Chalmers believed that Paine's arguments are pure fantasy that would be harmful to the colonies, as to him independence is a ridiculous idea. It would open them up to the French and the Spaniards and lose the them the most valuable trading partner which was at the time England.
The narrator observes that the house seems to have absorbed an evil and diseased atmosphere from the decaying trees and murky ponds around it.
The correct answer is pair
The two people were his wife and the other girl I don’t remember
