CHAPTER XVIII 

When Jethro Bass walked out of the hotel that evening men looked at him, and made way for him, but none spoke to him. There was something in his face that forbade speech. He was a great man once more--a greater man than ever; and he had, if the persistent rumors were true, accomplished an almost incomprehensible feat, even for Jethro Bass. There was another reason, too, why they stared at him. In all those twelve weeks of that most trying of all sessions he had not once gone into the street, and he had been less than ever common in the eyes of men. Twice a day he had descended to the dining room for a simple meal--that was all; and fewer had gained entrance to Room Number 7 this session than ever before. 

There is a river that flows by the capital, a wide and gentle river bordered by green meadows and fringed with willows; higher up, if you go far enough, a forest comes down to the water on the western side. Jethro walked through the hooded bridge, and up the eastern bank until he could see the forest like a black band between the orange sky and the orange river, and there he sat down upon a fallen log on the edge of the bank. But Jethro was thinking of another scene,--of a granite-ribbed pasture on Coniston Mountain that swings in limitless space, from either end of which a man may step off into eternity. William Wetherell, in one of his letters, had described that place as the Threshold of the Nameless Worlds, and so it had seemed to Jethro in the years of his desolation. He was thinking of it now, even as it had been in his mind that winter's evening when Cynthia had come to Coniston and had surprised him with that look of terrible loneliness on his face.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who was able to do something?
2. Who had an achievement?
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Q2:
1. What was the provenance of Jethro Bass?
2. Where was Jethro Bass coming from?
3. 
Q3:
1. Did Jethro Bass speak with anyone?
2. Was there anybody that Jethro Bass addressed?
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Q4:
1. Did anybody address Jethro Bass?
2. Was there someone who spoke to Jehtro Bass?
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Q5:
1. How much time had passed since Jethro Bass entered the hotel?
2. How long ago did Jethro Bass go into the hotel?
3. 
Q6:
1. Was Jethro Bass easy to find?
2. Was it a piece of cake locating Jethro Bass?
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Q7:
1. How many times would Jethro Bass leave his room in a day?
2. What was the number of times per day that Jethro Bass would exit his chambers?
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Q8:
1. What would get Jethro Bass out of his room?
2. For what reason would Jethro Bass exit his chambers?
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Q9:
1. What was on Jethro Bass' mind?
2. What did Jethro Bass have on the brain?
3. 
Q10:
1. Was Jethro Bass thinking of somewhere on the ocean?
2. Did Jethro Bass have the ocean on his mind?
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