3. Study

To defy a person is to dare him. Say this in some other way: " The ice flashed defiance."

Explain the last line in the first paragraph.

Describe "a faultless plain of ice."

Parisians are the people of Paris. Where is Paris? Do you know anything about this city that explains how the gentry were dressed?

Why is black called sable?

Brocade, heavy silk with figures woven in.

Have you ever seen a foot stove? Have you ever known of anything's being used for one?

Crescent, something shaped like the new moon.

Pendants, hanging ornaments.

Sabot is pronounced sa-bo'. Sabots are a kind of wooden shoe.

Bishop's mitre, the headdress worn by a bishop.

What difference is spoken of between the women and the men? Between the girls and the boys?

What are some of the occupations in Holland?

Find these words in the story. If you cannot tell the meaning of all of them, look in the dictionary for help: fantastic, placid, solemn, resolute, wince, swaddled, canopied, complacently.

Where have you seen a pavilion?

What countries do pagodas make you think of?

4. Oral Composition

Describe one picture that you get from the story. You may choose one of these subjects for your picture if you like:

(1) The Site of the Race; that is, the place where it occurred.

(2) The Gathering of the Crowd.

(3) A Dutch Peasant Girl.

(4) A Dutch Burgher.

(5) The Van Gleck's Pavilion just before the Race.