CHAPTER XI. THE ASHBURNS 

Gregory Ashburn pushed back his chair and made shift to rise from the table at which he and his brother had but dined. 

He was a tall, heavily built man, with a coarse, florid countenance set in a frame of reddish hair that hung straight and limp. In the colour of their hair lay the only point of resemblance between the brothers. For the rest Joseph was spare and of middle weight, pale of face, thin-lipped, and owning a cunning expression that was rendered very evil by virtue of the slight cast in his colourless eyes. 

In earlier life Gregory had not been unhandsome; debauchery and sloth had puffed and coarsened him. Joseph, on the other hand, had never been aught but ill-favoured. 

"Tis a week since Worcester field was fought," grumbled Gregory, looking lazily sideways at the mullioned windows as he spoke, "and never a word from the lad." 

Joseph shrugged his narrow shoulders and sneered. It was Joseph's habit to sneer when he spoke, and his words were wont to fit the sneer. 

"Doth the lack of news trouble you?" he asked, glancing across the table at his brother. 

Gregory rose without meeting that glance. 

"Truth to tell it does trouble me," he muttered. 

"And yet," quoth Joseph, "tis a natural thing enough. When battles are fought it is not uncommon for men to die." 

Gregory crossed slowly to the window, and stared out at the trees of the park which autumn was fast stripping.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What was the color of Gregory's hair?
2. What was Gregory's haircolor?
3. Which haircolor could be attributed to Gregory?
Q2:
1. Did Gregory have curly hair?
2. Was Gregory's hair curly?
3. Were Gregory's locks curled?
Q3:
1. What kind of hair did Gregory have?
2. What was Gregory's hair like, if not curly?
3. How could Gregory's hair be described?
Q4:
1. Was it true or false that Joseph had not always been unattractive?
2. True or false: Joseph used to be attractive.
3. True or false: Joseph was once an attractive man.
Q5:
1. Was Gregory always unattractive?
2. Had Gregory always been ugly?
3. Was Gregory always not very pleasant to look at?
Q6:
1. Who feels concerned by the lack of news?
2. Who is worried that no news has come?
3. Who is troubled by the fact that there hasn't been any news?
Q7:
1. Is it true or false that Gregory and Joseph were father and son?
2. True or false: Gregory is Joseph's dad.
3. True or false: Joseph is Gregory's son.
Q8:
1. How were Gregory and Joseph related to each other?
2. What was the relation between Gregory and Joseph?
3. What family member were Gregory and Joseph to each other?
Q9:
1. What happens in battle, according to Joseph?
2. What does Joseph claim happens when battles are fought?
3. What is a common outcome of battles, according to Joseph?
Q10:
1. What time in the year is it?
2. What season is described?
3. Which of the four seasons is currently happening/
Q11:
1. In what month does the story take place?
2. What month is mentioned in the story?
3. In what month do the events take place?
Q12:
1. Were Joseph's eyes brown?
2. Was Joseph a brown eyed man?
3. Did Joseph have eyes of a brown color?
Q13:
1. How did Joseph's eyes look?
2. What color of eyes did Joseph have?
3. What was Joseph's eye color?
Q14:
1. What had Gregory and Joseph just done?
2. What did Gregory and Joseph just get done doing?
3. What activity had Gregory and Joseph recently done?
Q15:
1. What sort of window was Gregory looking out of?
2. What was the quality of the windows Gregory gazed through?
3. What kind of windows were gazed through by Gregory?
Q16:
1. What can be seen through the window?
2. What does the window give out to?
3. What does the window have a view of?
Q17:
1. Who is the more heavily built brother?
2. Which brother has a heavier build?
3. Which of the brothers had a more weighty build?
Q18:
1. What was the only physical feature that Gregory and Joseph shared?
2. What was the sole physical feature that both Gregory and Joseph had?
3. What one physical quality did the brothers share?
Q19:
1. What did Joseph often do when he spoke?
2. What did Joseph habitually do while talking?
3. When Joseph talked, what did he have the habit of doing?
Q20:
1. Why was Gregory no longer handsome?
2. How did Gregory lose his good looks?
3. How had Gregory lost his attractive appearance?
