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 Contents vii

7–3 Confidence Intervals and Sample Size for 9–5 Testing the Difference Between Two
Proportions 390 Variances 528
Confidence Intervals 391 Summary 539
Sample Size for Proportions 393
7–4 Confidence Intervals for Variances and
Standard Deviations 399
CHAPTER 10
Summary 406
Correlation and
CHAPTER 8 Regression 549

Hypothesis Testing 413

Introduction 550
10–1 Scatter Plots and Correlation 550
Correlation 554
10–2 Regression 566
Introduction 414 Line of Best Fit 566
8–1 Steps in Hypothesis Testing—Traditional Determination of the Regression Line Equation 567
Method 414 10–3 Coefficient of Determination and Standard
8–2 z Test for a Mean 426 Error of the Estimate 582
P-Value Method for Hypothesis Testing 430 Types of Variation for the Regression Model 582
8–3 t Test for a Mean 442 Residual Plots 584
8–4 z Test for a Proportion 453 Coefficient of Determination 585
8–5 ␹2 Test for a Variance or Standard Standard Error of the Estimate 586
Deviation 461 Prediction Interval 589
8–6 Additional Topics Regarding Hypothesis 10–4 Multiple Regression (Optional) 592
Testing 474
The Multiple Regression Equation 594
Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing 474
Testing the Significance of R 596
Type II Error and the Power of a Test 476
Adjusted R2 597
Summary 479
Summary 601

CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 11
Testing the Difference Other Chi-Square
Between Two Means, Tests 609
Two Proportions, and
Two Variances 487
Introduction 610
Introduction 488 11–1 Test for Goodness of Fit 610
9–1 Testing the Difference Between Two Means: Test of Normality (Optional) 616
Using the z Test 488
11–2 Tests Using Contingency Tables 624
9–2 Testing the Difference Between Two Means of
Test for Independence 624
Independent Samples: Using the t Test 499
Test for Homogeneity of Proportions 630
9–3 Testing the Difference Between Two Means:
Dependent Samples 507 Summary 640
9–4 Testing the Difference Between
Proportions 519
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CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 14
Analysis of Variance 647 Sampling and
Simulation 741

Introduction 648 Introduction 742

12–1 One-Way Analysis of Variance 648 14–1 Common Sampling Techniques 742
12–2 The Scheffé Test and the Tukey Test 660 Random Sampling 743
Scheffé Test 660 Systematic Sampling 746
Tukey Test 662 Stratified Sampling 748
12–3 Two-Way Analysis of Variance 665 Cluster Sampling 749
Summary 679 Other Types of Sampling Techniques 750
14–2 Surveys and Questionnaire Design 757
CHAPTER 13 14–3 Simulation Techniques and the Monte Carlo
Method 759
The Monte Carlo Method 760
Nonparametric Summary 766
Statistics 689
APPENDICES

Introduction 690 A Tables 773

13–1 Advantages and Disadvantages of B Data Bank 803
Nonparametric Methods 690
Advantages 690 C Glossary 810
Disadvantages 690
D Photo Credits 818
Ranking 691
13–2 The Sign Test 693 E Selected Answers SA–1
Single-Sample Sign Test 693
Paired-Sample Sign Test 695
13–3 The Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test 702
13–4 The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test 707
13–5 The Kruskal-Wallis Test 712 Index I–1
13–6 The Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient
and the Runs Test 719
Rank Correlation Coefficient 719 ADDITIONAL TOPICS ONLINE
The Runs Test 722 (www.mhhe.com/bluman)
Summary 733
Algebra Review
Writing the Research Report
Bayes’ Theorem
Alternate Approach to the Standard
Normal Distribution
Bibliography
P R E FA C E

Approach Elementary Statistics: A Step by Step Approach was written as an aid in the beginning sta-
tistics course to students whose mathematical background is limited to basic algebra. The
book follows a nontheoretical approach without formal proofs, explaining concepts intu-
itively and supporting them with abundant examples. The applications span a broad range
of topics certain to appeal to the interests of students of diverse backgrounds, and they in-
clude problems in business, sports, health, architecture, education, entertainment, politi-
cal science, psychology, history, criminal justice, the environment, transportation, physi-
cal sciences, demographics, eating habits, and travel and leisure.

About This While a number of important changes have been made in the ninth edition, the learning
system remains untouched and provides students with a useful framework in which to
Book learn and apply concepts. Some of the retained features include the following:
• Over 1800 exercises are located at the end of major sections within each chapter.
• Hypothesis-Testing Summaries are found at the end of Chapter 9 (z, t, x2, and
F tests for testing means, proportions, and variances), Chapter 12 (correlation,
chi-square, and ANOVA), and Chapter 13 (nonparametric tests) to show students
the different types of hypotheses and the types of tests to use.
• A Data Bank listing various attributes (educational level, cholesterol level, gender,
etc.) for 100 people and several additional data sets using real data are included and
referenced in various exercises and projects throughout the book.
• An updated reference card containing the formulas and the z, t, x2, and PPMC
tables is included with this textbook.
• End-of-chapter Summaries, Important Terms, and Important Formulas give stu-
dents a concise summary of the chapter topics and provide a good source for quiz or
test preparation.
• Review Exercises are found at the end of each chapter.
• Special sections called Data Analysis require students to work
with a data set to perform various statistical tests or procedures
and then summarize the results. The data are included in the Data
Bank in Appendix B and can be downloaded from the book’s
website at www.mhhe.com/bluman.
• Chapter Quizzes, found at the end of each chapter, include
multiple-choice, true/false, and completion questions along with
exercises to test students’ knowledge and comprehension of
chapter content.
• The Appendixes provide students with extensive reference tables,
a glossary, and answers to all quiz questions and odd-numbered
exercises. New to this edition, the additional Online Appendixes
include algebra review, an outline for report writing, Bayes’
theorem, and an alternative method for using the standard normal
distribution. These can be found at www.mhhe.com/bluman.
• The Applying the Concepts feature is included in all sections
and gives students an opportunity to think about the new concepts
and apply them to examples and scenarios similar to those found
in newspapers, magazines, and radio and television news
programs.

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x Preface

Changes in the Global Changes

Ninth Edition • Updated and redesigned the Technology Boxes to reflect the latest technology updates
• Over 60 new examples and more than 400 new exercises have been added or revised
throughout the book
• Design of graphs, photos and art has been revised for clarity
• New interior design was incorporated for ease of reading and flow
• Matched the odd and even exercises

Chapter 1 Nearly 100 new section exercises have been added

Statistics Today updated
Added new material on sampling and the three types of observational studies

Chapter 2 New subsection on dotplots added

More material on class boundaries added
Statistics Today updated

Chapter 3 New Procedure Table for median added

New Procedure Table for variance and standard deviation added
Summary for Chebyshev’s Theorem added
New procedure Table for boxplots included

Chapter 4 New subsection for permutations with identical objects added

Chapter 5 New subsection on the geometric probability distribution added

Chapter 6 Improved flow with a shortened introduction

Added New Procedure Table for finding data values for specific probabilities

Chapter 7 Statistics Today updated

Included summary of the Characteristics of the Chi-Square Distribution

Chapter 8 Reorganized Section 8-1 for a better flow

Simplified diagram on stating the conclusion from a hypothesis test

Chapter 9 Expanded explanation of independent samples

Added 20 new exercises

Chapter 10 Statistics Today updated

Revised and Shortened Introduction
Added additional information on analyzing scatter plots
Included six new Procedure Tables

Chapter 11 Expanded explanation on finding expected frequencies

Chapter 12 Added additional material on the Computation of the F test

Added two new figures

Chapter 13 Boxed definitions and listed assumptions for the nonparametric tests
Added a new Procedure Table for finding and testing the significance of
the Spearman’s Rank Correlation Coefficient
Added a new Procedure Table for the runs test

