CHAPTER XVIII. 

_A BRICK TURNS UP_. 

The snow had been all night falling silently over the long elm avenues of Springdale. 

It was one of those soft, moist, dreamy snow-falls, which come down in great loose feathers, resting in magical frost-work on every tree, shrub, and plant, and seeming to bring down with it the purity and peace of upper worlds. 

Grace's little cottage on Elm Street was imbosomed, as New-England cottages are apt to be, in a tangle of shrubbery, evergreens, syringas, and lilacs; which, on such occasions, become bowers of enchantment when the morning sun looks through them. 

Grace came into her parlor, which was cheery with the dazzling sunshine, and, running to the window, began to examine anxiously the state of her various greeneries, pausing from time to time to look out admiringly at the wonderful snow-landscape, with its many tremulous tints of rose, lilac, and amethyst. 

The only thing wanting was some one to speak to about it; and, with a half sigh, she thought of the good old times when John would come to her chamber-door in the morning, to get her out to look on scenes like this. 

"Positively," she said to herself, "I must invite some one to visit me. One wants a friend to help one enjoy solitude." The stock of social life in Springdale, in fact, was running low. The Lennoxes and the Wilcoxes had gone to their Boston homes, and Rose Ferguson was visiting in New York, and Letitia found so much to do to supply her place to her father and mother, that she had less time than usual to share with Grace. Then, again, the Elm-street cottage was a walk of some considerable distance; whereas, when Grace lived at the old homestead, the Fergusons were so near as to seem only one family, and were dropping in at all hours of the day and evening.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. For how long did the snow fall?
2. For how much time had the snow been falling?
3. For what length of time had snow been falling?
Q2:
1. To whom did the cottage belong?
2. Who was the owner of the cottage?
3. Who owned the cottage?
Q3:
1. Who would come to Grace's chamber door?
2. Who did Grace used to see at her chamber door in the mornings?
3. Who does Grace remember coming to her chamber door in the mornings?
Q4:
1. What is the thing Grace said to herself?
2. What did Grace say to herself?
3. What word did Grace utter to herself?
Q5:
1. What came after this word?
2. What did Grace say next?
3. What followed this phrase?
Q6:
1. Where did Grace live?
2. What town was Grace living in?
3. In what town did Grace live?
Q7:
1. What street did Grace live on?
2. Which street did Grace live on?
3. Which street was Grace's?
Q8:
1. What kinds of plants were outside Grace's cottage?
2. What plants did Grace have outside?
3. What plants could be found outside Grace's cottage?
Q9:
1. Were there other plants?
2. Did Grace have other plants outside?
3. Were there more plants outside Grace's cottage?
Q10:
1. What other plants did Grace have?
2. What were the plants in addition to the shrubbery?
3. Name the other plants outside Grace's cottage.
Q11:
1. Was Springdale a lively town?
2. Was there a lot to do in Springdale?
3. Was there a big social scene in Springdale?
Q12:
1. Who left for their Boston homes?
2. Who went to their homes in Boston?
3. Who had left town for their Boston homes?
Q13:
1. In what region does the story take place?
2. What region is the story set in?
3. What part of the country does the story take place in?
Q14:
1. Who seemed like family to Grace at the old homestead?
2. Who was Grace very close to at the old homestead?
3. Who does Grace remember being like family to her at the old homestead?
Q15:
1. Which room in the cottage did Grace enter?
2. What part of the cottage did Grace go into?
3. Where in her cottage did Grace go?
