CHAPTER VII. 

WHAT PASSED UNDER THE PINE AND WHAT REMAINED THERE. 

Ramirez was not as happy in his revenge as he had anticipated. He had, in an instant of impulsive rage, fired his mine prematurely, and, as he feared, impotently. Gabriel had not visibly sickened, faded, nor fallen blighted under the exposure of his wife's deceit. It was even doubtful, as far as Ramirez could judge from his quiet reception of the revelation, whether he would even call that wife to account for it. Again, Ramirez was unpleasantly conscious that this exposure had lost some of its dignity and importance by being wrested from his as a _confession_ made under pressure or duress. Worse than all, he had lost the opportunity of previously threatening Mrs. Conroy with the disclosure, and the delicious spectacle of her discomfiture. In point of fact his revenge had been limited to the cautious cowardice of the anonymous letter-writer, who, stabbing in the dark, enjoys neither the contemplation of the agonies of his victim, nor the assertion of his own individual power. 

To this torturing reflection a terrible suspicion of the Spanish translator, Perkins, was superadded. For Gabriel, Ramirez had only that contempt which every lawless lover has for the lawful husband of his mistress, while for Perkins he had that agonising doubt which every lawless lover has for every other man but the husband. In making this exposure had he not precipitated a catastrophe as fatal to himself as to the husband? Might they not both drive this woman into the arms of another man? Ramirez paced the little bedroom of the Grand Conroy Hotel, a prey to that bastard remorse of all natures like his own,--the overwhelming consciousness of opportunities for villany misspent.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. How is Ramirez described?
2. What is a description of Ramirez?
3. What description is given of Ramirez?
Q2:
1. What role does Gabriel fulfill?
2. What does Gabriel do?
3. How does Gabriel act?
Q3:
1. Was what Ramirez's action towards his mistress?
2. What happened to the mistress of Ramirez, at his hand?
3. 
Q4:
1. Did exposing the deceit of his mistress go as Ramirez had planned?
2. Did Ramirez succesfully expose his mistress's deceit?
3. Was the deception of Ramirez's lover successfully exposed?
Q5:
1. Could one tell whether or not Gabriel planned on confronting his wife?
2. Was it obvious whether or not Gabriel would have a confrontation with his wife?
3. Was a confrontation between Gabriel and his wife a sure thing?
Q6:
1. What did Ramirez think about the exposure to the secret?
2. In the eyes of Ramirez, what was the consequence of being exposed to the secret?
3. What did Ramirez realize that talking about his mistress's deceit was doing?
Q7:
1. What opportunity did Ramirez lose?
2. What was Ramirez no longer able to do?
3. What did Ramirez lose the ability to do?
Q8:
1. What was the location of Ramirez?
2. Where was Ramirez located?
3. Where could Ramirez be found?
Q9:
1. Where did Ramirez pace?
2. In what location did Ramirez walk back and forth?
3. Where was Ramirez pacing around?
Q10:
1. Did Ramirez feel remorseful?
2. Did Ramirez wish he had acted differently?
3. Did Ramirez feel bad about his actions?