Chapter 14 Added a formal definition for convenience sample

Improved definitions for systematic sampling and stratified sampling
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Acknowledgments
It is important to acknowledge the many people whose contributions have gone into the
Ninth Edition of Elementary Statistics. Very special thanks are due to Jackie Miller of the
University of Michigan for her provision of the Index of Applications, her exhaustive accu-
racy check of the page proofs, and her general availability and advice concerning all matters
statistical. The Technology Step by Step sections were provided by Gerry Moultine of
Northwood University (MINITAB), John Thomas of College of Lake County (Excel), and
William Vezko of Saint Johns River State College-Orange Park (TI-84 Plus).
I would also like to thank Diane P. Cope for providing the new exercises; Kelly
Jackson for writing the new Data Projects; Lisa Collette, developmental copyeditor, for
her thoughtful suggestions; Phyllis Barnidge for her error checking; and Sally Robinson
for error checking, adding technology-accurate answers to Appendix E, and writing the
Solutions Manuals.
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I N D E X O F A P P L I C AT I O N S

CHAPTER 1 U.S. Population by Age, 93 Law and Order: Criminal Justice The Sciences
Wealthy People, 42 Car Thefts in a Large City, 85 Bear Kills, 65
The Nature of Probability Causes of Accidental Deaths in The Value of Pi, 53
Education and Testing
and Statistics the United States, 90
Classroom Technology, 101 Transportation
Education and Testing College Completions, 102 Concealed Weapons Licenses, 93 Activities While Driving, 102
Attendance and Grades, 5 College Spending for First-Year How Your Identity Can Be Stolen, Colors of Automobiles, 91
Is Higher Education “Going Students, 76 41, 104 Fuel Economy for General Motors
Digital”?, 1, 35 Do Students Need Summer Identity Thefts, 106 Vehicles, 88
Piano Lessons Improve Math Development?, 65 Murders in the United States, 81 MPGs for SUVs, 49
Ability, 37 Grading of Schools, 91 Police Calls, 77, 82 Railroad Crossing Accidents, 66
Medicine, Clinical Studies, High School Dropout Rate, 102 Violent Crimes, 91
Travel and Leisure
and Experiments Making the Grade, 67 Marketing, Sales, and Consumer Museum Visitors, 103
Beneficial Bacteria, 25 Math and Reading Achievement Behavior
Public Libraries, 103
Caffeine and Health, 25 Scores, 92 Cost of a 30-second Super Bowl Reasons We Travel, 91
Smoking and Criminal Math SAT Scores, 68 Commercial, 89
Behavior, 37 Number of College Faculty, 66 How People Get Their News, 101
Thyme and Antioxidants, 35 Percentage of People Who Online Ad Spending, 91 CHAPTER 3
The Worst Day for Weight Completed 4 or More Years of Spending of College Data Description
Loss, 13 College, 53 Freshmen, 103
Super Bowl Viewer’s Buildings and Structures
Psychology and Human Behavior Teacher Strikes, 92, 107
Expenditures, 91 Prices of Homes, 141
Anger and Snap Judgments, 37 Entertainment Suspension Bridges, 145
Valentine’s Day Spending, 91
Hostile Children Fight Roller Coaster Mania, 91 Tallest Buildings, 179
Unemployment, 38 Songs on CDs, 103 Medicine, Clinical Studies,
and Experiments Business, Management, and Work
Sports, Exercise, and Fitness Unclaimed Expired Prizes, 53
Blood Glucose Levels, 67 Average Earnings of Workers, 179
ACL Tears in Collegiate Soccer Environmental Sciences, the Average Weekly Earnings, 160
BUN Count, 101
Players, 37 Earth, and Space
Outpatient Cardiograms, 84 Bank Failures, 119
Air Pollution, 66 Commissions Earned, 124
Surveys and Culture Pain Relief, 103
Average Wind Speeds, 53 Costs to Train Employees, 179
American Culture and Drug Patients at a Medical Care
Coal Consumption, 106 Employee Salaries, 129
Abuse, 17 Facility, 92
Consumption of Natural Employee Years of Service, 182
Transportation Waiting Times, 67
Gas, 53 Executive Bonuses, 124
Fatal Transportation Injuries, 10 Cost of Utilities, 66 Public Health and Nutrition
Foreign Workers, 123
World’s Busiest Airports, 37 Energy Consumption, 91 Calories in Salad Dressings, 92
Hourly Compensation for
Length of Major Rivers, 92 Calories of Nuts, 102
Production Workers, 124
Named Storms, 83 Cereal Calories, 67
CHAPTER 2 Hours Worked, 180
Record High Temperatures, 47, Protein Grams in Fast Food, 67
Labor Charges, 179
Frequency Distributions 57, 58, 59 Needless Deaths of
Missing Work, 145
and Graphs Recycled Trash, 106 Children, 106
Net Worth of Corporations, 124
Space Launches, 102 U.S. Health Dollar, 92
Buildings and Structures Salaries of Personnel, 118
Selling Real Estate, 65 The Great Lakes, 107 Sports, Exercise, and Fitness The Noisy Workplace, 171
Stories in Tall Buildings, 86 Wind Speed, 101 50 Home Run Club, 92 Top-Paid CEOs, 123
Stories in the World’s Tallest Food and Dining Ages of Football Players, 91 Travel Allowances, 141
Buildings, 52 Cost of Milk, 93 Calories Burned While Unemployment Benefits, 143
Eating at Fast Food Exercising, 91
Business, Management, Demographics and Population
Restaurants, 52 Favorite Sport, 52 Characteristics
and Work
Super Bowl Snack Foods, 80 Men’s World Hockey Ages of Accountants, 145
Career Changes, 103
Worldwide Sales of Fast Foods, 90 Champions, 101 Ages of Consumers, 146
Charity Donations, 52
Miles Run per Week, 61 Ages of the Top 50 Wealthiest
Commuting Times, 92 Government, Taxes, Politics,
Public Policy, and Voting NFL Payrolls, 53 People, 114
Elderly in the U.S. Labor Force, 79
How Much Paper Money is in NFL Salaries, 66 Ages of U.S. Astronaut
Patents, 93
Circulation Today?, 85 Peyton Manning’s Colts Candidates, 144
Trip Reimbursements, 93
Salaries of Governors, 52 Career, 103 Ages of U.S. Residents, 183
Demographics and Population Super Bowl Scores, 66
Characteristics History Net Worth of Wealthy
Counties, Divisions, or Parishes Ages of Declaration of Surveys and Culture People, 178
for 50 States, 66 Independence Signers, 52 Ages of Dogs, 52 Percentage of College-Educated
Distribution of Blood Types, 43 Ages of Presidents at Pet Care, 102 Population over 25, 124
Never Married Adults in the Inauguration, 51 Pet Population, 90 Percentage of Foreign-Born
United States, 76 Ages of the Vice Presidents at the Technology People, 124
Percent of Cigarette Smokers in Time of Their Death, 102 Energy Used by Plasma TVs, 52 Economics and Investment
the United States, 78 JFK Assassination, 53 Trust in Internet Information, 52 Investment Earnings, 178

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Education and Testing History The Sciences Computers in Elementary

