The main characters are Ned Wallis, James and Martha Wallis, Mr. Scully
The writer and the poet who uses the framed narrative form were Dante Alighieri, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Giovanni Boccaccio. A framed narrative form is a frame story that serves as a companion piece to a story inside the story whereby the main narrative is presented. It is technically used to contain an embedded narrative. It usually found in the beginning, middle or end of the story.
Answer:
Bullion is money, specifically gold or silver that has been freshly mined but not cleaned and made into money.
Clues to the meaning include the fact that the kids need "3 dollars", the speaker doesn't know how they wanted all that "money" at one time, and they had to "raise" it, as in "raising money". When he says, "I hadn't any idea where to turn to raise all that bullion..." he means the 3 dollars.
A. affect
Affect can sometimes be a noun, but it is mostly used as a verb that describes some sort of change or difference.
On the other hand, the word effect is not an action nor verb; it is a noun that refers to the result of a cause.