CHAPTER XXII 

PATERNAL ANXIETY 

M. le Duc d'Aumont, Prime Minister of His Majesty King Louis XV of France, was exceedingly perturbed. He had just had two separate interviews, each of half an hour's duration, and he was now busy trying to dissociate what his daughter had told him in the first interview, from that which M. de Stainville had imparted to him in the second. And he was not succeeding. 

The two sets of statements seemed inextricably linked together. 

Lydie, certainly had been very strange and agitated in her manner, totally unlike herself: but this mood of course, though so very unusual in her, did not astonish M. le Duc so much, once he realized its cause. 

It was the cause which was so singularly upsetting. 

Milor Eglinton, his son-in-law, had sent in his resignation as Comptroller-General of Finance, and this without giving any reason for so sudden and decisive a step. At any rate Lydie herself professed to be ignorant of milor's motives for this extraordinary line of action as she was of his future purpose. All she knew--or all that she cared to tell her father--was that her husband had avowedly the intention of deserting her: he meant to quit Versailles immediately, thus vacating his post without a moment's notice, and leaving his wife, whom he had allowed to conduct all State affairs for him for over a year, to extricate herself, out of a tangle of work and an anomalous position, as best she might. 

The only suggestion which milor had cared to put forward, with regard to her future, was that he was about to make her a free gift of his château and lands of Vincennes, the yearly revenues of which were close upon a million livres. This gift she desired not to accept.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Whose title was prime minister?
2. Who served as prime minister?
3. What was the prime minister's name?
Q2:
1. Who did M. le Duc d'Aumont serve as prime minister to?
2. Who was M. le Duc d'Aumont the prime minister under?
3. In whose service was M. le Duc d'Aumont employed as prime minister?
Q3:
1. How many meetings did M. le Duc d'Aumont have?
2. What was the number of meetings M. le Duc d'Aumont needed to attend?
3. How many times did M. le Duc d'Aumont need to sit down with someone and talk?
Q4:
1. What was the length of M. le Duc d'Aumont's two meetings?
2. How long did the M. le Duc d'Aumont's meetings last?
3. What was the duration of the interviews of M. le Duc d'Aumont?
Q5:
1. How many conflicting statements did M. le Duc d'Aumont receive?
2. How many statements were given to M. le Duc d'Aumont?
3. What was the number of statements M. le Duc d'Aumont was confronted with?
Q6:
1. Was Lydie acting in her usual manner?
2. Was everything peachy regarding Lydie's behavior?
3. Was Lydie carrying herself like she always did?
Q7:
1. Who was M. le Duc d'Aumont's son in law?
2. What was the name of M. le Duc d'Aumont's son in law?
3. Who was M. le Duc d'Aumont father in law to?
Q8:
1. Who said something to M. le Duc d'Aumont in the first interview?
2. Who was M. le Duc d'Aumont's first interview with?
3. Who did M. le Duc d'Aumont have a meeting with first?
Q9:
1. What did M. le Duc d'Aumont's son in law do for a living?
2. How was M. le Duc d'Aumont's son in law employed?
3. What was Milor Eglinton's occupation?
Q10:
1. Does Milor Eglinton still work as Comptroller-General?
2. Does Milor Eglinton continue to be employed as Comptroller-General?
3. Is M. le Duc d'Aumont still the Comptroller-General of Finance?
Q11:
1. Did Lydie have a husband?
2. Was Lydie someone's wife?
3. Did M. le Duc d'Aumont's daughter have a husband?
Q12:
1. Was it clear why Milor Eglinton was resigning from his post?
2. Did Milor Eglinton give a reason for quitting his job?
3. Did Milor Eglinton let it be known the reason he was resigning from his job?
Q13:
1. Did Milor Eglinton leave with M. le Duc d'Aumont's daughter?
2. Did Lydie leave with her husband?
3. Did Lydie's husband take her with him?
Q14:
1. WHo conducted state affairs?
2. Who was in charge with state affairs?
3. Who was given the responsibility of conducting state affairs?
Q15:
1. How long did Lydie conduct state affairs?
2. For how long was Lydie in charge of state affairs?
3. How long did Milor Eglinton's wife have control over state affairs?
Q16:
1. Did Lydie receive a gift?
2. Was a present given to Milor Eglinton's wife?
3. Was Lydie presented with a gift?
Q17:
1. Who gave Lydie a gift?
2. Who did Lydie receive a gift from?
3. By whom was Lydie gifted with something?
Q18:
1. What did Milor Eglinton give his wife?
2. What was Milor Eglinton's gift to Lydie?
3. What did Lydie receive from her husband?
Q19:
1. Did Lydie want the gift her husband got her?
2. Was Lydie excited about the gift she received from her husband?
3. Did Milor Eglinton's gift to his wife make her happy?
Q20:
1. Was anyone surprised by Lydie's behavior?
2. Was the way Lydie acted shocking to anyone?
3. Was anyone taken aback by Lydie's manner of behaving?