Achievement Test Scores, 160 Age of Senators, 159 Sheep Population, 161 Schools, 199
College and University Debt, 159 Law and Order: Criminal Justice Doctoral Assistantships, 225
Transport
College Enrollments, 123 Accidental Firearm Deaths, 117 High School Grades of First-Year
Airplane Speeds, 160
College Room and Board Murder Rates, 145 College Students, 226
Airport Parking, 123
Costs, 160 Murders in Cities, 144 Online Course Selection, 248
Annual Miles Driven, 160
Contest Spelling Words, 124 Police Calls in Schools, 161 Reading to Children, 225
Automobile Fuel Efficiency,
Driver’s License Exam Police Incidents, 112 Required First-Year College
124, 144
Scores, 159 Police Officers Killed, 115 Courses, 200
Commuter Times, 179
Enrollments for Selected Indepen- Prison Executions, 144 Student Financial Aid, 223
Cost of Car Rentals, 179
dent Religiously Controlled Violent Crimes, 123 Cost of Helicopters, 125 Entertainment
4-Year Colleges, 125 Cable Television, 223
Manufacturing and Product Fuel Capacity, 179
Errors on a Typing Test, 182 Craps Game, 199
Development Gas Prices for Rental Cars, 182
Exam Completion Time, 179 de Mere Dice Game, 252
Battery Lives, 145, 178 How Long Are You Delayed by
Exam Grades, 179, 182 Dominoes, 237
Comparison of Outdoor Road Congestion?, 109, 180
Graduation Rates, 173 DVD Players, 249
Paint, 128, 129, 131, 132 Miles per Gallon, 182
SAT Scores, 146, 178, 182 Family and Children’s Computer
Copier Service Calls, 125 Passenger Vehicle Deaths, 144
Starting Teachers’ Salaries, 143 Games, 225
Printer Repairs, 180 Times Spent in Rush-Hour
Teacher Salaries, 122, 159 Getting a Full House, 245
Traffic, 144
Teacher Strikes, 134, 135, 173 Marketing, Sales, and Consumer
Behavior
Movie Releases, 248
Test Scores, 148, 149, 153, Travel and Leisure
Average Cost of Smoking, 183 Odds, 201
161, 182 Area Boat Registrations, 118
Average Cost of Weddings, 182 Poker Hands, 237
Textbooks in Professors’ Vacation Days, 159
Cost per Load of Laundry Quinto Lottery, 235
Offices, 179 Visitors Who Travel to Foreign
Detergents, 144 Selecting a Movie, 207, 236
Work Hours for College Countries, 173
Delivery Charges, 182 State Lottery Number, 243
Faculty, 146 The Mathematics of
Diet Cola Preference, 125
Entertainment CHAPTER 4 Gambling, 244
Magazines in Bookstores, 179
Earnings of Nonliving Probability and Counting Video and Computer Games, 222
Newspapers for Sale, 182
Celebrities, 123 Yahtzee, 250
FM Radio Stations, 145
Pages in Women’s Fitness Rules
Magazines, 139 Buildings and Structures Environmental Sciences, the
Households of Four Television
Sale Price of Homes, 146 Building a New Home, 209
Earth, and Space
Networks, 178 Corn Products, 209
Sales of Automobiles, 138
Top Movie Sites, 180 Business, Management, Endangered Species, 207
Medicine, Clinical Studies,
Environmental Sciences, the and Work Lightning Strikes, 224
and Experiments
Earth, and Space Distribution of CEO Ages, 200 Plant Selection, 246
Blood Pressure, 142
Annual Precipitation Days, 144 Overqualified Workers, 216 Sources of Energy Uses in the
Determining Dosages, 159
Distance of Stars, 123 Research and Development United States, 199
Hospital Emergency Waiting
Earthquakes, 161 Employees, 203 Threatened Species of
Times, 145
Farm Sizes, 146 Working Women and Computer Reptiles, 235
Hospital Infections, 112
High Temperatures, 179 Use, 223
Multiple Births, 143 Food and Dining
Hurricane Damage, 161 Demographics and Population
Serum Cholesterol Levels, 146 Breakfast Drink, 248
Licensed Nuclear Reactors, 117 Characteristics
Systolic Blood Pressure, 151 Coffee Shop Selection, 203
Moons of Jupiter, 123 Blood Types and Rh Factors, 224
Psychology and Human Behavior Family Dinner Combinations, 200
Natural Gas Drilling Sites, 123 Distribution of Blood Types,
Reaction Times, 144 Favorite Ice Cream Flavors,
Number of Meteorites 194, 228
Trials to Learn a Maze, 146 193, 204
Found, 169 Education Level and Pizzas and Salads, 224
Number of Tornadoes, 173 Public Health and Nutrition Smoking, 249 Purchasing a Pizza, 209
Observers in the Frogwatch Calories in Bagels, 145 Education of Factory
Program, 123 Calories in Salads, 122 Employees, 252 Government, Taxes, Politics,
Rise in Tides, 179 Fat Grams, 125 Foreign Adoptions, 225 Public Policy, and Voting
Shark Attacks, 178 Protein Grams of Energy Human Blood Types, 199 Congressional Terms, 224
Size of Dams, 173 Bars, 173 Living Arrangements for Federal Government
Size of U.S. States, 143 Sodium Content of Cheese, 170 Children, 200 Revenue, 200
Solid Waste Production, 146 Male Color Blindness, 214 Government Employees, 222
Sports, Exercise, and Fitness
Tornadoes in the United Marital Status of Women, 225 Health Insurance, 200
Baseball Team Batting
States, 115 Names for Boys, 249 Senate Partisanship, 245
Averages, 145
Tornado Occurrences, 179 Basketball Scores, 160 Population of Hawaii, 200 Law and Order: Criminal Justice
Unhealthy Smog Days, 173 Bowling Scores, 143 U.S. Population, 207 Arrests for Property Crimes, 200
Food and Dining Earned Run Average, 172 War Veterans, 249 Guilty or Innocent?, 221
Citrus Fruit Consumption, 146 Innings Pitched, 173 Young Adult Residences, 207 Murder Victims, 199
Specialty Coffee Shops, 124 Miles Run per Week, 113, 117, 136 Education and Testing Prison Populations, 222, 223
Government, Taxes, Politics, NFL Salaries, 180 College Courses, 224 Manufacturing and Product
Public Policy, and Voting NFL Signing Bonuses, 116, 119 College Debt, 199 Development
Cigarette Taxes, 143 Technology College Degrees Awarded, 206 Defective Items, 223
Gasoline Taxes, 161 Time Spent Online, 145 College Enrollment, 226 Defective Resistors, 245
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Defective Transistors, 242 Country Club Activities, 224 Pizza Deliveries, 273 Survey of High School
Flashlight Batteries, 223 Travel over the Thanksgiving Pizza for Breakfast, 305 Seniors, 285
Garage Door Openers, 234 Holiday, 194 Unsanitary Restaurants, 282 Survey on Internet Awareness, 285
World-Class Orchestras, 245 Government, Taxes, Politics, Technology
Marketing, Sales, and Consumer
Behavior Public Policy, and Voting Computer Assistance, 306
Commercials, 226 CHAPTER 5 Accuracy Count of Votes, 306 Computer Literacy Test, 305
Customer Purchases, 225 Federal Government Employee Guidance Missile System, 284
Door-to-Door Sales, 208 Discrete Probability E-mail Use, 285 Internet Access via Cell
Gift Baskets, 224 Distributions Poverty and the Federal Phone, 305
Shopping Mall Promotion, 198 Business, Management, Government, 285 Telephones per Household, 307
Ties, 221 and Work Social Security Recipients, 284 The Sciences
Medicine, Clinical Studies, Employed Women, 307 History Colors of Flowers, 299
and Experiments Job Applications, 299 Rockets and Targets, 297 Elm Trees, 307
Autism, 225 Job Elimination, 285 Mendel’s Theory, 298
Law and Order: Criminal Justice
Chronic Sinusitis, 249 Union Workers, 284
Calls for a Fire Company, 307 Transportation
Doctor Specialties, 224 Work Versus Conscience, 300
Emergency Calls, 304 Arrivals at an Airport, 305
Effectiveness of a Vaccine, 248 Demographics and Population Study of Robberies, 298 Carpooling, 307
Hospital Stays for Knee Characteristics U.S. Police Chiefs and the Death Driver’s Exam, 307
Replacements, 195 Alcohol Abstainers, 308 Penalty, 305 Driving to Work Alone, 284
Heart Disease, 224 American and Foreign-Born Driving While Intoxicated, 280
Citizens, 284 Manufacturing and Product
Medical Patients, 208 Emissions Inspection
Development
Medical Tests on Emergency Blood Types, 296, 300, 308 Failures, 299
Defective Calculators, 299
Patients, 208 Left-Handed People, 293 Traffic Accidents, 272
Defective Compressor Tanks, 295
Medical Treatment, 200 Likelihood of Twins, 282 Truck Inspection Violations, 298
Defective Computer
Medication Effectiveness, 225 Today’s Marriages, 283
Keyboards, 299 Travel and Leisure
Multiple Births, 207 Unmarried Women, 305
Defective DVDs, 272, 306 Amusement Park Game, 299
Which Pain Reliever Is Best?, 206 Economics and Investment Defective Electronics, 299 Boating Accidents, 306
Psychology and Human Behavior Benford’s Law, 272 Quality Control Check, 307 Bowling Team Uniforms, 307
Would You Bet Your Life?, House Insurance, 295 Christmas Lights, 306
Income Tax Errors, 307 Marketing, Sales, and Consumer
185, 250 Destination Weddings, 284
Behavior
Life Insurance, 273 Leisure Activities, 290
Sports, Exercise, and Fitness Car Sales, 306
Fitness Center Members, 247 Education and Testing CD Purchases, 307 Lost Luggage in Airlines, 306
Health Club Membership, 248 College Education and Business Cellular Phone Sales, 272 Outdoor Regatta, 305
Leisure Time Exercise, 225 World Success, 284 Color of Raincoats, 308 Watching Fireworks, 285
Dropping College Courses, 263 Company Mailings, 299
Surveys and Culture High School Dropouts, 284 Credit Cards, 304
Student Survey, 208 Lessons Outside of School, 300 CHAPTER 6
Survey on Stress, 214 Internet Purchases, 285
Meeting Attendance, 307 Mail Ordering, 299 The Normal Distribution
Survey on Women in the People Who Have Some College
Military, 219 Number of Credit Cards, 272 Buildings and Structures
Education, 284 Reusable Grocery Bags, 298 New Home Prices, 339
Technology Students Using the Math Lab, 273 Selling Carpet, 299 New Home Sizes, 339
Software Selection, 247 Teachers and Summer Suit Sales, 272 Parking Lot Construction, 361
Text Messages via Cell Vacation, 300 Tie Purchases, 304 Prices of Homes, 362
Phones, 223 Entertainment
Medicine, Clinical Studies, Business, Management,
Transportation Chuck-a-Luck, 308 and Experiments and Work
Automobile Insurance, 223 Coins, Births, and Other Flu Shots, 305 Health Insurance Through
Automobile License Plate, 249 Random (?) Events, 262 Pooling Blood Samples, 257, 306 Work, 360
Automobile Sales, 222 Gambler’s Fallacy, 275 Jobs for Registered Nurses, 338
Lottery Numbers, 308 Psychology and Human Behavior
Carry-on Items, 249 Multiple-Job Holders, 363
Lottery Prizes, 273 Calls for a Crisis Hotline, 307
Driving While Intoxicated, 205 Retirement Income, 363
Fatal Accidents, 225 On Hold for Talk Radio, 269 Sports, Exercise, and Fitness Salaries for Actuaries, 362
License Plates, 250 Roulette, 273 Baseball World Series, 260 Working Weekends, 349
Licensed Drivers in the United Winning the Lottery, 273 Shooting an Arrow, 299 Unemployment, 365
States, 208 Environmental Sciences, the Sports Score Hot Line Calls, 307
Demographics and Population
Motor Vehicle Producers, 247 Earth, and Space Surveys and Culture Characteristics
On-Time Airplane Arrivals, 225 Alternate Sources of Fuel, 285 Survey on Answering Machine Ages of Proofreaders, 353
Railroad Memorial License Household Wood Burning, 305 Ownership, 285 Amount of Laundry Washed Each
Plates, 229 Radiation Exposure, 271 Survey on Bathing Pets, 285 Year, 353
Rural Speed Limits, 199 Food and Dining Survey on Concern for Heights of People, 365
Seat Belt Use, 222 Coffee Shop Customers, 291 Criminals, 284 Life Expectancies, 353
Types of Vehicles, 226 Hors d’Oeuvres Selection, 299 Survey on Doctor Visits, 279 Membership in an Organiza-
Travel and Leisure Items Donated to a Food Survey on Employment, 279 tion, 365
Bowling and Club Bank, 306 Survey on Fear of Being Home Per Capita Income of Delaware
Membership, 251 M&M’s Color Distribution, 298 Alone at Night, 280 Residents, 353
 Index of Applications xix

