CHAPTER VI. 

THE PRIEST'S CHAMBER. 

I was very glad that Polly had left school and come home for good. It was far more cheerful and pleasant than it had been at all since I left school. Polly made the place so cheerful with her bright happy smile, and was so full of life and fun, that I never found time to sit and muse, and wonder and fret over the future, as I had done before she came home. She never left me long alone for any time, but every day would make me go out for long walks with her, and indeed devoted herself entirely to cheering and amusing me. Papa too very much recovered his spirits under her genial influence; and altogether she made our home much brighter and more cheerful than before. 

So our life went on for nearly three months, and then one Friday evening I was told that Sarah was below waiting to speak to me. I was rather surprised, for she had been to the house very seldom before, and then always on Sunday evenings. 

However, the moment she came in, I saw that she had something very important to tell. Her bright face was quite pale with excitement, and her whole figure was in a nervous tremble. 

"Oh, miss," she burst out directly the door was closed behind her, "Oh, miss, I have found the secret door!" 

Although I had tried all along to hope that she would some day do so, that hope had been so long deferred that it had almost died away; and now at the sudden news, I felt all the blood rush to my heart, the room swam round with me, and I sat on a chair quite overwhelmed by the sudden shock.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Did Polly leave school?
2. Did Polly stop going to school?
3. Did Polly cease to be a student?
Q2:
1. Was Polly planning on returning to school?
2. Did Polly have plans to go back to school?
3. Did Polly intend to return to school?
Q3:
1. Was Polly generally a happy person?
2. Did Polly tend to be in a good mood?
3. Was Polly generally Jolly?
Q4:
1. When did Sarah arrive?
2. At what point did Sarah show up?
3. What was the time of Sarah's arrival?
Q5:
1. On what day of the week did Sarah arrive?
2. What was the day of the week when Sarah showed up?
3. On which day in the week did Sarah present herself?
Q6:
1. On what day of the week did Sarah arrive?
2. What was the day of the week when Sarah showed up?
3. On which day in the week did Sarah present herself?
Q7:
1. When did Sarah usually arrive?
2. What was Sarah's normal date of arrival?
3. When did Sarah normally come?
Q8:
1. What was so important that Sarah needed to tell?
2. What did Sarah have to say that was so important?
3. What extremely important thing did Sarah have to talk about?
Q9:
1. Was Sarah nervous about speaking?
2. Did it make Sarah nervous to talk about the secret door?
3. Did discussion of the secret door make Sarah anxious?
Q10:
1. Was the narrator taken aback?
2. Did the narrator feel surprised?
3. Was the narrator in a bit of a shock?
Q11:
1. What was Polly's daily activity?
2. What did Polly do on a daily basis?
3. What would Polly do each day?
Q12:
1. What was Polly dedicated to?
2. What did Polly devote herself to?
3. What was Polly's devotion?
Q13:
1. How was Papa?
2. What was Papa's state?
3. What sort of state was Papa in?
