CHAPTER XIX 

MAUD MAKES A MEMORANDUM 

My mother used to say to me: "Never expect to find brains in a pretty girl." Perhaps she said it because I was not a pretty girl and she wished to encourage me. In any event, that absurd notion of the ancients that when the fairies bestow the gift of beauty on a baby they withhold all other qualities has so often been disproved that we may well disregard it. 

Maud Stanton was a pretty girl--indeed, a beautiful girl--but she possessed brains as well as beauty and used her intellect to advantage more often than her quiet demeanor would indicate to others than her most intimate associates. From the first she had been impressed by the notion that there was something mysterious about A. Jones and that his romantic explanation of his former life and present position was intended to hide a truth that would embarrass him, were it fully known. Therefore she had secretly observed the young man, at such times as they were together, and had treasured every careless remark he had made--every admission or assertion--and made a note of it. The boy's arrest had startled her because it was so unexpected, and her first impulse was to doubt his innocence. Later, however, she had thoroughly reviewed the notes she had made and decided he was innocent. 

In the quiet of her own room, when she was supposed to be asleep, Maud got out her notebook and read therein again the review of all she had learned concerning A. Jones of Sangoa.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who was pretty?
2. Who was a beautiful girl?
3. Who made heads turn?
Q2:
1. Was Maud Stanton very good looking?
2. Was Maud Stanton a beautiful girl?
3. Did people find Maud Stanton attractive?
Q3:
1. What did Maud Stanton have going for her besides her looks?
2. What was Maud's best quality in addition to her looks?
3. What good quality did Maud Stanton have, besides being beautiful?
Q4:
1. Was the narrator attractive like Maud?
2. Was the narrator a looker, in the way that Maud Stanton was?
3. Was the narrator a beautiful girl like Maud Stanton?
Q5:
1. Who was keeping a secret, according to Maud Stanton?
2. Who did Maud Stanton believe to be hiding something?
3. Who had a secret, in the mind of Maud Stanton?
Q6:
1. What did Maud Stanton think would happen if A. Jones revealed his secret?
2. In Maud's opinion, what would A. Jones feel like were his secret revealed?
3. If people found out A Jones's secret, what did Maud fear would become of him?
Q7:
1. What did Maud Stanton do to try and uncover A. Jones's secret?
2. How did Maud Stanton attempt to reveal the secret of A. Jones?
3. What did Maud Stanton do in an attempt to figure out the secret of A. Jones?
Q8:
1. What surprised Maud Stanton?
2. What was a shock to Maud Stanton?
3. What was Maud Stanton taken aback by?
Q9:
1. Did Maud Stanton initially think A. Jones might be guilty?
2. At first, did it seem to Maud Stanton that A. Jones could be guilty?
3. Did Maud Stanton feel confident regarding A. Jones's guilt, at first?
Q10:
1. What conclusion did Maud come to, regarding A. Jones's guilt?
2. What did Maud Stanton end up thinking about the potential guilt of A. Jones?
3. What was Maud Stanton's final conclusion as to whether or not A. Jones was guilty?
Q11:
1. Where was A. Jones from?
2. What was the birthplace of A. Jones?
3. Where did A. Jones hail from?
