CHAPTER VIII 

"I don't think I shall marry you, after all," Maggie announced that evening, as she stood looking at herself in one of the gilded mirrors with which the drawing-room at Belgrave Square was adorned. 

"Why not?" Nigel asked, with polite anxiety. 

"You are exhibiting symptoms of infidelity," she declared. "Your flirtation with Naida this afternoon was most pronounced, and you went out of your way to ask her to dine to-night." 

"I like that!" Nigel complained. "Supposing it were true, I should simply be obeying orders. It was you who incited me to devote myself to her." 

"The sacrifices we women make for the good of our country," Maggie sighed. "However, you needn't have taken me quite so literally. Do you admire her very much, Nigel?" 

He smiled. His manner, however, was not altogether free from self-consciousness. 

"Of course I do," he admitted. "She's a perfectly wonderful person, isn't she? Let's get out of this Victorian environment," he added, looking around the huge apartment with its formal arrangement of furniture and its atmosphere of prim but faded elegance. "We'll go into the smaller room and tell Brookes to bring us some cocktails and cigarettes. Chalmers won't expect to be received formally, and Mademoiselle Karetsky will appreciate the cosmopolitan note of our welcome." 

"We do look a little too domestic, don't we?" Maggie replied, as she passed through the portière which Nigel was holding up. "I'm not at all sure that I ought to come and play hostess like this, without an aunt or anything. I must think of my reputation. I may decide to marry Mr. Chalmers, and Americans are very particular about that sort of thing."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Did Maggie decide she did not want to get married?
2. Did Maggie say that she did not want to marry?
3. Was Maggie of the opinion that she did not want to get married?
Q2:
1. When did Maggie decide she did not want to marry?
2. When did Maggie proclaim that she did not want to get married?
3. When did Maggie come to the conclusion that she did not want to marry?
Q3:
1. Who was Maggie looking at when she decided not to marry?
2. At the time Maggie decided not to get married, who was she looking at?
3. When Maggie proclaimed that she would not get married, who was she looking at?
Q4:
1. Maggie was looking at her reflection in what?
2. What was Maggie looking at herself in?
3. 
Q5:
1. What room was the mirror in?
2. In what room was the mirror that Maggie was looking at?
3. Where in Maggie's house was the mirror?
Q6:
1. What is the name of the house that Maggie lives in?
2. What is Maggie's house called?
3. WHat is the name of the place Maggie lives in?
Q7:
1. Who did Maggie decide not to marry?
2. Maggie decided to reject whose hand in marriage?
3. Maggie did not want to marry who?
Q8:
1. Is Nigel angry about Maggie not wanting to marry him?
2. Does Nigel seem upset after Maggie tells him she does not wish to marry him?
3. Is Nigel violently angry about Maggie's decision to not marry him?
Q9:
1. Do Americans care about a woman's character?
2. According to Maggie, do Americans care about a woman's reputation?
3. 
Q10:
1. Who is the American mentioned in this story?
2. What is the name of the American person mentioned in this fable?
3. Who is the American that Maggie talks about?
Q11:
1. Is the American mentioned in the story someone Maggie may want to marry?
2. Is Maggie interested in marrying Mr. Chalmers?
3. Is Mr. Chalmers someone Maggie may decide to marry?
Q12:
1. Are Maggie and Nigel retiring to a larger or smaller room?
2. Maggie wants to go to a larger or smaller room?
3. Is Maggie going to retire to a larger or smaller room?
Q13:
1. What does Maggie want to have with cigarettes?
2. What does Maggie suggest she and Nigel have with their cigarettes?
3. What do Maggie and Nigel want to have with their cigarettes?
