Review the paragraph that starts on the bottom
of page 3 and continues on page 4. Which
conclusion can be drawn from the underlined
sentence in the paragraph?
exposed ledge over the valley from which the
train had lifted him, and the wind combed it
with teeth of steel that he seemed actually to
hear scraping against the wooden sides of
the station. Other building there was none:
the village lay far down the road, and
thither-since the Weymore sleigh had not
come-Faxon saw himself under the
immediate necessity of plodding through
several feet of snow.
Faxon is angry that a sleigh has not come to meet
him.
Faxon regrets taking the job as a secretary.
Faxon has previously been introduced to Mrs. Culme.
He understood well enough what had
happened at Weymore: his hostess had
forgotten that he was coming. Young as
Faxon was this sad lucidity of soul had been
acquired as the result of long experience and
he knew that the visitors who can least afford
Faxon is accustomed to not having much money.
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