Population of College Cities, 360 Government, Taxes, Politics, Monthly Spending for Paging and High School Graduates Who Take
Residences of U.S. Citizens, 360 Public Policy, and Voting Messaging Services, 362 the SAT, 396
U.S. Population, 363 Cigarette Taxes, 340 Telephone Answering Hours Spent Studying, 410
Medicare Hospital Insurance, 353 Devices, 360 National Accounting
Economics and Investment
Social Security Payments, 340 Examination, 380
Home Ownership, 360 The Sciences
Unemployment Benefits, 352 Number of Faculty, 379
Home Values, 353 Newborn Elephant Weights, 338
Voter Preference, 360 Private Schools, 395
Itemized Charitable Ragweed Allergies, 357
Law and Order: Criminal Justice SAT Scores, 405
Contributions, 339 Transportation
Larceny Thefts, 363 Spending for Postage at a
Monthly Mortgage Payments, 338 Ages of Amtrak Passenger
Police Academy Acceptance Community College, 407
Education and Testing Cars, 339 Students per Teacher in U.S.
Exams, 339
College Costs, 352 Ages of Registered Vehicles, 348 Public Schools, 387
Police Academy
Doctoral Student Salaries, 338 Commute Time to Work, 338 Students Who Major in
Qualifications, 333
Elementary School Teachers, 361 Commuter Train Passengers, 362 Business, 396
Population in U.S. Jails, 337
Enrollment in Personal Finance Miles Driven Annually, 338 Undergraduate GPAs, 380
Course, 363 Manufacturing and Product Passengers on a Bus, 365
Development Price of Gasoline, 338 Entertainment
Exam Scores, 340
Breaking Strength of Steel Reading While Driving, 356 Lengths of Children’s Animated
Female Americans Who Have
Cable, 353 Used Car Prices, 339 Films, 407, 408
Completed 4 Years of
Portable CD Player Lifetimes, 363 Perry Como Fans, 395
College, 360 Travel and Leisure
Repair Cost for Microwave Playing Video Games, 379
GMAT Scores, 366 Cost of Overseas Trip, 352
Ovens, 365 Television Viewing, 380
High School Competency Test, 339 Mountain Climbing Safety, 359
Wristwatch Lifetimes, 339 Environmental Sciences,
Private Four-Year College Number of Branches of the
Enrollment, 363 Marketing, Sales, and Consumer the Earth, and Space
50 Top Libraries, 322
Professors’ Salaries, 338, 339 Behavior Depth of a River, 377
Thickness of Library Books, 365
Reading Improvement Credit Card Debt, 338 High Temperatures for May, 387
Program, 339 Mail Order, 360 Lawn Weeds, 392
CHAPTER 7
Salary of Full Professors, 338 Product Marketing, 339 Length of Growing Seasons, 380
SAT Scores, 338, 340, 352 Technology Inventories, 335 Confidence Intervals and Named Storms, 403
School Enrollment, 360 Medicine, Clinical Studies, Sample Size Number of Farms, 380
Smart People, 337 and Experiments Thunderstorm Speeds, 387
Buildings and Structures
Teachers’ Salaries, 337 Lengths of Hospital Stays, 339 Travel to Outer Space, 396
Home Fires Started by
Teachers’ Salaries in Liters of Blood in Adults, 329 Unhealthy Days in Cities, 388
Candles, 385
Connecticut, 352 Normal Ranges for Vital Home Security Systems, 396 Food and Dining
Teachers’ Salaries in North Statistics, 311, 364 Cost of Pizzas, 380
Business, Management,
Dakota, 352 Per Capita Spending on Health and Work
Fast-Food Bills for Drive-Thru
TIMSS Test, 353 Care, 362 Dog Bites to Postal Workers, 407 Customers, 379
Years to Complete a Graduate Serum Cholesterol Levels, 352 Number of Jobs, 379 Government, Taxes, Politics,
Program, 365 Systolic Blood Pressure, 334, 353 Work Interruptions, 396 Public Policy, and Voting
Entertainment Public Health and Nutrition Money Spent on Road Repairs, 410
Demographics and Population
Admission Charge for Calories in Fast-Food Characteristics
Parking Meter Revenues, 388
Movies, 337 Sandwiches, 366 Ages of Insurance Presidential Travel, 408
Box Office Revenues, 340 Chocolate Bar Calories, 338 Representatives, 410 State Gasoline Taxes, 387
Drive-in Movies, 340 Cholesterol Content, 353 Marriages in the United Women Representatives in State
Hours That Children Watch People Who Smoke, 360 States, 408 Legislature, 387
Television, 347 Sodium in Frozen Food, 363 Number of Homeless History
Movie Ticket Prices, 352 Youth Smoking, 360 Individuals, 404 Ages of Presidents at Time of
Slot Machines, 363 Sports, Exercise, and Fitness Unmarried Americans, 396 Death, 403
Environmental Sciences, the Batting Averages, 358 Widows, 396 Law and Order: Criminal Justice
Earth, and Space Number of Baseball Games Economics and Investment Burglaries, 410
Amount of Rain in a City, 365 Played, 336 Credit Union Assets, 376 Gun Control, 397
Annual Precipitation, 353 Number of Runs Made, 340 Home Ownership Rates, 405 Manufacturing and Product
Average Precipitation, 363 Surveys and Culture NYSE Stock Prices, 388 Development
Electric Bills, 365 Sleep Survey, 365 Stock Prices, 404 Baseball Diameters, 408
Glass Garbage Generation, 352 Calculator Battery Lifetimes, 405
Technology Education and Testing
Heights of Active Volcanoes, 363 How Many Kleenexes Should Be
Amount of Electricity Used by a Adult Education Activities, 408
Monthly Newspaper in a Box?, 378
PC, 331 Age of College Students, 404
Recycling, 330 Lifetimes of Snowmobiles, 408
Cell Phone Lifetimes, 352 Child Care Programs, 408
Paper Use, 338 Lifetimes of Wristwatches, 404
Computer Ownership, 365 Cost of Texts, 409
Temperatures for Dallas, 340 MPG for Lawn Mowers, 408
Cost of iPod Repair, 362 Covering College Costs, 392
Water Use, 352 Nicotine Content, 402
Cost of Personal Computers, 339 Credit Card Use by College
Food and Dining Household Computers, 360 Students, 398 Marketing, Sales, and Consumer
Bottled Drinking Water, 339 Household Online Day Care Tuition, 380 Behavior
Lemonade Consumption, 365 Connection, 365 Educational Television, 396 Costs for a 30-Second Spot on
Confectionary Products, 363 Internet Users, 340 Freshmen’s GPA, 379 Cable Television, 388
xx Index of Applications

