Chapter III 

WHO WAS IT? 

Who had taken it? This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night. He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden. He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up. In that moment it must have been removed by the major, Frank Annon, or my lady; Sir Jasper was out of the question, for he never touched an ornament in the drawing room since he had awkwardly demolished a whole _étagère_ of costly trifles, to his mother's and sister's great grief. The major evidently suspected something, Annon was jealous, and my lady would be glad of a pretext to remove her daughter from his reach. Trusting to his skill in reading faces, he waited impatiently for morning, resolving to say nothing to anyone but Mrs. Snowdon, and from her merely to inquire what the note contained. 

Treherne usually was invisible till lunch, often till dinner; therefore, fearing to excite suspicion by unwonted activity, he did not appear till noon. The mailbag had just been opened, and everyone was busy over their letters, but all looked up to exchange a word with the newcomer, and Octavia impulsively turned to meet him, then checked herself and hid her suddenly crimsoned face behind a newspaper. Treherne's eye took in everything, and saw at once in the unusually late arrival of the mail a pretext for discovering the pilferer of the note. 

"All have letters but me, yet I expected one last night. Major, have you got it among yours?" And as he spoke, Treherne fixed his penetrating eyes full on the person he addressed.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. How many suspects were there for the theft?
2. How many people were suspected in the theft?
3. How many people were potential suspects for stealing the ornament?
Q2:
1. What was the object of the theft?
2. What object was taken?
3. What did somebody steal?
Q3:
1. Where was the object stolen from?
2. Where did the theft of the ornament occur?
3. What room did someone steal an ornament from?
Q4:
1. Did anyone suspect a woman of stealing the ornament?
2. Were any women suspected of the theft of the ornament?
3. Were any women suspected of taking the ornament?
Q5:
1. Who was the first person suspected of stealing the ornament?
2. Who was a potential suspect of the ornament theft?
3. Who may have taken the ornament?
Q6:
1. Who was the first person suspected of stealing the ornament, besides the lady?
2. Who was a potential suspect of the ornament theft, in addition to the lady?
3. Who may have taken the ornament, if not the lady?
Q7:
1. Who was the first person suspected of stealing the ornament, besides the lady and Frank Annon?
2. Who was a potential suspect of the ornament theft, in addition to the lady and Frank Annon?
3. Who may have taken the ornament, if not the lady or Frank Annon?
Q8:
1. Who would not be back until after lunch?
2. Who would not be present until lunch was over?
3. Who was absent until after lunch had ended?
Q9:
1. How late would Treherne sometimes come out?
2. How long did Treherne sometimes wait to appear?
3. From time to time, how late in the day would Treherne appear?
Q10:
1. How long had it been since the mailbag was opened?
2. How long did it take for someone to open the mailbag?
3. How long ago was the mailbag looked into?
Q11:
1. Did the mailbag have a number of letters in it?
2. Were there multiple letters in the mailbag?
3. Did the mailbag have multiple different letters in it?
Q12:
1. Did the group greet the person who entered the room?
2. Did the people reading their letters acknowledge the newcomer's presence?
3. Was Treherne acknowledged by the group of people looking over their letters?
Q13:
1. Whose cheeks turned red upon seeing Treherne?
2. Who did Treherne's presence cause to blushed?
3. Who blushed upon sight of Treherne?
