Chapter LVII 

AT that moment we were interrupted by the appearance of Madame Coutras, who had been paying visits. She came in, like a ship in full sail, an imposing creature, tall and stout, with an ample bust and an obesity girthed in alarmingly by straight-fronted corsets. She had a bold hooked nose and three chins. She held herself upright. She had not yielded for an instant to the enervating charm of the tropics, but contrariwise was more active, more worldly, more decided than anyone in a temperate clime would have thought it possible to be. She was evidently a copious talker, and now poured forth a breathless stream of anecdote and comment. She made the conversation we had just had seem far away and unreal. 

Presently Dr. Coutras turned to me. 

"I still have in my the picture that Strickland gave me," he said. "Would you like to see it?" 

"Willingly." 

We got up, and he led me on to the verandah which surrounded his house. We paused to look at the gay flowers that rioted in his garden. 

"For a long time I could not get out of my head the recollection of the extraordinary decoration with which Strickland had covered the walls of his house," he said reflectively. 

I had been thinking of it, too. It seemed to me that here Strickland had finally put the whole expression of himself. Working silently, knowing that it was his last chance, I fancied that here he must have said all that he knew of life and all that he divined. And I fancied that perhaps here he had at last found peace. The demon which possessed him was exorcised at last, and with the completion of the work, for which all his life had been a painful preparation, rest descended on his remote and tortured soul. He was willing to die, for he had fulfilled his purpose.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Which person had a hooked nose?
2. A hooked nose was something that which person had?
3. 
Q2:
1. What part of Madame Coutras' body was hooked?
2. Madame Coutras had what part of her body that was hooked?
3. 
Q3:
1. How many chins did Madame Coutras have?
2. Madame Coutras had how many chins?
3. 
Q4:
1. What object is Madame Coutras compared to?
2. Madame Coutras is compared to what object?
3. 
Q5:
1. Is Madame Coutras fat?
2. Does Madame Coutras need to lose weight?
3. 
Q6:
1. Is Madame Coutras short?
2. Is Madame Coutras small?
3. 
Q7:
1. Is Madame Coutras called a creature?
2. Is "creature" a word that is used to describe Madame Coutras?
3. 
Q8:
1. What kind of creature is Madame Coutras?
2. Madame Coutras is called what kind of creature?
3. 
Q9:
1. Did Madame Coutras like talking?
2. Was talking something that Madame Coutras liked doing?
3. 
Q10:
1. What was Madame Coutras wearing?
2. What was being worn by Madame Coutras?
3. 
Q11:
1. What object does Dr. Coutras still have?
2. Dr. Coutras still has what object?
3. 
Q12:
1. What is the name of the person that gave the picture to Dr. Coutras?
2. Dr. Coutras was given the picture by which person?
3. 
Q13:
1. What is the name of the doctor?
2. What is the doctor called?
3. 
Q14:
1. Does the speaker want to see the picture of Strickland?
2. Is the picture of Strickland something that the speaker wants to see?
3. 