Days It Takes to Sell an Aveo, 373 New Car Lease Fees, 404 Times of Videos, 482 Alcohol and Tobacco Use by High
Number of Customers, 374 Truck Safety Check, 410 Trifecta Winnings, 481 School Students, 481
Medicine, Clinical Studies, Weights of Minivans, 409 Environmental Sciences, the Calories in Pancake Syrup, 470
and Experiments Travel and Leisure Earth, and Space Carbohydrates in Fast Foods, 469
Birth Weights of Infants, 380 Novel Pages, 410 Farm Sizes, 437 Chocolate Chip Cookie
Contracting Influenza, 395 Overseas Travel, 396 Heights of Volcanoes, 470 Calories, 449
Cost of Knee Replacement Vacation Days, 407 High Temperatures in Eggs and Your Health, 425
Surgery, 404 Vacation Sites, 408 January, 470 High-Potassium Foods, 469
Doctor Visit Costs, 409 Natural Gas Heat, 458 Nicotine Content of
Emergency Room Accidents, 410 Pollution By-Products, 484 Cigarettes, 448, 466
Hospital Noise Levels, 380, 388 CHAPTER 8 Recycling, 458 Obese Young People, 454
Infant Growth, 385 Hypothesis Testing Tornado Deaths, 470 Quitting Smoking, 457
Patients Treated in Hospital Warming and Ice Melt, 435 Sodium Amounts in Food, 470
Buildings and Structures Vitamin C in Fruits and
Emergency Rooms, 410 Water Consumption, 450
Cost of Building a Home, 435 Vegetables, 470
Wind Speed, 432
Psychology and Human Behavior Heights of Tall Buildings, 449 Youth Smoking, 458
Stress and the College Student, Home Security Systems, 481 Food and Dining
369, 408 Monthly Home Rent, 481 Chewing Gum Use, 483 Sports, Exercise, and Fitness
Soft Drink Consumption, 436 Burning Calories by Playing
Public Health and Nutrition Business, Management,
Tennis, 437
Calories in a Standard Size Candy and Work Government, Taxes, Politics,
Public Policy, and Voting
Exercise to Reduce Stress, 458
Bar, 405 Copy Machine Use, 436
Ages of U.S. Senators, 436 Fans of Professional Baseball, 458
Calories in Candy Bars, 387 Hourly Wage, 437
Free School Lunches, 481 Football Injuries, 458
Carbohydrate Grams in Commer- Men Aged 65 and Over in the
IRS Audits, 478 Games Played by NBA Scoring
cial Subs, 379 Labor Force, 481
Replacing $1 Bills with $1 Leaders, 482
Carbohydrates in Yogurt, 404 Number of Jobs, 450
Coins, 455 Golf Scores, 470
Carbon Monoxide Deaths, 404 Revenue of Large Businesses, 435
Salaries of Government Heights of NBA Players, 436
Daily Cholesterol Intake, 405 Sick Days, 437
Employees, 436 Joggers’ Oxygen Uptake, 447
Diet Habits, 396 Starting Salary for Nurse
Step to It with Pedometers, 428
Fruit Consumption, 396 Practitioners, 444 Law and Order: Criminal Justice
Obesity, 396 Working at Home, 479 Ages of Robbery Victims, 484 Surveys and Culture
Skipping Lunch, 410 Burglaries, 458 Breakfast Survey, 484
Demographics and Population
Sport Drink Decision, 386 Characteristics Car Thefts, 434 Caffeinated Beverage Survey, 484
Ages of Professional Women, 483 Federal Prison Populations, 481 Survey on Vitamin Usage, 484
Sports, Exercise, and Fitness
Average Family Size, 450 Female Gun Owners, 454 Technology
Dance Company Students, 387
First-Time Marriages, 484 Prison Sentences, 436 Cell Phone Bills, 450
Indy 500 Qualifier Speeds, 388
Heights of 1-Year-Olds, 436 Prison Time, 479 Cell Phone Call Lengths, 450
Surveys and Culture Heights of Models, 483 Speeding Ticket Costs, 436 Facebook Friends, 435
Belief in Haunted Places, 395 Speeding Tickets, 437 Internet Visits, 450
Economics and Investment
Does Success Bring Stolen Aircraft, 469 MP3 Ownership, 481
Home Closing Costs, 483
Happiness?, 394 Radio Ownership, 484
Stocks and Mutual Fund Manufacturing and Product
Pet Owners, 408 Time Online, 480
Ownership, 457 Development
Political Survey, 410 Transferring Phone Calls, 469
Breaking Strength of Cable, 437
Shopping Survey, 407 Education and Testing
Manufactured Machine Parts, 470 The Sciences
Survey on Politics, 397 College Room and Board
Soda Bottle Content, 469 Hog Weights, 475
Costs, 470
Technology Strength of Wrapping Cord, 484 Plant Leaf Lengths, 482
Cost of College Tuition, 432
Digital Camera Prices, 387 Sugar Packaging, 474 Seed Germination Times, 484
Debt of College Graduates, 480
Direct Satellite Television, 396 Weights on Men’s Soccer Strawberry Seeds, 449
Doctoral Students’ Salaries, 458
Home Broadband Internet Shoes, 481 Whooping Crane Eggs, 481
Exam Grades, 470
Access, 396 Marketing, Sales, and Consumer
How Much Better is Better on the Transportation
Home Computers, 394 Behavior
SAT?, 413, 482 Car Inspection Times, 468
Social Networking Sites, 387 Attorney Advertisements, 456
Intelligence Tests, 427 Commute Time to Work, 450
Television Set Ownership, 410 Consumer Protection Agency
Math SAT Test, 464 Experience of Taxi Drivers, 484
The Sciences Nonparental Care, 435 Complaints, 478
First-Class Airline
Isotopes, 407 SAT Tests, 429 Medicine, Clinical Studies, Passengers, 459
Transportation Student Expenditures, 436 and Experiments Fuel Consumption, 481
Automobile Pollution, 410 Teaching Assistants’ Cost of Braces, 449 Improper Driving, 457
Chicago Commuters, 388 Stipends, 450 Cost of Rehabilitation, 430 Interstate Speeds, 470
Distance Traveled to Work, 387 Undergraduate Enrollment, 458 Doctor Visits, 450 One-Way Airfares, 478
Driving to Work, 391 Entertainment Female Physicians, 458 Operating Costs of an
Fuel Efficiency of Cars and Cost of a Movie Ticket, 450 First-Time Births, 478 Automobile, 436
Trucks, 379 Cost of Making a Movie, 449 Hospital Infections, 444 Stopping Distances, 436
Manual Transmission Movie Admission Prices, 481 Outpatient Surgery, 465 Testing Gas Mileage Claims, 468
Automobiles, 395 Moviegoers, 435, 458 Time Until Indigestion Relief, 481 Tire Inflation, 482
Monthly Gasoline Expendi- Television Set Ownership, 458 Public Health and Nutrition Transmission Service, 437
tures, 380 Television Viewing by Teens, 449 After-School Snacks, 458 Travel Times to Work, 480
 Index of Applications xxi

