Next day Alice accepted Miss Carew’s invitation. Lydia, who seemed to regard all conclusions as foregone when she had once signified her approval of them, took the acceptance as a matter of course. Alice thereupon thought fit to remind her that there were other persons to be considered. So she said, “I should not have hesitated yesterday but for my mother. It seems so heartless to leave her.”“You have a sister at home, have you not?”“Yes. But she is not very strong, and my mother requires a great deal of attention.” Alice paused, and added in a lower voice, “She has never recovered from the shock of my father’s death.”“Your father is then not long dead?” said Lydia in her usual tone.“Only two years,” said Alice, coldly. “I hardly know how to tell my mother that I am going to desert her.”“Go and tell her today, Alice. You need not be afraid of hurting her. Grief of two years’standing is only a bad habit.” Alice started, outraged. Her mother’s grief was sacred to her; and yet it was by her experience of her mother that she recognized the truth of Lydia’s remark, and felt that it was unanswerable. She frowned; but the frown was lost: Miss Carew was not looking at her. Then she rose and went to the door, where she stopped to say,“You do not know our family circumstances. I will go now and try to prevail On my mother to let me stay with you.”“Please come back in good time for dinner,” said Lydia, unmoved. “I will introduce you to my cousin Lucian Webber. I have just received a telegram from him. He is coming down with Lord Worthington. I do not know whether Lord Worthington will come to dinner or not. He has an invalid friend at the Warren, and Lucian does not make it clear whether he is coming to visit him or me. However, it is of no consequence; Lord Worthington is only a young sportsman. Lucian is a clever man, and will be an eminent one some day. He is secretary to a Cabinet Minister, and is very busy; but we shall probably see him often while the Whitsuntide holidays last.

Answer the following questions from above passage-

1. What did Alice want to remind?

2. Who invited Alice and what she thought about invitation?

3. What happened to Alice's mother and how was she?

4. Who was lard Worthington and whom was he with going to come?

5. How did her mother react to Alice's initial outrage?