'The House at Old Vine' (6) - Oliver's Tale

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1. Oliver and his brother Cromwell both worked on their father’s land in the years following the restoration of the monarchy. Bitter that returning Royalists had taken back land he had bought from the government, Father was particularly scathing of the returning family. Unfortunately Oliver was to fall in love with the daughter of the man that Father considered robbed him of a house and three hundred acres. What was her name? Lucy Marie Annette Helen

2. What was the first thing Oliver noticed when he arrived at the Old Vine? that Mr Flowerdew was the only teacher left that there were fewer boys at the school that the building was shabby and rundown that the food was not as good as it used to be

3. When it was agreed that Oliver would become a teacher, what wage was agreed upon for the work? his keep £5 a year £1 a year £10 a year

4. What punishment did Mr Flowerdew suggest that Oliver use to keep order among the boys? using the cane Mr Kentwoode left behind losing a turn at washing up handing out lines threatening the removal of the weekly half-day

5. What strange characteristic of Ethelreda’s did Oliver notice within a week of being at the Old Vine? she washed her hands all the time she fiddled with her hair continually she whistled while she worked she never ate in front of anybody

6. Oliver would sometimes spend the evening in the study with the Canon, Mr Flowerdew and Ethelreda. On one occasion her son, Rupert, wanted to be heard reading and there started a discussion during which the Canon was mean to his wife. What word did he use to describe her, without actually mentioning her connection to it? trollop pagan witch slave

7. Unable to cope without some money, and the cash raised from the sale of his watch gone, Oliver went looking for evening work, finding it eventually at the ‘Hawk in Hand’. What was his job there? doorman cleaner potman ostler

8. Rupert Hatton was a gifted musician, a talent he inherited from his natural father, Mr Kentwoode. His legal father, Canon Hatton, hated this talent and refused to allow him to play any music at all, but he was encouraged by Mr Flowerdew. When Danielli came to Baildon to perform Oliver took the boy to hear him play, for Danielli played the same instrument as Rupert. What instrument was this? lute trumpet violin harpsichord

9. The Canon was waiting for Oliver and Rupert to return from Danielli’s concert, and sent Oliver up to his room, saying that he could deal with both Rupert and Ethelreda without his assistance. Unsure of what the old man would do, Oliver snuck back and watched from the doorway. What did he see? the Canon hitting Rupert in the stomach the Canon comforting a crying Ethelreda the family sitting at the table talking the Canon holding Ethelreda in a bully grip

10. Poppy medicine appears throughout the Old Vine trilogy – an opiate of some kind, it is always shown as a great pain reliever but dangerous in large doses. A member of the school is to die of an overdose given deliberately by another – but who gave it to who? the Canon gave it to Ethelreda Mr Flowerdew gave it to Rupert Ethelreda gave it to Mr Flowerdew Rupert gave it to the Canon