Travel and Leisure Literacy Scores, 496 Pulse Rates of Identical Business, Management, and
Borrowing Library Books, 458 Mathematical Skills, 543 Twins, 516 Work
Hotel Rooms, 483 Medical School Enrollments, 504 Sleeping Brain, Not at Rest, 545 Typing Speed and Word
Newspaper Reading Times, 479 Out-of-State Tuitions, 504 Vaccination Rates in Nursing Processing, 603
Number of Words in a Novel, 449 Reading Program, 536 Homes, 487, 521, 542 Demographics and Population
Pages in Romance Novels, 484 Reducing Errors in Grammar, 516 Weights of Newborn Characteristics
Retention Test Scores, 515 Infants, 500 Age and Cavities, 605
Teachers’ Salaries, 495, 503, Psychology and Human Behavior Age and Net Worth, 574
CHAPTER 9 536, 541 Age and Wealth, 553, 558
Bullying, 527
Testing the Difference Testing After Review, 541 Mistakes in a Song, 516 Age, GPA, and Income, 598
Between Two Means, Tuition Costs for Medical Problem-Solving Ability, 496 Life Expectancies, 565, 573
School, 536
Two Proportions, and Undergraduate Financial Aid, 526
Self-Esteem Scores, 496 Economics and Investment
Two Variances Smoking and Education, 524 Oil and Gas Prices, 564, 572
Women Science Majors, 495 Toy Assembly Test, 516
Buildings and Structures Education and Testing
Entertainment
Ages of Homes, 504 Public Health and Nutrition Absences and Final Grades, 552,
Hours Spent Watching Calories in Ice Cream, 536 557, 569, 574
Apartment Rental Fees, 543 Television, 503
Heights of Tall Buildings, 536 Carbohydrates in Candy, 503, 536 Alumni Contributions, 564, 573
Television Watching, 496 Cholesterol Levels, 512, 543 Aspects of Students’ Academic
Heights of World Famous
Cathedrals, 541 Environmental Sciences, Heart Rates of Smokers, 532 Behavior, 598
the Earth, and Space Hypertension, 525 Class Size and Grades, 565, 573
Home Prices, 495, 497
Air Quality, 515 Faculty and Students, 565, 573
Sports, Exercise, and Fitness
Business, Management, and Average Temperatures, 541 Batting Averages, 505 Home Smart Home, 593
Work High and Low Temperatures, 541 College Sports Offerings, 492 Literacy Rates, 565, 573
Animal Bites of Postal Lengths of Major Rivers, 494 Golf Scores, 516 More Math Means More
Workers, 525 Winter Temperatures, 536 Heights of Basketball Players, 544 Money, 597
Interview Errors, 526
Food and Dining Hockey’s Highest Scorers, 504 SAT Scores, 574
Male and Female Workers, 522
Prices of Low-Calorie Foods, 543 Home Runs, 493 State Board Scores, 595, 596, 597
Medical Supply Sales, 526
Senior Workers, 526 Soft Drinks in School, 541 Miniature Golf Scores, 504 Entertainment
Too Long on the Telephone, 502 Government, Taxes, Politics, NFL Salaries, 504 Commercial Movie Releases,
Public Policy, and Voting PGA Golf Scores, 516 564, 572
Demographics and Population
Money Spent on Road Repair, 544 Surveys and Culture Television Viewers, 574
Characteristics
Ages of Gamblers, 503 Monthly Social Security Desire to Be Rich, 525 Environmental Sciences, the
Ages of Hospital Patients, 537 Benefits, 495 Dog Ownership, 525 Earth, and Space
County Size in Indiana and Partisan Support of Salary Sleep Report, 516 Coal Production, 574
Iowa, 536 Increase Bill, 525 Smoking Survey, 526 Deaths from Lightning, 603
Family Incomes, 543 Tax-Exempt Properties, 503 Survey on Inevitability of Energy Consumption, 565, 573
Heights of 9-Year-Olds, 495 Manufacturing and Product War, 525 Farm Acreage, 574
Male Head of Household, 544 Development Technology Forest Fires and Acres Burned,
Married People, 526 Battery Voltage, 496 Cell Phones, 541 564, 573
Never Married People, 526 Noise Levels of Power Food and Dining
The Sciences
Per Capita Income, 495 Mowers, 532 Special Occasion Cakes, 598
Egg Production, 543
Population and Area, 536 Weights of Running Shoes,
Wolf Pack Pups, 535 Government, Taxes, Politics,
Salaries of Chemists, 543 503, 536
Transportation Public Policy, and Voting
Economics and Investment Weights of Vacuum Cleaners, 503
Airline On-Time Arrivals, 526 State Debt and Per Capita Tax,
Bank Deposits, 510 Marketing, Sales, and Consumer 564, 573
Airport Passengers, 533
Daily Stock Prices, 537 Behavior
Automatic Transmissions, 534 Law and Order: Criminal Justice
Education and Testing Coupon Use, 526
Commuting Times, 495 Can Temperature Predict Crime?,
ACT Scores, 495 Credit Card Debt, 496
Commuting Times for College 549, 604
Ages of College Students, 496 Paint Prices, 542
Students, 496 Crimes, 564, 572
Average Earnings for College Store Sales, 497
Gasoline Prices, 504 Manufacturing and Product
Graduates, 497, 541 Medicine, Clinical Studies, Seat Belt Use, 525 Development
College Education, 526 and Experiments
Travel and Leisure Copy Machine Maintenance
Cyber School Enrollment, 504 Can Video Games Save
Bestseller Books, 503 Costs, 587
Exam Scores at Private and Public Lives?, 514
Driving for Pleasure, 540 Medicine, Clinical Studies, and
Schools, 497 Hospital Stays for Maternity
Jet Ski Accidents, 543 Experiments
Factory Worker Literacy Patients, 504
Leisure Time, 491, 525 Coffee Not Disease Culprit, 563
Rates, 543 Hospital Volunteers, 541
Museum Attendance, 537 Father’s and Son’s Weights, 574
High School Graduation Is More Expensive Better?, 523
Rates, 526 Length of Hospital Stays, 495 Fireworks and Injuries, 574
Improving Study Habits, 515 Noise Levels in Hospitals, 503, Medical Specialties and
CHAPTER 10 Gender, 603
Lay Teachers in Religious 535, 541
Schools, 541 Obstacle Course Times, 516 Correlation and Regression Prescription Drug Prices, 605
Lecture versus Computer-Assisted Only the Timid Die Young, 544 Buildings and Structures Public Health and Nutrition
Instruction, 525 Overweight Dogs, 516 Tall Buildings, 565, 573 Age, Cholesterol, and Sodium, 598
xxii Index of Applications

