Page 60 - Red Feather Book 2

7. All of her schemes and contrivances were finally exposed and she was found guilty.
8. The apothecary mixed a potent poison that could kill 20 men instantly!
9. That is just conjecture , you don’t have sufficient evidence.
10. He was hopelessly smitten with her, although she did not requite his affection.
11. His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling.
12. After the discussion was over, they sat there ruminating about what
agreement to reach.
13. Her beauty was peerless , there was no maiden as fair as her in the land!
14. My mind is made up! You will not dissuade me from going through with my plans.
15. Their peremptory exclamations suggested an extreme urgency!
16. After walking for miles, the pilgrim finally reached the holy land.
17. Our plan was thwarted by forces unknown! Everything was a fiasco.
18. Her mother was a strict disciplinarian but her father was always the
appellation applies, no name fits better.
him so many times; he finally gave up trying to
Romeo and Juliet 57 by William Shakespeare.
yielding
parent.
19. For once, this overused
20. She had disdained
win her heart.
A simplified version by Charles and Mary Lamb.