Serving Quality Education
Serving Quality Education
Common Errors – 10 Questions [SSC (10+2) Stenographer Grade ‘C’ & ‘D’ Exam. 2016] Directions for questions (1 to 10): In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are cor- rect. Find out which part…
Chapter 46 – A Court of Thorns and Roses Everything was black, and warm—and thick. Inky, but bordered with gold. I was swimming, kicking for the surface, where Tamlin was waiting, where life was waiting. Up and up, frantic for…
Chapter 45 – A Court of Thorns and Roses I was far away but still seeing—seeing through eyes that weren’t mine, eyes attached to a person who slowly rose from his position on a cracked, bloodied floor. Amarantha’s face slackened.…
Chapter 44 – A Court of Thorns and Roses Tamlin cried out as my blade pierced his flesh, breaking bone. For a sickening moment, when his blood rushed onto my hand, I thought the ash dagger would go clean through…
Chapter 43 – A Court of Thorns and Roses For my final task, I was given my old tunic and pants—stained and torn and reeking—but despite my stench, I kept my chin high as I was escorted to the throne…
Chapter 42 – A Court of Thorns and Roses It was a party like any other—even if it would likely be my last. Faeries drank and lounged and danced, laughing and singing bawdy and ethereal songs. No glimmer of anticipation…
Chapter 41 – A Court of Thorns and Roses What followed the second trial was a series of days that I don’t care to recall. A permanent darkness settled over me, and I began to look forward to the moment…
Chapter 40 – A Court of Thorns and Roses My second task arrived. Its teeth gleaming, the Attor grinned at me as I stood before Amarantha. Another cavern—smaller than the throne room, but large enough to perhaps be some sort…
Chapter 39 – A Court of Thorns and Roses From that point on, each morning and evening, a fresh, hot meal appeared in my cell. I gobbled it down but cursed Rhysand’s name anyway. Stuck in the cell, I had…
Chapter 38 – A Court of Thorns and Roses I tried not to look at my left arm as I scrubbed at the floors of the hallway. The ink— which, in the light, was actually a blue so dark it…
CHAPTER 16 : Part 2 – Shogun “I’ll visit Lord Kiyama the day after tomorrow,” he said, naming a deadline. “But the contagion? I’d never forgive myself if anything happened to you while you’re here in Osaka, my…
CHAPTER 16 : Part 1 – Shogun “Perhaps it would have been better to consult me before removing my prisoner from my jurisdiction, Lord Ishido,” Toranaga was saying. “The barbarian was in the common prison with common people.…
CHAPTER 15 : Part 2 – Shogun All the swords of his men sang out of their scabbards. At his order one of the bandits stationed himself behind Blackthorne, his sword raised and readied, and again the leader harangued the…
CHAPTER 15 : Part 1 – Shogun In the utter silence, Blackthorne got to his feet. “Thy confession, my son, say it quickly.” “I—I don’t think—I—” Blackthorne realized through his dulled mind that he was speaking English,…
CHAPTER 14 : Part 3 – Shogun The old monk closed his eyes, prayed, and cried himself to sleep. Much as he wished it, Blackthorne could not sleep though night had come. His flesh crawled from the lice bites.…
CHAPTER 14 : Part 2 – Shogun “Come with me, my son.” Without waiting, the monk hobbled down the cage, through the mass of men, into the gloom. Blackthorne hesitated, not wanting to leave his place. Then he got…
CHAPTER 14 : Part 1 – Shogun For Blackthorne it was a hellish dawn. He was locked in a death battle with a fellow convict. The prize was a cup of gruel. Both men were naked. Whenever a convict was…
CHAPTER 13 : Part 2 – Shogun “Good night, Tora-sama. Sweet dreamlessness.” She bowed to him and to Hiro-matsu and then she was gone. They sipped their tea appreciatively. Toranaga said, “I’m always sorry we never had a…
CHAPTER 13 : Part 1 – Shogun That night Toranaga could not sleep. This was rare for him because normally he could defer the most pressing problem until the next day, knowing that if he was alive the next day…
CHAPTER 12 – Shogun As Toranaga watched the barbarian leave the room, he took his mind regretfully off the startling interview and came to grips with the more immediate problem of Ishido. Toranaga had decided not to dismiss the…