Carbohydrates and Kilocalories, Food and Dining Types of Automobiles Prices of Body Soap, 683
565, 573 Consumption of Takeout Purchased, 620 Tire Prices, 656
Fat and Cholesterol, 605 Foods, 643 Ways to Get to Work, 643 Medicine, Clinical Studies, and
Fruit Nutrients, 598 Favorite Ice Cream Flavor, 643 Travel and Leisure Experiments
Protein and Diastolic Blood Fruit Soda Flavor Preference, 612 Recreational Reading and Diets and Exercise Programs, 684
Pressure, 603 Genetically Modified Food, 619 Gender, 635 Effects of Different Types of
Water and Carbohydrates, Restaurants and Types of Meals Thanksgiving Travel, 636 Diets, 681
565, 573 Purchased, 633 Travel Accident Fatalities, 641 Emergency Room Visits, 664
Sports, Exercise, and Fitness Skittles Color Distribution, 618 Tricking Knee Pain, 662
Bowling Scores, 565, 573 Types of Pizza Purchased, 644
Psychology and Human Behavior
NHL Assists and Total Points, Government, Taxes, Politics, CHAPTER 12 Adult Children of Alcoholics, 684
565, 573 Public Policy, and Voting
Analysis of Variance Colors That Make You Smarter,
Touchdowns and QB Ratings, 603 Congressional Representa- 655, 664
tives, 634 Buildings and Structures
Triples and Home Runs, 565, 573
Tax Credit Refunds, 644 Home Building Times, 675 Public Health and Nutrition
Transportation Lengths of Various Types of Calories in Fast-Food
Car Rental Companies, 552, Law and Order: Criminal Justice Sandwiches, 658
Bridges, 680
556, 568 Firearm Deaths, 615, 620 Carbohydrates in Cereals, 681
Gun Sale Denials, 641 Business, Management,
Driver’s Age and Accidents, Carbohydrates in Juices, 681
and Work
603, 605 Violent Crimes, 634 Fiber Content of Foods, 665
Weekly Unemployment
Stopping Distances, 562, 572 Marketing, Sales, and Consumer Grams of Fat per Serving of
Benefits, 665
Travel and Leisure Behavior Pizza, 681
Grocery Lists, 636 Demographics and Population
Passengers and Airline Fares, 603 Healthy Eating, 656
Characteristics
Music Sales, 619 Iron Content of Foods and
Ages of Late-Night TV Talk Show
CHAPTER 11 Pennant Colors Purchased, 644 Drinks, 681
Viewers, 683
Types of Shopping Bags Sodium Content of Foods, 656
Other Chi-Square Tests Used, 619 Education and Testing
Sports, Exercise, and Fitness
Business, Management, and Work Alumni Gift Solicitation, 684
Medicine, Clinical Studies, and Weight Gain of Athletes, 656
Displaced Workers, 641 Experiments Annual Child Care Costs, 657
Average Debt of College Technology
Employment of High School Cardiovascular Procedures, 642
Females, 641 Graduates, 658 Cell Phone Bills, 657
Effectiveness of a New Drug, 635
Employment Satisfaction, 644 Expenditures per Pupil, 657, 665 Weights of Digital Cameras, 665
Fathers in the Delivery Room, 636
Job Loss Reasons, 643 Hospitals and Infections, 627 Number of Pupils in a Class, 658 The Sciences
Mothers Working Outside the Organ Transplantation, 634 Review Preparation for Increasing Plant Growth, 674
Home, 635 Paying for Prescriptions, 620 Statistics, 681
Transportation
Workforce Distribution, 635 Risk of Injury, 641 Soap Bubble Experiments (and
Employees at Toll Road
Math), 674
Demographics and Population Psychology and Human Behavior Interchanges, 653
Student Loans, 656
Characteristics Combatting Midday Gasoline Consumption, 669
Education Level and Health Entertainment Gasoline Prices, 683
Drowsiness, 619
Insurance, 620 Does Color Affect Your Television Viewing Time, 657 Hybrid Vehicles, 656
Ethnicity and Movie Appetite?, 637 Environmental Sciences, the Miles per Gallon, 652
Admissions, 634 Happiness and Income, 631 Earth, and Space
Health Insurance Coverage, 642 Air Pollution, 683
Sports, Exercise, and Fitness CHAPTER 13
Population and Age, 634 Number of State Parks, 680
Women in the Military, 634 Injuries on Monkey Bars, 636
Sports Preferences of Males and
Temperatures in January, 681 Nonparametric Statistics
Economics and Investment Females, 629 Government, Taxes, Politics, Buildings and Structures
Pension Investments, 641 Types of Pitches Thrown, 641 Public Policy, and Voting Home Prices, 737
Education and Testing Youth Physical Fitness, 635 Voters in Presidential Property Assessments, 711
Ages of Head Start Program Elections, 683
Surveys and Culture Business, Management,
Students, 620 Participation in a Market Research Law and Order: Criminal Justice and Work
Assessment of Mathematics Survey, 635 Eyewitness Testimony, 647, 682 Annual Incomes for Men, 698
Students, 620 School Incidents Involving Police Employee Absences, 730
College Degree Recipients, 620 Technology Calls, 681 Family Income, 699
Education Level of Adults, 614 Internet Users, 620
Manufacturing and Product Job Offers for Chemical
Student Majors at Colleges, 634 Satellite Dishes in Restricted
Development Engineers, 716
Study Groups and Professors, 635 Areas, 633
Durability of Paint, 675 Weekly Earnings of
Volunteer Practices of The Sciences Environmentally Friendly Air Women, 698
Students, 636 Endangered or Threatened Freshener, 675 Demographics and Population
Entertainment Species, 634 Types of Outdoor Paint, 675 Characteristics
Record CDs Sold, 635 Statistics and Heredity, Ages of Drug Program
Marketing, Sales, and Consumer
State Lottery Numbers, 621 609, 642 Behavior Participants, 725
Television Viewing, 643 Transportation Age and Sales, 676 Age of Foreign-Born
Environmental Sciences, the On-Time Performance by Automobile Sales Residents, 695
Earth, and Space Airlines, 619 Techniques, 673 Ages at First Marriage for
Tornadoes, 641 Truck Colors, 620 Microwave Oven Prices, 657 Women, 698
 Index of Applications xxiii

