CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS. 

THE intelligence with which Lestrade greeted us was so momentous and so unexpected, that we were all three fairly dumfoundered. Gregson sprang out of his chair and upset the remainder of his whiskey and water. I stared in silence at Sherlock Holmes, whose lips were compressed and his brows drawn down over his eyes. 

"Stangerson too!" he muttered. "The plot thickens." 

"It was quite thick enough before," grumbled Lestrade, taking a chair. "I seem to have dropped into a sort of council of war." 

"Are you--are you sure of this piece of intelligence?" stammered Gregson. 

"I have just come from his room," said Lestrade. "I was the first to discover what had occurred." 

"We have been hearing Gregson's view of the matter," Holmes observed. "Would you mind letting us know what you have seen and done?" 

"I have no objection," Lestrade answered, seating himself. "I freely confess that I was of the opinion that Stangerson was concerned in the death of Drebber. This fresh development has shown me that I was completely mistaken. Full of the one idea, I set myself to find out what had become of the Secretary. They had been seen together at Euston Station about half-past eight on the evening of the third. At two in the morning Drebber had been found in the Brixton Road. The question which confronted me was to find out how Stangerson had been employed between 8.30 and the time of the crime, and what had become of him afterwards. I telegraphed to Liverpool, giving a description of the man, and warning them to keep a watch upon the American boats. I then set to work calling upon all the hotels and lodging-houses in the vicinity of Euston. You see, I argued that if Drebber and his companion had become separated, the natural course for the latter would be to put up somewhere in the vicinity for the night, and then to hang about the station again next morning."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Did someone receive a greeting?
2. Did someone say hello to someone else?
3. Was anybody welcomed?
Q2:
1. Who was the group welcomed by?
2. Who greeted the group?
3. Who did the group receive a welcome from?
Q3:
1. Did the group expect the nature of Lestrade's greeting?
2. Was the way that Lestrade greeted the group run of the mill?
3. Was the group used the Lestrade's manner of welcoming them?
Q4:
1. Had there been a death?
2. Did someone pass away?
3. Was there a life lost?
Q5:
1. Who passed away?
2. Who died?
3. Who lsot their life?
Q6:
1. Did Drebber choke on a chicken bone?
2. Was Drebber's death caused by choking on a chicken bone?
3. Did Drebber meet his end while choking on the bone of a chicken?
Q7:
1. Did Drebber's passing worry anyone?
2. Was anyone concerned about Drebber's death?
3. Did Drebber's death give anyone anxiety?
Q8:
1. Who worried about Drebber's passing?
2. Who did Drebber's death preoccupy?
3. Who was filled with anxiety regarding Drebber dying?
Q9:
1. Where was Drebber's body found?
2. In what location was Drebber's body discovered?
3. After he died, where was Drebber found?
Q10:
1. Who found Drebber's body?
2. Who was the one to discover Drebber's corpse?
3. Who came across the dead body of Drebber?
