CHAPTER IV 

And instead of 'dearest Miss,' Jewel, honey, sweetheart, bliss, And those forms of old admiring, Call her cockatrice and siren.--C. LAMB 

The ladies of the house were going to a ball, and were in full costume: Eloisa a study for the Arabian Nights, and Lucilla in an azure gossamer-like texture surrounding her like a cloud, turquoises on her arms, and blue and silver ribbons mingled with her blonde tresses. 

Very like the clergyman's wife! 

O sage Honor, were you not provoked with yourself for being so old as to regard that bewitching sprite, and marvel whence comes the cost of those robes of the woof of Faerie? 

Let Oberon pay Titania's bills. 

That must depend on who Oberon is to be. 

Phoebe, to whom a doubt on that score would have appeared high treason, nevertheless hated the presence of Mr. Calthorp as much as she could hate anything, and was in restless anxiety as to Titania's behaviour. She herself had no cause to complain, for she was at once singled out and led away from Miss Charlecote, to be shown some photographic performances, in which Lucy and her cousin had been dabbling. 

'There, that horrid monster is Owen--he never will come out respectable. Mr. Prendergast, he is better, because you don't see his face. There's our school, Edna Murrell and all; I flatter myself that _is_ a work of art; only this little wretch fidgeted, and muddled himself.' 

'Is that the mistress? She does not look like one.' 

'Not like Sally Page? No; she would bewilder the Hiltonbury mind. I mean you to see her; I would not miss the shock to Honor. No, don't show it to her! I won't have any preparation.'  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Where were the women headed?
2. What destination would the ladies of the house reach?
3. 
Q2:
1. Who was not a fan of Mr. Calthorp's presence?
2. Who would strongly prefer that Mr. Calthorp not be present?
3. 
Q3:
1. What was Phoebe lead away from Miss Charlecote to be shown?
2. What did Phoebe head away from Miss Charlecote so that she could see?
3. 
Q4:
1. Did the ladies dress up in costumes for the dance?
2. Did the ladies don costumes in roder to go to the ball?
3. 
Q5:
1. Whose costume resembled that of something out of Arabian nights?
2. Who donned a costume meant to look like something out of Arabian nights?
3. 
Q6:
1. Was Lucilla dressed like a clergyman's wife?
2. Did Lucilla's dress resemble something a clergyman's wife would wear?
3. 
Q7:
1. Who was mentioned that would take care of Tatiana's debts?
2. Who is spoken of as being able to take care of Tatiana's bills?
3. 
Q8:
1. Whose behavior made Phoebe anxious?
2. Who was acting in a way that had Phoebe nervous?
3. 
Q9:
1. What is Owen like, according to the story?
2. What description does the story give of Owen?
3. 
Q10:
1. Did people figure that Owen would come out respectable?
2. Did it seem likely that Owen would be respectable in the end?
3. 
