CHAPTER XIV. 

INVALIDED HOME. 

Two days after the battle of Albuera, Lord Wellington himself arrived, and from the officers of his staff Tom heard the details of the battle of Fuentes d'Onoro, which had been fought a few days previously, and which had been nearly as hardly contested as had Albuera itself, both sides claiming the victory. 

The next day, the bulk of Beresford's army returned to the neighborhood of Badajos, which they again invested, while a long convoy of wounded started for Lisbon. The Scudamores accompanied it as far as Campo Major, where a large hospital had been prepared for those too ill to bear the journey. Peter was still unconscious. Fever had set in upon the day after the battle, and for three weeks he lay between life and death. Tom's arm was mending very slowly, and he would have had hard work indeed in nursing Peter had it not been for the arrival of unexpected assistance. A large villa had been taken close to the main hospital for the use of officers, and one of the rooms was allotted to the Scudamores. 

Upon the evening of the second day after their arrival, Tom was sitting by Peter's bedside, when, after a preliminary tap, the door opened, and to Tom's perfect amazement Sambo entered. The negro hurried forward, threw himself on his knees, seized Tom's hand and kissed it passionately, and then looking at the thin and fever-flushed face of Peter, he hid his face in his hands and sobbed unrestrainedly.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who paid Peter a visit, as Tom stood beside his bed?
2. Who came to see Peter while Tom was there?
3. Who did Peter get a visit from, as Tom was at his bedside?
Q2:
1. Is Peter happy to see Sambo?
2. Does it bring Peter joy to see Sambo?
3. Is Peter delighted by the sight of Sambo in his room?
Q3:
1. What is Sambo's race?
2. What is Sambo's ethnicity?
3. What racial group does Sambo belong to?
Q4:
1. Who got tears in their eyes?
2. Who began to cry?
3. Whose eyes were filled with tears?
Q5:
1. Where are the majority of Beresford's troops returning to?
2. To what location is most of Beresford's army retreating?
3. Where are most members of Beresford's troops going back rto?
Q6:
1. Had Beresford's troops already been to Badajos?
2. Was Badajos a place that Beresford's army had already visited?
3. Was Badajos a familiar place to Beresford's troops?
Q7:
1. Where did a convoy of injured go to?
2. Where were the wounded sent?
3. Where did the wounded men head off to?
Q8:
1. Were many men wounded?
2. Were there a lot of men in the convoy of the wounded?
3. Had many sustained injuries?
Q9:
1. What did Campo Major have?
2. What could be found at Campo Major?
3. What was a resource located at Campo Major?
Q10:
1. Was the Campo Major hospital for anyone who was injured?
2. Could anyone who was hurt stay at the Campo Major hospital?
3. Did the Campo Major hospital accept anyone who had been wounded?
Q11:
1. Who was allowed to stay at the Campo Major hospital?
2. Who did the Campo Major hospital accept?
3. What was the only population that the Campo Major hospital was open to?
Q12:
1. How far did the Scudamores accompany the convoy?
2. Where did the Scudamores stop following the convoy?
3. In what location was the convoy left by the Scudamores?
Q13:
1. Who didn't feel good?
2. Who was ill?
3. Who was suffering from a grave illness?
Q14:
1. Was Peter awake?
2. Was Peter conscious?
3. Had Peter regained consciousness?
Q15:
1. For how long had Peter been running a high fever?
2. How long had Peter's fever been running high for?
3. For how many weeks had Peter's temperature been elevated?
Q16:
1. Was it possible that Peter could die?
2. Was Peter's death a possibility?
3. Was it forseeable that Peter might pass away?
Q17:
1. What injury did Tom sustain?
2. What was the problem with Tom?
3. How had Tom been hurt?
Q18:
1. Did Peter and Tom have their own room?
2. Was there a separate room just for Peter and Tom?
3. Were Peter and Tom allowed to stay in a room alone together?
Q19:
1. What kind of building were Peter and Tom in?
2. What sort of structure housed Peter and Tom?
3. How could the building that Peter and Tom were in be described?
Q20:
1. Who cared for Peter?
2. Who was Peter's caretaker?
3. Who was Peter nursed by?
