◼︎ Chapter 13 / Chapter XIII

As the chapter opens, Isabel is carrying Madam’s chamber pot. Later Isabel dumps the chamber pot and cleans it.
- What is a chamber pot?
  Take a look at the photograph of an 18th century chamber pot below.
What are Mr.s and Mrs. Lockton arguing about?
Mrs. Lockton has a “split lip.” How did she get it?
Mrs. Lockton blames Isabel for her split lip: she accuses Isabel of letting wax fall to the floor, wax Ms. Lockton slipped on.
- Why does Mrs. Lockton make up this story about how she got her split lip?
Isabel listens to Lockton and his friends talk.
- She says they “blew only hot air.”
- Today we might say someone is “full of hot air.”
- What do you think this “hot air” is?
Lockton and his friends wanted to use the King’s money to bribe the American rebels.
- What does it mean to bribe someone?
- If you’re not sure, Google: bribe definition kids
- Note: bribe can be a verb (action word, to bribe) and a noun (a person, place or thing, so a bribe)
The old man at the pump had three lines cut into his cheek.
1. What do these line mean?
2. Hint: These lines were not given to him by an American slave owner.
Isabel wants to sail away. Curzon says it’s a bad idea to sail anywhere right now.
- Why does he say this?
- Hint: Look at the illustrations below the chamber pot!
Curzon tells Isabel, “Where you see smoke, you find fire.”
- Today we say, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”
- What does this saying mean?
What book did Mr. (Daniel) Defoe write?

A+ BONUS: Isabel things that planting Momma’s seeds with be a comfort.

How might planting Momma’s seeds make Isabel feel better?