Reading · Part 5

Long TextExercise 11 of 81

The Pirate Island

It was emphatically "a dirty night." The barometer had been slowly but persistently falling during the two previous days; the dawn had been red and threatening, with a strong breeze from S.E.; and as the short dreary November day waxed and waned this strong breeze had steadily increased in strength until by nightfall…

  • Which word is closest in meaning to "impelled" in paragraph 1
  • What did the hostess mean when she spoke about the people out in the bad weather?

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