CHAPTER IX. 

IN WHICH MR. HAMLIN PASSES. 

With his lips sealed by the positive mandate of the lovely spectre, Mr. Hamlin resigned himself again to weakness and sleep. When he awoke, Olly was sitting by his bedside; the dusky figure of Pete, spectacled and reading a good book, was dimly outlined against the window--but that was all. The vision--if vision it was--had fled. 

"Olly," said Mr. Hamlin, faintly. 

"Yes!" said Olly, opening her eyes in expectant sympathy. 

"How long have I been dr--I mean how long has this--spell lasted?" 

"Three days," said Olly. 

"The ---- you say!" (A humane and possibly weak consideration for Mr. Hamlin in his new weakness and suffering restricts me to a mere outline of his extravagance of speech.) 

"But you're better now," supplemented Olly. 

Mr. Hamlin began to wonder faintly if his painful experience of the last twenty-four hours were a part of his convalsecence. He was silent for a few moments and then suddenly turned his face toward Olly. 

"Didn't you say something about--about--your sister, the other day?" 

"Yes--she's got back," said Olly, curtly. 

"Here?" 

"Here." 

"Well?" said Mr. Hamlin, a little impatiently. 

"Well," returned Olly, with a slight toss of her curls, "she's got back and I reckon it's about time she did." 

Strange to say, Olly's evident lack of appreciation of her sister seemed to please Mr. Hamlin--possibly because it agreed with his own idea of Grace's superiority and his inability to recognise or accept her as the sister of Gabriel. 

"Where has she been all this while?" asked Jack, rolling his large hollow eyes over Olly.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who got back?
2. Which person returned?
3. 
Q2:
1. Who was Olly's sister?
2. What was the name of Olly's female sibling?
3. 
Q3:
1. Who was Grace related to other than Olly?
2. Who besides Olly was in Grace's family?
3. 
Q4:
1. How long had Mr. Hamlin been passed out?
2. For what amount of time had Mr. Hamlin been unconscious?
3. 
Q5:
1. Was Mr. Hamlin alone when he woke up?
2. Was Mr. Hamlin by himself upon regaining consciousness?
3. 
Q6:
1. Who was nearest to Mr. Hamlin when he woke up?
2. Who was the closest person to Mr. Hamlin when he regained consciousness?
3. 
Q7:
1. Where was Olly?
2. What was Olly's location?
3. 
Q8:
1. Was anyone else in the room with Olly and Mr. Hamlin?
2. Were there other people in the room besides Olly and Mr. Hamlin?
3. 
Q9:
1. Who was With Olly and Mr. Hamlin?
2. Which person was in the room with Mr. Hamlin and Olly?
3. 
Q10:
1. Where in the room was Pete?
2. What was Pete's location within the room?
3. 
