Reading Comprehension

What is the meaning of solitaire?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What is the meaning of bills?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What is the meaning of invested?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What is the meaning of precious?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What is the meaning of wore?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What is the meaning of gravely?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What is the meaning of merchant?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What is the meaning of carriage?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What is the meaning of gaily?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What was the jeweler's tone on seeing the jewellery brought in by M. Lantin?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What is the meaning of scanned?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What is the meaning of source?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What did the merchant take from the drawer?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What is the meaning of seriously?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.

What was the value of a gold chain with solitaire pendant?

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question
“Certainly, sir,” stammered M.Lantin.
 Whereupon the proprietor took from a drawer eighteen large bills, counted and handed them to M.Lantin, who signed a receipt and with a trembling hand put the money into his pockets.
 As he was about to leave the store, he turned towards the merchant, who still wore the same knowing smile, and lowering his eyes, said:
 “I have – I have other gems which I have received from the same source. Will you buy them also?”
The merchant bowed; “Certainly, sir.”
 M. Lantin said gravely: “I will bring them to you,” An hour later he returned with the gems.
The large diamond earrings were worth twenty thousand francs; the bracelets thirty-five thousand; the rings, sixteen thousand; a set of emeralds and sapphires – fourteen thousand, a gold chain with solitaire pendant, forty thousand – making the sum of one hundred and forty-three thousand francs.
 The jeweler remarked, jokingly:
“There was a person who invested all her earnings in precious stone.”
M.Lantin replied, seriously:
“It is only another way of investing one’s money.”
That day he lunched at Voisin’s and drank wine worth twenty francs a bottle. Then he hired a carriage and made a tour of the Bois, and as he scanned the various turnouts with a contemptuous air he could hardly refrain from crying out to the occupants:
“I, too, am rich. – I am myself worth over two hundred thousand francs.”
Suddenly he thought of his employer. He drove up to the office, and entered gaily, saying:
“Sir, I have come to resign my position. I have just inherited three hundred thousand francs.”
He shook hands with his former colleagues, and confided to them some of his projects for the future; then he went off to dine at the Café Anglais.
He seated himself beside a gentleman of aristocratic bearing, and during the meal informed the latter confidentially that he had just inherited a fortune of four hundred thousand francs.
Six months afterward, he married again. His second wife was a very virtuous woman, with a violent temper. She caused him much sorrow for the rest of his life.