CHAPTER VI. 

THE BEGINNING OF PERSECUTION. 

When Mary Masters got up on the morning after her arrival she knew that she would have to endure much on that day. Everybody had smiled on her the preceding evening, but the smiles were of a nature which declared themselves to be preparatory to some coming event. The people around her were gracious on the presumption that she was going to do as they wished, and would be quite prepared to withdraw their smiles should she prove to be contumacious. Mary, as she crept down in the morning, understood all this perfectly. She found her stepmother alone in the parlour and was at once attacked with the all important question. "My dear, I hope you have made up your mind about Mr. Twentyman." 

"There were to be two months, mamma." 

"That's nonsense, Mary. Of course you must know what you mean to tell him." Mary thought that she did know, but was not at the present moment disposed to make known her knowledge and therefore remained silent. "You should remember how much this is to your papa and me and should speak out at once. Of course you need not tell Mr. Twentyman till the end of the time unless you like it." 

"I thought I was to be left alone for two months." 

"Mary, that is wicked. When your papa has so many things to think of and so much to provide for, you should be more thoughtful of him. Of course he will want to be prepared to give you what things will be necessary." Mrs. Masters had not as yet heard of Mr. Morton's cheque, and perhaps would not hear of it till her husband's bank book fell into her hands. The attorney had lately found it necessary to keep such matters to himself when it was possible, as otherwise he was asked for explanations which it was not always easy for him to give. "You know," continued Mrs. Masters, "how hard your father finds it to get money as it is wanted." 
Who had just arrived?
Was she going to have an easy day?
When had she arrived?
Were people kind to her then?
Unoconditionally?
Did she walk boldly down the stairs in the morning?
Who was she asked about?
How long did she have to decide about him?
Who asked her?
Who had written a check?
Did she know about that?
Was Mary's decision important to more than one person?
Who else besides her stepmother?
Did he provide for a lot of things?
Should Mary tell them what she was thinking for his sake?
Who kept things to himself?
What would people want if he told them?
Was money a struggle?
Did Mary already know what she thought about Mr. Twentyman?
Where did she talk to her stepmother?
Mary Masters
When Mary Masters got up on the morning after her arrival
no
she would have to endure much on that day
the preceding evening
Everybody had smiled on her the preceding evening
yes
Everybody had smiled on her 
no
on the presumption that she was going to do as they wished
no
Mary, as she crept down in the morning
Mr. Twentyman
My dear, I hope you have made up your mind about Mr. Twentyman." 
two months
There were to be two months,
her stepmother
She found her stepmother
Mr. Morton
Mr. Morton's cheque
no
Mrs. Masters had not as yet heard of Mr. Morton's cheque
yes
that she was going to do as they wished
her papa
how much this is to your papa and me
yes
so much to provide for
yes
papa and me and should speak out at once
The attorney
The attorney had lately found it necessary to keep such matters to himself
explanations
as otherwise he was asked for explanations
yes
how hard your father finds it to get money as it is wanted."
yes
Mary thought that she did know
in the parlour
She found her stepmother alone in the parlour 