CHAPTER V 

CLOVELLY COURT IN THE OLDEN TIME 

"It was among the ways of good Queen Bess, Who ruled as well as ever mortal can, sir, When she was stogg'd, and the country in a mess, She was wont to send for a Devon man, sir." 

West Country Song. 

The next morning Amyas Leigh was not to be found. Not that he had gone out to drown himself in despair, or even to bemoan himself "down by the Torridge side." He had simply ridden off, Frank found, to Sir Richard Grenville at Stow: his mother at once divined the truth, that he was gone to try for a post in the Irish army, and sent off Frank after him to bring him home again, and make him at least reconsider himself. 

So Frank took horse and rode thereon ten miles or more: and then, as there were no inns on the road in those days, or indeed in these, and he had some ten miles more of hilly road before him, he turned down the hill towards Clovelly Court, to obtain, after the hospitable humane fashion of those days, good entertainment for man and horse from Mr. Cary the squire. 

And when he walked self-invited, like the loud-shouting Menelaus, into the long dark wainscoted hall of the court, the first object he beheld was the mighty form of Amyas, who, seated at the long table, was alternately burying his face in a pasty, and the pasty in his face, his sorrows having, as it seemed, only sharpened his appetite, while young Will Cary, kneeling on the opposite bench, with his elbows on the table, was in that graceful attitude laying down the law fiercely to him in a low voice. 
What is the name of this chapter?
Who joined the army?
How did he travel?
Were there places to stay during the journey?
How far did he have travel?
What was the squires name?
Who went after the young man?
What was on the walls of the building?
Who was seated at the table?
Was he happy?
Was he hungry?
Who occupied the chair next to him?
What military was he joining?
What color was his face?
Where did he bury his head?
what is a pasty?
Did the young man join the military?
Who cared for the animal?
What was the queens name?
Was she a good ruler?
CLOVELLY COURT IN THE OLDEN TIME
CLOVELLY COURT IN THE OLDEN TIME 

Amyas Leigh
The next morning Amyas Leigh was not to be found. Not that he had gone out to drown himself in despair, or even to bemoan himself "down by the Torridge side." He had simply ridden off, Frank found, to Sir Richard Grenville at Stow: his mother at once divined the truth, that he was gone to try for a post in the Irish army, and sent off Frank after him to bring him home again, and make him at least reconsider himself. 
horse
He had simply ridden off
no
there were no inns on the road
ten miles
 rode thereon ten miles or more
Mr. Cary
Mr. Cary the squire
Frank
sent off Frank after him 
wainscoting
the long dark wainscoted hall of the court
Amyas
Amyas, who, seated at the long table
no
his sorrows having, as it seemed, only sharpened his appetite,
yes
 his sorrows having, as it seemed, only sharpened his appetite
Will Cary,
 Will Cary, kneeling on the opposite bench,
the Irish army
try for a post in the Irish army
unknown
unknown
in a pasty
burying his face in a pasty
unknown
unknown
probably not
Will Cary, kneeling on the opposite bench, with his elbows on the table, was in that graceful attitude laying down the law fiercely to him in a low voice.
Mr. Cary
horse from Mr. Cary the squire. 
Bess
Queen Bess
eys
Who ruled as well as ever mortal can,