CHAPTER XI. 

Mr. Barbecue-Smith was gone. The motor had whirled him away to the station; a faint smell of burning oil commemorated his recent departure. A considerable detachment had come into the courtyard to speed him on his way; and now they were walking back, round the side of the house, towards the terrace and the garden. They walked in silence; nobody had yet ventured to comment on the departed guest. 

"Well?" said Anne at last, turning with raised inquiring eyebrows to Denis. 

"Well?" It was time for someone to begin. 

Denis declined the invitation; he passed it on to Mr Scogan. "Well?" he said. 

Mr. Scogan did not respond; he only repeated the question, "Well?" 

It was left for Henry Wimbush to make a pronouncement. "A very agreeable adjunct to the week-end," he said. His tone was obituary. 

They had descended, without paying much attention where they were going, the steep yew-walk that went down, under the flank of the terrace, to the pool. The house towered above them, immensely tall, with the whole height of the built-up terrace added to its own seventy feet of brick facade. The perpendicular lines of the three towers soared up, uninterrupted, enhancing the impression of height until it became overwhelming. They paused at the edge of the pool to look back. 

"The man who built this house knew his business," said Denis. "He was an architect." 

"Was he?" said Henry Wimbush reflectively. "I doubt it. The builder of this house was Sir Ferdinando Lapith, who flourished during the reign of Elizabeth. He inherited the estate from his father, to whom it had been granted at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries; for Crome was originally a cloister of monks and this swimming-pool their fish-pond. Sir Ferdinando was not content merely to adapt the old monastic buildings to his own purposes; but using them as a stone quarry for his barns and byres and outhouses, he built for himself a grand new house of brick--the house you see now."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who was gone?
2. Who had departed?
3. 
Q2:
1. Did Mr. Barbecue-Smith's departure please everyone?
2. Were all glad that Mr. Barbecue-Smith was gone?
3. 
Q3:
1. Where did everyone go?
2. What location did the group travel to?
3. 
Q4:
1. What is the height of the home?
2. How far up does the home go?
3. 
Q5:
1. Was the house made of wood?
2. Was it a wooden house?
3. 
Q6:
1. What was the home made up?
2. What material comprised the house?
3. 
Q7:
1. What was the group standing by?
2. What was near the group?
3. 
Q8:
1. What had been transformed into the swimming pool?
2. What did the swimming pool used to be?
3. 
Q9:
1. Who had the fish pond?
2. Whose fish pond did the swimming pool used to be?
3. 
Q10:
1. Who was the home's builder?
2. Who constructed the house?
3. 
Q11:
1. What was the lifetime of Sir Ferdinando Lapith?
2. When was Sir Ferdinando Lapith alive?
3. 
Q12:
1. Did the group discuss Mr. Barbecue-Smith?
2. Did everyone talk about Mr. Barbecue-Smith?
3. 
