CHAPTER XXXV 

The Prince crossed the hall and entered the morning-room. Felix was there and Raoul de Brouillac. The Duchess sat at her writing-table, scribbling a note. Lady Carey, in a wonderful white serge costume, and a huge bunch of Neapolitan violets at her bosom, was lounging in an easy-chair, swinging her foot backwards and forwards. The Duke, in a very old tweed coat, but immaculate as to linen and the details of his toilet, stood a little apart, with a frown upon his forehead, and exactly that absorbed air which in the House of Lords usually indicated his intention to make a speech. The entrance of the Prince, who carefully closed the door behind him, was an event for which evidently they were all waiting. 

"My good people," he said blandly, "I wish you all a very good-morning." 

There was a little murmur of greetings, and before they had all subsided the Duke spoke. 

"Saxe Leinitzer," he said, "I have a few questions to ask you." 

The Prince looked across the room at him. 

"By all means, Duke," he said. "But is the present an opportune time?" 

"Opportune or no, it is the time which I have selected," the Duke answered stiffly. "I do not altogether understand what is going on in this house. I am beginning to wonder whether I have been misled." 

The Prince, as he twirled his fair moustache, glanced carelessly enough across at the Duchess. She was looking the other way. 

"I became a--er--general member of this Society," the Duke continued, "sympathising heartily with its objects as explained to me by you, Prince, and believing, although to confess it is somewhat of a humiliation, that a certain amount of--er--combination amongst the aristocracy has become necessary to resist the terrible increase of Socialism which we must all so much deplore."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is the group's location?
2. In what room can everyone be found?
3. 
Q2:
1. Who was in the morning-room?
2. Whose location was the morning-room?
3. 
Q3:
1. Who was in the morning-room with the prince?
2. Who besides the prince could be found in the morning room?
3. 
Q4:
1. Who was in the morning-room with the prince and Felix?
2. Who besides the prince and Felix could be found in the morning room?
3. 
Q5:
1. Who was in the morning-room with the prince, Raoul de Brouilly and Felix?
2. Who besides the prince, Raoul de Brouilly and Felix could be found in the morning room?
3. 
Q6:
1. What was the Dutchess doing?
2. What activity was the Dutchess up to?
3. 
Q7:
1. Where was the Dutchess scribbling?
2. Where could the Dutchess be seen writing manically?
3. 
Q8:
1. Who was in the morning-room with the prince, Raoul de Brouilly, the Dutchess and Felix?
2. Who besides the prince, the Dutchess, Raoul de Brouilly and Felix could be found in the morning room?
3. 
Q9:
1. What was Lady Carey wearing?
2. What did Lady Carey have on?
3. 
Q10:
1. What did Lady Carey don with her white serge?
2. What was Lady Carey wearing besides a white serge?
3. 
Q11:
1. Where in the room was Lady Carey?
2. What was Lady Carey's position inside the room?
3. 
Q12:
1. What was Lady Carey doing in the easy chair?
2. What gesture was Lady Carey making in her chair?
3. 
Q13:
1. Who is the prince asking questions of?
2. Who is being interrogated by the prince?
3. 
Q14:
1. Did Saxe Leinitzer agree to the prince's questioning?
2. Was Saxe Leinitzer okay with being interrogated by the prince?
3. 
