CHAPTER XVIII 

BLAND MAKES A SACRIFICE 

Sylvia was sitting by the hearth in Ethel West's drawing-room, her neatly shod feet on the fender, her low chair on the fleecy rug, and she made a very dainty and attractive picture. She felt the cold and hated discomfort of any kind, though it was characteristic of her that she generally succeeded in avoiding it. Ethel sat near by, watching her with calmly curious eyes, for Sylvia was looking pensive. Mrs. Lansing was talking to Stephen West on the opposite side of the large room. 

"How is Edgar getting on?" Sylvia asked. "I suppose you hear from him now and then." 

Ethel guessed where the question led and responded with blunt directness. 

"Doesn't George write to you?" 

"Not often. Herbert has just got a letter, but there was very little information in it; George is not a brilliant correspondent. I thought Edgar might have written by the same mail." 

"As it happens, he did," said Ethel. "He describes the cold as fierce, and gives some interesting details of his sensations when the warmth first comes back to his half-frozen hands or limbs; then he adds a vivid account of a blizzard that George and he nearly got lost in." 

"Things of that kind make an impression on a new-comer," Sylvia languidly remarked. "One gets used to them after a while. Did he say anything else?" 

"There was an enthusiastic description of a girl he has met; he declares she's a paragon. This, of course, is nothing new, but it's a little astonishing that he doesn't seem to contemplate making love to her in his usual haphazard manner. She seems to have inspired him with genuine respect."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who almost got lost in a bad snowstorm?
2. Who almost got lost in a blizzard?
3. Who got caught in a blizzard?
Q2:
1. Who talked about the snowstorm?
2. Who mentioned the blizzard?
3. 
Q3:
1. What is Ethel's last name?
2. What is Ethel's sirname?
3. What is the last name of the person who told about the snow?
Q4:
1. Who was Ethel West with?
2. Who was accompanying Ethel West?
3. Who was Ethel West with at the time?
Q5:
1. Where were Ethel West and Sylvia?
2. Where were Ethel West and Sylvia talking?
3. Where were Ethel West and Sylvia seated?
Q6:
1. Was anybody else with Ethel West and Sylvia?
2. Was anybody else there in the room with Ethel West and Sylvia?
3. Did Ethel West and Sylvia have company in the room they were in?
Q7:
1. Who was with Ethel West and Sylvia?
2. Who was there in the room with Ethel West and Sylvia?
3. Who did Ethel West and Sylvia have with them in the room they were in?
Q8:
1. What were Mrs. Lansing and Stephen West doing?
2. What were the poeple in the room with Ethel West and Sylvia doing?
3. What were Mrs. Lansing and Stephen West upto?
Q9:
1. Were Mrs. Lansing and Stephen West in the same part of the house as Ethel West and Sylvia?
2. Were all four people in the same part of the house?
3. Were Mrs. Lansing, Stephen West, Ethel West and Sylvia in the same room?
Q10:
1. Where in the room were Mrs. Lansing and Stephen West?
2. Mrs. Lansing and Stephen West were in what part of the living room?
3. 
Q11:
1. Who was Sylvia inquiring about?
2. Whose whereabouts was Sylvia asking about?
3. Who was Sylvia asking Ethel West about?
Q12:
1. Does Sylvia get letters from George?
2. Does Geroge write to Sylvia often?
3. Does George send Sylvia letters?
Q13:
1. Did anyone get something in the mail?
2. Did anyone receive letters in the mail?
3. Did someone get a letter?
Q14:
1. Was George's letter informative?
2. Did Herbert's correspondence with George have a lot of information?
3. Did the letter that George sent to Herbert have much information?
Q15:
1. Was George in a warm place?
2. Did George mention being in a warm place in his letter?
3. Did George tell Herbert he was in a warm place?
Q16:
1. Who was with George?
2. Who was accompanying George?
3. 
Q17:
1. Was anyone else mentioned in the letter?
2. Was someone else mentioned in the correspondence?
3. Did the letter mention anyone else?
Q18:
1. How was the girl in the letter described?
2. How did Edgar describe the girl?
3. How was the girl mentioned in the correspondence described?
Q19:
1. Does Edgar want to have relations with this girl?
2. Is Edgar sexually interested in this girl?
3. Does Edgar seem to want to have relations with the girl he mentions?
Q20:
1. What does the girl inspire in Edgar?
2. How has the girl affected Edgar?
3. 
