CHAPTER X 

GAVINIA ON THE TRACK 

Corp, you remember, had said that he would go to the stake rather than break his promise; and he meant it, too, though what the stake was, and why such a pother about going to it, he did not know. He was to learn now, however, for to the stake he had to go. This was because Gavinia, when folding up his clothes, found in one of the pockets a glove wrapped in silk paper. 

Tommy had forgotten it until too late, for when he asked Corp for the glove it was already in Gavinia's possession, and she had declined to return it without an explanation. "You must tell her nothing," Tommy said sternly. He was uneasy, but relieved to find that Corp did not know whose glove it was, nor even why gentlemen carry a lady's glove in their pocket. 

At first Gavinia was mildly curious only, but her husband's refusal to answer any questions roused her dander. She tried cajolery, fried his take of trout deliciously for him, and he sat down to them sniffing. They were small, and the remainder of their brief career was in two parts. First he lifted them by the tail, then he laid down the tail. But not a word about the glove. 

She tried tears. "Dinna greet, woman," he said in distress. "What would the bairn say if he kent I made you greet?" 

Gavinia went on greeting, and the baby, waking up, promptly took her side. 
What was Gavinia frying?
Were they big?
Who found the glove?
What was she doing when she found it?
Did she give it back?
What was it wrapped in?
Who said he'd rather go to the stake than break his promise?
Was anyone crying?
Who?
Was the glove in a purse?
What was it in?
Do we know whose glove it was?
Who was waking up?
Did they baby cry too?
Who said not to say anything to Gavinia?
What got lifted by the tail?
Was anyone relieved?
About what?
Why was Gavinia upset with her husband?
What was the baby's name?
trout
 fried his take of trout
no
 They were small
Gavinia
This was because Gavinia, when folding up his clothes, found in one of the pockets a glove
folding up his clothes
when folding up his clothes, found in one of the pockets a glove
no
she had declined to return it without an explanation
silk paper
a glove wrapped in silk paper
Corp
Corp, you remember, had said that he would go to the stake rather than break his promise
yes
She tried tears
Gavinia
She tried tears
no
in one of the pockets a glove
a pocket
found in one of the pockets a glove
no
 Corp did not know whose glove it was
the baby
and the baby, waking up
yes
the baby, waking up, promptly took her side.
Tommy
You must tell her nothing," Tommy
the trout
First he lifted them by the tail
yes
but relieved to find that
that Corp did not know whose glove it was
relieved to find that Corp did not know whose glove it was
his refusal to answer any questions
but her husband's refusal to answer any questions roused her dander
unknown
unknown