[1] The low hedge, where the creepers climbed, divided the lawn and its magnificent Wellingtonias from the meadow. There was little grass to be seen, for it was at this time one vast profusion of delicate ixias of every bright and tender shade.
[2] The evening was still, and the air heavy with scent. In a room opening upon the veranda wreathed with white-and-scarlet passion-flowers, where she could see the garden and the meadow, and, beyond all, the Mountain Beautiful, lay a sick woman. Her dark face was lovely as an autumn leaf is lovely — hectic with the passing life. Her eyes wandered to the upper snows of the mountain, from time to time resting upon the brown-haired English girl who sat on a low stool by her side, holding the frail hand in her cool, firm clasp.
[3] The invalid was speaking; her voice was curiously sweet, and there was a peculiarity about the "s" , and an occasional turn of the sentence, which told the listener that her English
A. the English girl was a friend of the sick woman’s.
B. a sign showed that the sick woman was going to die.
C. the English girl sat by the sick woman for two days.
D. the sick woman had ever climbed the Mountain Beautiful.
[1] The low hedge, where the creepers climbed, divided the lawn and its magnificent Wellingtonias from the meadow. There was little grass to be seen, for it was at this time one vast profusion of delicate ixias of every bright and tender shade.
[2] The evening was still, and the air heavy with scent. In a room opening upon the veranda wreathed with white-and-scarlet passion-flowers, where she could see the garden and the meadow, and, beyond all, the Mountain Beautiful, lay a sick woman. Her dark face was lovely as an autumn leaf is lovely — hectic with the passing life. Her eyes wandered to the upper snows of the mountain, from time to time resting upon the brown-haired English girl who sat on a low stool by her side, holding the frail hand in her cool, firm clasp.
[3] The invalid was speaking; her voice was curiously sweet, and there was a peculiarity about the "s" , and an occasional turn of the sentence, which told the listener that her English
A. fragile.
B. considerate.
C. hysteric.
D. sensible.
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