CHAPTER XII. THE LAST CARD 

Mr. Brinsmade and the Doctor were the first to leave the little room where Silas Whipple had lived and worked and died, Mr. Brinsmade bent upon one of those errands which claimed him at all times. He took Shadrach with him. Virginia sat on, a vague fear haunting her,--a fear for her father's safety. Where was Clarence? What had he seen? Was the place watched? These questions, at first intruding upon her sorrow, remained to torture her. 

Softly she stirred from the chair where she had sat before the piano, and opened the door of the outer office. A clock in a steeple near by was striking twelve. The Colonel did not raise his head. Only Stephen saw her go; she felt his eyes following her, and as she slipped out lifted hers to meet them for a brief instant through the opening of the door. Then it closed behind her. 

First of all she knew that the light in the outer office was burning dimly, and the discovery gave her a shock. Who had turned it down? Had Clarence? Was he here? Fearfully searching the room for him, her gaze was held by a figure in the recess of the window at the back of the room. A solid, bulky figure it was, and, though uncertainly outlined in the semi-darkness, she knew it. She took a step nearer, and a cry escaped her. 

The man was Eliphalet Hopper. He got down from the sill with a motion at once sheepish and stealthy. Her breath caught, and instinctively she gave back toward the door, as if to open it again.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What was the name of the person that Mr. Brinsmade took with him?
2. Who was taken by Mr. Brinsmade?
3. 
Q2:
1. What was the reason for which Virginia was worried?
2. Who's safety cause Virginia to be worried?
3. 
Q3:
1. What was special about the light?
2. What problem did the light have?
3. 
Q4:
1. How did Virginia feel because of the dim light?
2. How did the dim light make Virginia feel?
3. 
Q5:
1. What was the name of the person in the back of the room?
2. What was the person in the back of the room called?
3. 
Q6:
1. What did Virginia do when she saw Eliphalet Hopper?
2. What gesture did Virginia make as she saw Eliphalet Hopper?
3. 
Q7:
1. Where was Virginia seated in the story?
2. What is the location of the place where Virginia was seated?
3. 
Q8:
1. What time is it in the story?
2. At what time does the story occur?
3. 
Q9:
1. What is the name of the person who died?
2. Which person died in the room that the story takes place in?
3. 
Q10:
1. What did Silas Whipple do in the room in which he died?
2. Silas Whipple did what inside the room where the story takes place?
3. 
