living?
2. How is Maxendorf employed?
3. 
Q4:
1. Did Maxendorf live poorly?
2. Did Maxendorf have a shabby lifestyle?
3. 
Q5:
1. How did Maraton feel about Maxendorf when they first met?
2. What was Maraton's first impression of Maxendorf?
3. 
Q6:
1. Was Maxendorf tall?
2. Was Maxendorf of large stature?
3. 
Q7:
1. What was Maxendorf's shape?
2. How could Maxendorf's form be described?
3. 
Q8:
1. Did Maxendorf have fair skin?
2. Was Maxendorf a man with pale skin?
3. 
Q9:
1. Did the men shake hands?
2. Did Selingman and Maraton shake hands with Maxendorf?
3. 
Q10:
1. What expression left Maxendorf's face when he extended his hand?
2. What did Maxendorf stop doing with his face when he went to shake Selingman's hand?
3. 
Q11:
1. Where would the men have drinks?
2. In what location were the men going to have a drink?
3. 
Q12:
1. What vessel would the men drink out of?
2. What would be the men's drinking cup?
3. 
Q13:
1. What were the three men going to drink?
2. What beverage would the men imbibe?
3. 
Q14:
1. How does Selingman describe Maxendorf's home?
2. What kind of house does Maxendorf live in, according to Selingman?
3. 
