The narrator is invited to dinner in remembrance of an event that occurred some time ago in which the Time Traveler announced he created a time machine. The Time Traveler then arrives, ragged and dirty. After cleaning himself up and eating he recounts his story those who were invited including the narrator.
Answer: I guess its a way to count down for a race in the mid 1800s
Explanation:
One for the money, two for the show is half of a rhyme used as a countdown to begin a task. The entire rhyme is: one for the money, two for the show, three to make ready and four to go. Children have used this little poem since the mid-1800s as a countdown to starting a race or competition.
He glanced apprehensively at him, apprehensively
Answer:
C. The forces sent by Cicones to stop the plundering of Odysseus and his men were skilled and powerful.
Explanation:The passage shown in the question above shows how Odysseus and the men who were fighting him had difficulties, losses and obstacles to defeat the forces sent by Cicones. This is because the forces sent by Cicones were very strong, skillful and powerful and even Odysseus' trained and experienced men were unable to defeat them easily.
All this power and skill of the forces sent by Cicones, must be present in a paraphrase of this stretch.