CHAPTER XI--DANCING 



'Prescribe us not our duties.' 

'Well, Phyllis,' said her father, as he passed through the hall to mount his horse, 'how do you like the prospect of Monsieur le Roi's instructions?' 

'Not at all, papa,' answered Phyllis, running out to the hall door to pat the horse, and give it a piece of bread. 

'Take care you turn out your toes,' said Mr. Mohun. 'You must learn to dance like a dragon before Cousin Rotherwood's birthday next year.' 

'Papa, how do dragons dance?' 

'That is a question I must decide at my leisure,' said Mr. Mohun, mounting. 'Stand out of the way, Phyl, or you will feel how horses dance.' 

Away he rode, while Phyllis turned with unwilling steps to the nursery, to be dressed for her first dancing lesson; Marianne Weston was to learn with her, and this was some consolation, but Phyllis could not share in the satisfaction Adeline felt in the arrival of Monsieur le Roi. Jane was also a pupil, but Lily, whose recollections of her own dancing days were not agreeable, absented herself entirely from the dancing-room, even though Alethea Weston had come with her sister. 

Poor Phyllis danced as awkwardly as was expected, but Adeline seemed likely to be a pupil in whom a master might rejoice; Marianne was very attentive and not ungraceful, but Alethea soon saw reason to regret the arrangement that had been made, for she perceived that Jane considered the master a fair subject for derision, and her 'nods and becks, and wreathed smiles,' called up corresponding looks in Marianne's face.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who was set to mount a horse?
2. Who was getting ready to ride a horse?
3. Who was preparing to mount a steed?
Q2:
1. Who is Phyllis' teacher?
2. Who does Phyllis learn from?
3. What is the name of Phyllis's teacher?
Q3:
1. Was Phyllis happy with the lessons?
2. Did Phyllis's lessons please her?
3. Did Phyllis take pleasure in what she was learning?
Q4:
1. What did Phyllis give the animal to eat?
2. What did Phyllis feed the horse?
3. What did the horse get to eat from Phyllis?
Q5:
1. Who told Phyllis to point her toes?
2. From whom did Phyllis receive instructions to point her toes?
3. Who told Phyllis that it was necessary to keep her toes pointed?
Q6:
1. What did Phyllis need to prepare for?
2. What event did Phyllis need to be ready for?
3. What occurrence was it necessary for Phyllis to be set for?
Q7:
1. What did Phyllis ask her father?
2. What was Phyllis's question to her father?
3. What did Phyllis want to know from her dad?
Q8:
1. Where did Phyllis go after her father's departure?
2. Once her dad had left, where was Phyllis headed?
3. Where did Phyllis head off after her dad was gone?
Q9:
1. Why did Phyllis go to the nursery?
2. What business did Phyllis have in the nursery?
3. What was Phyllis doing in the nursery?
Q10:
1. who was to be Phyllis's classmate?
2. Who was going to take a class with Phyllis?
3. Who would take lessons with Phyllis?
Q11:
1. Who went out of the room because they didn't want negative flashbacks?
2. Whose departure was due to not wanting negative flashbacks?
3. Who left in an attempt to skirt any negative flashbacks?
Q12:
1. How was the performance of Mr. Mohun's daughter?
2. What was the quality of Mr. Mohun's daughter when she performed?
3. How did Mr. Mohun's daughter do with her performance?
Q13:
1. What student would stoke pride within a teacher?
2. Who was the student that a teacher would be proud of?
3. Which pupil would cause a teacher to swell up with pride?
Q14:
1. Who lacked grace?
2. Who could have used more grace?
3. Who was in desperate need of some more grace?
Q15:
1. What was Althea's opinion of the situation?
2. How did the situation make Althea feel?
3. What did Althea think about everything that was happening?
