CHAPTER XIV 

WILLIAM BENT PITMAN HEARS OF SOMETHING TO HIS ADVANTAGE 

On the morning of Sunday, William Dent Pitman rose at his usual hour, although with something more than the usual reluctance. The day before (it should be explained) an addition had been made to his family in the person of a lodger. Michael Finsbury had acted sponsor in the business, and guaranteed the weekly bill; on the other hand, no doubt with a spice of his prevailing jocularity, he had drawn a depressing portrait of the lodger's character. Mr. Pitman had been led to understand his guest was not good company; he had approached the gentleman with fear, and had rejoiced to find himself the entertainer of an angel. At tea he had been vastly pleased; till hard on one in the morning he had sat entranced by eloquence and progressively fortified with information in the studio; and now, as he reviewed over his toilet the harmless pleasures of the evening, the future smiled upon him with revived attractions. "Mr. Finsbury is indeed an acquisition," he remarked to himself; and as he entered the little parlour, where the table was already laid for breakfast, the cordiality of his greeting would have befitted an acquaintanceship already old. 

"I am delighted to see you, sir"--these were his expressions--"and I trust you have slept well." 

"Accustomed as I have been for so long to a life of almost perpetual change," replied the guest, "the disturbance so often complained of by the more sedentary, as attending their first night in (what is called) a new bed, is a complaint from which I am entirely free."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What occurred the day prior?
2. What took place yesterday?
3. 
Q2:
1. How did Pitman feel towards the lodger?
2. What was Pitman's opinion of the lodger?
3. 
Q3:
1. Did Pitman change his mind about the lodger?
2. Did Pitman have a change of heart regarding the lodger?
3. 
Q4:
1. What is the subject of the story?
2. What does the story discuss?
3. 
Q5:
1. On what day does the story take place?
2. What day of the week is the story set on?
3. 
Q6:
1. Did William Dent Pitman wake up at his usual time on Sunday
2. Did William Dent Pitman get up when he usually did on Sunday?
3. 
Q7:
1. What made this Sunday different from others?
2. How could this Sunday be distinguished from others?
3. 
Q8:
1. What did William Dent Pitman say to himself about Finsbury?
2. Which comment did William Dent Pitman make to himself regarding Finsbury?
3. 
Q9:
1. What was on the table when William Dent Pitman entered?
2. What did William Dent Pitman find on the table upon his entry?
3. 
Q10:
1. What room was breakfast in?
2. Which room contained the morning meal?
3. 
