3)

Where does the scene take place?

4)
What is the host's occupation?
5)
What is Richard Pratt's favourite thing?
6) Explain the bet which usually takes place between Mike and Richard. Who usually wins?
7) Find a quotation to show how
Louise
feels when Richard is talking to her? (page 9)
8) How does Richard eat his fish and drink his wine? What is so strange about this?
9)
What is so unusual about the bet this time? What are the stakes of the bet?
10) Who wins the bet? What does this mean that
Louise
will have to do?
11)What did Richard leave in the study?
12) Why is this important to the story? What does it tell us about Richard?
13)Explain the last sentence: « Keep calm now, Michael, dear! Keep calm! » Page 21.