CHAPTER XXVII ON THE TRACK 



Never for a moment did Marguerite Blakeney hesitate. The last sounds outside the "Chat Gris" had died away in the night. She had heard Desgas giving orders to his men, and then starting off towards the fort, to get a reinforcement of a dozen more men: six were not thought sufficient to capture the cunning Englishman, whose resourceful brain was even more dangerous than his valour and his strength. 

Then a few minutes later, she heard the Jew's husky voice again, evidently shouting to his nag, then the rumble of wheels, and noise of a rickety cart bumping over the rough road. 

Inside the inn, everything was still. Brogard and his wife, terrified of Chauvelin, had given no sign of life; they hoped to be forgotten, and at any rate to remain unperceived: Marguerite could not even hear their usual volleys of muttered oaths. 

She waited a moment or two longer, then she quietly slipped down the broken stairs, wrapped her dark cloak closely round her and slipped out of the inn. 

The night was fairly dark, sufficiently so at any rate to hide her dark figure from view, whilst her keen ears kept count of the sound of the cart going on ahead. She hoped by keeping well within the shadow of the ditches which lined the road, that she would not be seen by Desgas' men, when they approached, or by the patrols, which she concluded were still on duty. 

Thus she started to do this, the last stage of her weary journey, alone, at night, and on foot. Nearly three leagues to Miquelon, and then on to the Pere Blanchard's hut, wherever that fatal spot might be, probably over rough roads: she cared not.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Whose orders to their men were audible?
2. Who could be heard commanding people?
3. Whose instructions were overheard?
Q2:
1. Who was Desgas telling to do something?
2. Who was Desgas giving a command to?
3. Who was receiving orders from Desgas?
Q3:
1. Who overheard Desgas?
2. Who heard Desgas giving orders?
3. Who picked up on Desgas giving orders to his men?
Q4:
1. Was Marguerite Blakeney indecisive?
2. Did Marguerite Blakeney hesitate?
3. Was Marguerite Blakeney unsure of herself?
Q5:
1. Did someone feel frightened?
2. Was someone afraid?
3. Did anybody feel fear?
Q6:
1. Who was scared?
2. Who was afraid?
3. Who felt frightened?
Q7:
1. Where were Brogard and his wife?
2. What was the location of Brogard and his wife?
3. Where could Brogard and his wife be found?
Q8:
1. Were Brogard and his wife having a loud party?
2. Were Brogard and his wife celebrating noisily?
3. Were Brogard and his wife making a rucus with a party?
Q9:
1. What were Brogard and his wife doing?
2. What were Brogard and his wife up to?
3. How were Brogard and his wife acting?
Q10:
1. What snuck down the stairs?
2. What went furtively down the steps?
3. What descended the stairs sneakily?
Q11:
1. Was there not much light outside?
2. Was there darkness outside?
3. Was it night out?
Q12:
1. What was Marguerite listening for?
2. What was Marguerite Blakeney trying to hear?
3. What did Margaret Blakeney have her ears on?
