The King of Arcadia is angry when Atalanta is born in the story "Atalanta, the Fleet-Footed Huntress" because Atalanta is a girl and the king wanted a son, a child who could take over his majesty.
Answer:
Read the excerpt from The Dark Game.
Explanation:
On several occasions Room 40 received an unexpected but welcome gift when a German codebook was recovered after a sea battle and presented to the British code breakers. One such gift was a codebook from the German ship Magdeburg, a light cruiser that ran aground on an island off of Finland. When Russian ships quickly bore down on the cruiser, the captain of the stranded ship immediately did what all naval officers were taught to do: he ordered his signalman to bring him the ship's codebook so he could throw the book, wrapped in lead covers, into the sea. But before the signalman could deliver the book to his captain, he was killed by Russian guns. When the Russians recovered his body, the sailor was still clutching the codebook in his arms.
Answer:
that gent shows brav'ry and is willing to putteth his life at risketh
Explanation:
the kitchen was very untidy.it smelt musty ,old and stale with not a trail of fry onions,or roast breadffuit or anything to eat.the gas stove did not work for there was no more gas and the cylinder which stood near it looked guilty and forlorn.the coal pot Doris used each time the gas ran out squats near to the door which lead outside.on the long counter were the remains of two mixing bowls and several and saucers.we had always thought that there were only two doors in the kitchen,the one which lead tobthe back garden amd the spare crockery, there was another small door.None of us had seen it before.we had no idea that such a splendid mystery awaited us in the kitchen
Answer:
The lottery as in the book?
Explanation:
