2. When Poirot requests the presence of the Countess, she does not arrive and the Count explains that she should not be bothered with upsetting matters.

don't come near me, i might sneeze on you

explanation:

first question's answer is   a. they felt bad for the kitten, and started feeling guilty for not it.

second question's answer is c. she was trying to prevent the kitten from further screaming.

third question's answer is a. the mother and aunt fran faced their fears of cats, from it.

hopefully this

the answer is: the start of world war i, and russia’s hopes of benefiting from it

during world war i russian joined due to in their current crisis they were being supported by france and the war was already declared to them by germany, they needed to maintain their political goal and leadership role in the balkans, and is the same feeling that this excerpt evoke the eager of maintain the land value.