CHAPTER L 

Three months had passed since that awful Christmas Day. Angela was heart-broken, and, after the first burst of her despair, turned herself to the only consolation which was left her. It was not of this world. 

She did not question the truth of the dreadful news that Lady Bellamy had brought her, and, if ever a doubt did arise in her breast, a glance at the ring and the letter effectually quelled it. Nor did she get brain-fever or any other illness; her young and healthy frame was too strong a citadel to be taken out of hand by sorrow. And this to her was one of the most wonderful things in her affliction. It had come and crushed her, and life still went on much as before. The sun of her system had fallen, and yet the system was not appreciably deranged. It was dreadful to her to think that Arthur was dead, but an added sting lay in the fact that she was not dead too. Oh! how glad she would have been to die, since death had become the gate through which she needs must pass to reach her lover's side. 

For it had been given to Angela, living so much alone, and thinking so long and deeply upon these great mysteries of our being, to soar to the heights of a noble faith. To the intense purity of her mind, a living heaven presented itself, a comfortable place, very different from the vague and formularised abstractions with which we are for the most part satisfied; where Arthur and her mother were waiting to greet her, and where the great light of the Godhead would shine around them all. She grew to hate her life, the dull barrier of the flesh that stood between her and her ends. Still she ate and drank enough to support it, still dressed with the same perfect neatness as before, still lived, in short, as though Arthur had not died, and the light and colour had not gone out of her world.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who had come with bad news?
2. Who did not bring good news?
3. Whose news was dreadful?
Q2:
1. Who did Lady Bellamy give news to?
2. Who was Lady Bellamy's announcement for?
3. Who was meant to hear Lady Bellamy's news?
Q3:
1. Who passed away?
2. Whose death occurred?
3. Who lost their life?
Q4:
1. Who was Arthur?
2. Who could Arthur be described as?
3. What was Arthur's identity?
Q5:
1. Did Angela stop dressing nicely?
2. Did Angela begin to dress poorly?
3. Did Angela quit taking care of the way she dressed?
Q6:
1. How much time had passed since Angela received the news?
2. How long since Angela learned of Arthur's death?
3. How long ago did Angela learn that Arthur had died?
Q7:
1. How was Angela affected by Arthur's death?
2. what effect did Arthur's passing have on Angela?
3. In what way did the death of her lover affect Angela?
Q8:
1. On what holiday did Angela learn of Arthur's death?
2. What holiday was it when Angela learned that Arthur had died?
3. What holiday was being celebrated on the day that Angela learned her lover had died?
Q9:
1. What were Arthur and Angela's mother waiting for?
2. What did Arthur and Angela's om wait to happen?
3. What was being waited on by Angela's mother and her lover?
Q10:
1. Did Angela binge eat?
2. Was Angela eating too much?
3. Did Angela start to overeat?
