CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE 

DINNER AT BICKERSTAFF'S--HIFFERNAN AND HIS IMPECUNIOSITY--KENRICK'S EPIGRAM--JOHNSON'S CONSOLATION--GOLDSMITH'S TOILET--THE BLOOM-COLORED COAT--NEW ACQUAINTANCES--THE HORNECKS--A TOUCH OF POETRY AND PASSION--THE JESSAMY BRIDE 

In October Goldsmith returned to town and resumed his usual haunts. We hear of him at a dinner given by his countryman, Isaac Bickerstaff, author of Love in a Village, Lionel and Clarissa, and other successful dramatic pieces. The dinner was to be followed by the reading by Bickerstaff of a new play. Among the guests was one Paul Hiffernan, likewise an Irishman; somewhat idle and intemperate; who lived nobody knew how nor where, sponging wherever he had a chance, and often of course upon Goldsmith, who was ever the vagabond's friend, or rather victim. Hiffernan was something of a physician, and elevated the emptiness of his purse into the dignity of a disease, which he termed _impecuniosity_, and against which he claimed a right to call for relief from the healthier purses of his friends. He was a scribbler for the newspapers, and latterly a dramatic critic, which had probably gained him an invitation to the dinner and reading. The wine and wassail, however, befogged his senses. Scarce had the author got into the second act of his play, when Hiffernan began to nod, and at length snored outright. Bickerstaff was embarrassed, but continued to read in a more elevated tone. The louder he read, the louder Hiffernan snored; until the author came to a pause. "Never mind the brute, Bick, but go on," cried Goldsmith. "He would have served Homer just so if he were here and reading his own works." 
What chapter are we discussing?
What month is it?
What happened in October?
Where did he go?
Who was giving the dinner?
Who was Isaac Bickerstaff?
What did he write?
What was he going to read?
who else was attending?
What was his profession
Do he do anything else?
Was he drunk?
What did that cause him to do?
Was he loud?
What country was he from?
Did the snoring make him quit?
Who encouraged him to continue?
Did Hifferman ever take advantage of Goldsmitih?
Did they know where he lived?
Where did he get his money when he could?
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE 
October
October
Goldsmith returned to town and resumed his usual haunts
 Goldsmith returned to town and resumed his usual haunts
to a dinner
We hear of him at a dinner
A dinner that was to be followed by the reading by Bickerstaff
 The dinner was to be followed by the reading by Bickerstaff
An author
Isaac Bickerstaff, author of Love in a Village,
Love in a Village, Lionel and Clarissa, and other successful dramatic pieces.
author of Love in a Village, Lionel and Clarissa, and other successful dramatic pieces.
a new play
 reading by Bickerstaff of a new play
Paul Hiffernan
Among the guests was one Paul Hiffernan
a physician
Hiffernan was something of a physician
a scribbler for the newspapers, and a dramatic critic,
He was a scribbler for the newspapers, and latterly a dramatic critic,
yes
The wine and wassail, however, befogged his senses.
He began to nod, and at length snored outright
 Hiffernan began to nod, and at length snored outright
Yes
The louder he read, the louder Hiffernan snored
He was Irish in decent
Paul Hiffernan, likewise an Irishman
Bickerstaff didn't stop his reading
Bickerstaff was embarrassed, but continued to read in a more elevated tone
Goldsmith
Never mind the brute, Bick, but go on," cried Goldsmith
yes
which he claimed a right to call for relief from the healthier purses of his friends. 
It doesn't explicitly say
Paul Hiffernan
sponging wherever he had a chance, and often of course upon Goldsmith
sponging wherever he had a chance, and often of course upon Goldsmith