CHAPTER VII 

"ROSARIO IS DEAD!" 

Fenella never became absolutely unconscious. She was for some time in a state apparently of intense nervous prostration. Her breath was coming quickly, her eyes and her fingers seemed to be clinging to his as though for support. Her touch, her intimate presence, her reliance upon him, seemed to Arnold to infect the very atmosphere of the place with a thrill of the strangest excitement. 

"You think that he is dead?" she faltered once. 

"Of course not," he replied reassuringly. "I saw no weapon at all. It was just a quarrel." 

She half closed her eyes. 

"There was blood upon his waistcoat," she declared, "and I saw something flash through the window." 

"I will go and see, if you like," Arnold suggested. 

Her fingers gripped his. 

"Not yet! Don't leave me yet! Why did you say that you recognized the hand--that it was the same hand you saw upon the window-sill last night?" 

"Because of the signet ring," Arnold answered promptly. "It was a crude-looking affair, but the stone was bright scarlet. It was impossible to mistake it." 

"It was only the ring, then?" 

"Only the ring, of course," he admitted. "I did not see the hand close enough. It was foolish of me, perhaps, to say anything about it, and yet--and yet the man last night--he was looking for Rosario. Why should it not be the same?" 

He heard the breath come through her teeth in a little sob. 

"Don't say anything at present to any one else. Indeed, there are others who might have worn such a ring."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What was on the waistcoat according to the woman?
2. What was said to be on the waistcoat according to the woman?
3. 
Q2:
1. Where had the woman seen something flash?
2. Where was something flashing seen by the woman?
3. 
Q3:
1. Were someone’s fingers gripped but the woman?
2. Did the woman take somebody’s fingers?
3. 
Q4:
1. Whose fingers did the woman grip?
2. The woman gripped whose fingers?
3. 
Q5:
1. Was Fenella completely unconscious?
2. Was Fenella totally knocked out?
3. 
Q6:
1. How was Fenella’s breath?
2. How could Fenella’s breathing be described?
3. 
Q7:
1. What was the atmosphere infected with?
2. What did Fenella make the atmosphere heavy with?
3. 
Q8:
1. Who thought the atmosphere was filled with excitement?
2. Who reckoned the atmosphere was filled with excitement?
3. 
Q9:
1. What wasn’t seen by Arnold?
2. What hadn’t Arnold seen?
3. 
Q10:
1. What was worn by the hand?
2. What was on the hand?
3. 
Q11:
1. What tone was the stone?
2. What hue did the stone have?
3. 
Q12:
1. Was the scarlet hue bright or dull?
2. Was the scarlet stone’s shade bright or dull?
3. 
Q13:
1. Which person was being looked for by the man?
2. Which person was the man looking for?
3. 
Q14:
1. Was a quarrel witnessed by Arnold?
2. Did Arnold see a quarrel?
3. 
Q15:
1. Had Arnold taken a close look at the hand?
2. WAs a close look to the hand taken by Arnold?
3. 