Birth Registry, 738 Food and Dining Medication and Reaction Beach Temperatures for
Gender of Train Passengers, 725 Lunch Costs, 735 Times, 737 July, 735
Price of Pizza, 734 Pain Medication, 711 Fiction or Nonfiction
Economics and Investment
Teaspoon Size, 699 Patients at a Medical Books, 736
Bank Branches and Deposits, 720
Government, Taxes, Politics, Center, 694
Education and Testing Speed of Pain Relievers, 706
Public Policy, and Voting CHAPTER 14
Class Size and Average Weight Loss Through Diet, 711
Tolls for Bridge, 738
Grade, 729
Unemployment Benefits, 716 Public Health and Nutrition
Sampling and Simulation
Cyber School Enrollments, 729
Amounts of Caffeine in Demographics and Population
Exam Scores, 699, 736 Law and Order: Criminal Justice
Beverages, 717 Characteristics
Expenditures for Pupils, 716 Lengths of Prison Sentences, 705
Calories and Cholesterol in Foreign-Born Residents, 765
Funding and Enrollment for Head Local Crimes, 716
Fast-Food Sandwiches, 729 Stay-at-Home Parents, 765
Start Students, 738 Motor Vehicle Thefts and
Burglaries, 729 Calories in Cereals, 716 Education and Testing
Homework Exercises and Exam
Number of Crimes per Week, 717 Prices of Vitamin/Mineral Is That Your Final Answer?, 750
Scores, 735
Shoplifting Incidents, 709 Supplements, 717 Overview of U.S. Public
Hours Worked by Student
Speeding Tickets, 730 School Lunch, 704 Schools, 752
Employees, 735
Sodium Content of Fast-Food
Legal Costs for School Manufacturing and Product Entertainment
Sandwiches, 737
Districts, 712 Development Television Set Ownership, 765
Sodium Content of Microwave
Manuscript Pages and Breaking Strengths of Ropes, 735 Let’s Make A Deal, 741, 769
Dinners, 716
References, 735 Lifetime of Truck Tires, 734 Environmental Sciences, the
Mathematics Achievement Test Lifetimes of Batteries, 737 Sports, Exercise, and Fitness Earth, and Space
Scores, 728 Lifetimes of Handheld Video Bowling Scores, 712 Record High Temperatures by
Mathematics Literacy Scores, 716 Games, 705 Game Attendance, 698 State, 753
Medical School Enrollments, 706 Output of Motors, 738 Hunting Accidents, 706 Should We Be Afraid of
Number of Faculty for Proprietary Routine Maintenance and Olympic Medals, 738 Lightning?, 747
Schools, 699 Defective Parts, 700 Skiing Conditions, 730 Wind Speed of Hurricanes, 767
Student Participation in a Blood Too Much or Too Little?, 689, 736 Speed Skating Times, 705
Food and Dining
Drive, 706 Times to Complete an Obstacle
Marketing, Sales, and Consumer Smoking Bans and Profits, 759
Students’ Opinions on Lengthen- Course, 703
Behavior Government, Taxes, Politics,
ing the School Year, 699 Winning Baseball Games, 705
Book Publishing, 729 Public Policy, and Voting
Technology Proficiency Test, 705 The Sciences
Grocery Store Repricing, 734 Electoral Votes, 753
Entertainment Paper or Plastic Bags, 736 Maximum Speeds of
Unemployment Rates and
Concert Seating, 730 Printer Costs, 717 Animals, 717
Benefits, 767
Daily Lottery Numbers, Textbook Costs, 737 Natural Gas Costs, 699
Weights of Turkeys, 737 Law and Order: Criminal Justice
729, 738
Medicine, Clinical Studies, and State Governors on Capital
Motion Picture Releases and Experiments Transportation
Punishment, 744
Gross Revenue, 729 Accidents or Illnesses, 730 Fuel Efficiency of
On-Demand Movie Rentals, 730 Automobiles, 735 Medicine, Clinical Studies,
Cavities in Fourth-Grade and Experiments
Television Viewers, 699, 700 Students, 729 Glasses or Contact Lenses for
Driving, 730 Snoring, 761
Environmental Sciences, the Diet Medication and Weight, 699
Earth, and Space Drug Prices, 711, 712, 729, 738 Stopping Distances of Public Health and Nutrition
Clean Air, 698 Drug Side Effects, 692 Automobiles, 705 The White or Wheat Bread
Deaths Due to Severe Ear Infections in Swimmers, 696 Subway and Commuter Rail Debate, 751
Weather, 699 Effects of a Pill on Appetite, 699 Passengers, 728 Sports, Exercise, and Fitness
Heights of Waterfalls, 715 Hospital Infections, 714, 718 Travel and Leisure Basketball Foul Shots, 765
Record High Temperatures, 735 Hospitals and Nursing Amusement Park Admission Clay Pigeon Shooting, 765
Tall Trees, 728 Homes, 729 Price, 729 Playing Basketball, 765
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heirlooms, and these were pucka (good old Indian word!) and not
those of other people.
If he could only hold on to the end, and put in his time fairly and
squarely, he might yet see Aurea at Wynyard—though at present his
prospects were blank; all he had to his name was his weekly wages,
and these wages, figuratively, bore him into the presence of Miss
Parrett. What an old bully she was! how she brow-beat and hectored
her unfortunate sister, and what a jabbering impostor! talking
incessantly of all she did, and was going to do, but leaving
everything in the way of work to Miss Susan and her niece—whilst
she trotted round spying and scolding.
As Wynyard reclined against the bank smoking, absorbed in his
reflections—and Joss was equally engrossed in an adjacent ditch—a
far-away sound broke faintly on their ears. In a few seconds this had
resolved itself into the regular “thud, thud, thud,” of a galloping horse,
and here he came into sight—a chestnut in a lather, with streaming
reins, and exultant tail, carrying an empty side saddle.
Wynyard instantly recognised Aurea’s weedy thoroughbred, and,
flinging away his cigar, ran forward, but the animal, bound for his
stable, was not thus to be captured and detained; with a snort of
defiance, he made a violent swerve, and tore on, hotly pursued by
Joss.
 CHAPTER XXIV
ON YAMPTON HILL

It was not the horse, but the horse’s rider that was of consequence.
Where was she? What had happened? Spurred by an agony of
apprehension, Wynyard ran in the direction from which the runaway
had appeared. In five minutes’ time a speck, and then a figure came
into sight, and this presently resolved itself into Miss Morven—
apparently unhurt. She, too, had been running; her habit was
splashed, she carried her hat in her hand, her beautiful hair was
becomingly loosened, and she had a brilliant colour.
As Wynyard slowed down to a walk, she called to him—
“Have you seen my horse?”
“Yes; he must be in Ottinge by this time,” was the comforting
rejoinder.
“Why didn’t you stop him?”
“It would have wasted a lot of time, and I wanted to see what had
happened to you.—I was afraid you’d had a spill.”
This was not the ever silent and respectful chauffeur to whom Miss
Morven had been hitherto accustomed; but no less a person than
Lieutenant Wynyard, late of the Red Hussars, who, in a cheery
voice, addressed her as an equal—as no doubt he was. So be it.
She instantly decided to abandon herself to the situation. Possibly he
would now confide something about himself, and how and why he
came to be in her aunts’ service. So, after a momentary hesitation,
she replied—
“Oh no, I only got off to open a gate, and Rufus broke away. I
suppose I shall have to walk home!”
To this Wynyard secretly and joyfully agreed, but merely said—
“I see you are alone.”
“Yes; father and I rode over to Shrapton-le-Steeple; he wanted to
see Mr. Harnett, a literary friend, and Mr. Harnett had so much to
show and to say that he persuaded father to stay and dine, as there
is a moon, and I came home by the short-cut. I must be three miles
from Ottinge?” and she halted and deliberately looked about her.
“Yes,” he replied; “a good three miles.”
(Oh, a very good three miles, during which he would have Aurea’s
undivided company—what a piece of luck!)
For some little time the couple proceeded in silence—a sensitive
silence. During the interval since their last meeting, they had
accomplished a vast amount of very special thinking—many
disturbing, dominating, and dangerous thoughts had entered the
young lady’s brain, and she said to herself—
“I must keep perfectly composed, and if ever he intends to speak
freely, now—now is the time! To think of us two alone on Yampton
Hills, three miles away from home!”
Somehow those three miles held a thrilling prospect. Wynyard, for
his part, was longing to utter what was in his mind; here was his one
grand opportunity; and yet for several hundred yards a strange
silence hung between them, though the man was burning to speak
and the girl was longing to listen; meanwhile moments, precious as
life itself, were ebbing fast! At last the conversation began to trickle;
the topics were the choir, the boy scouts, old Thunder’s pig, and Mrs.
Hogben’s face-ache—a spent cartridge in the path introduced sport
and shooting.
“I wonder why men are so keen on killing things?” said Aurea.
“I believe we inherit it from our ancestors, who had to kill wild
creatures or starve. I must say I like shooting.”
“Oh, do you!”—a blank pause—“the only sport I can imagine any
pleasure in, is hunting.”
“Do you hunt?”
“No; I only wish I did; but Aunt Bella thinks it so improper for a
woman to follow the hounds, and father could not escort me.”
“But parsons do hunt.”
“They did; a vicar of Ottinge actually kept hounds. Father says he
only left a dozen dusty books in the library, but a hundred dozen of
sound wine in the cellar.”
“Yes, those were the good old days!”
“I’m not so sure that they were superior to our own times. What do
you say?”
“That I hope you will always have a good time, Miss Morven.”
Miss Morven coloured and bit her lip, but resumed—
“If I only might hunt, I would be bound to have a good time.”
“Is your horse a clever jumper?”
“No; he either blunders on his head, or sits down.”
“Doesn’t sound very promising!” and they both laughed. “Anyway, it’s
a rotten, bad country,” said Wynyard, with a contemptuous wave of
his hand; “the uplands are full of rabbit holes, and as for the lowlands
—you’d want a boat! You should see Leicestershire—big fields and
sound turf.”
“Yes; but I’m afraid I can’t hunt in Leicestershire from Ottinge,” she
answered, with a smile; “and I have some hopes of sport this winter.
Mrs. Waring, who is tremendously keen, wants me to go out with
her.”
“On a pillion?”
“No; her brother has a capital horse, not up to his weight, that would
just carry me. He is so anxious that I should try it; it jumps
beautifully.”
“And what does Miss Parrett say?”
“I think Mrs. Waring may talk her over, and Mr. Woolcock promises to
look after me.”
This information roused Wynyard’s ire, his face hardened, and his
tone was dry as he said—
“Woolcock is too heavy to hunt, except pounding along the road. He
must weigh seventeen stone!”
“Very likely; but he is going to do a cure before the season opens.”
“Why not a couple of hours with the garden roller, and save the
donkey?”
Miss Morven took no notice of this impudent suggestion—merely
flicked her habit with her hunting crop, and he continued—
“Westmere is a fine old place.”
“Yes, isn’t it? The hall and galleries are real Tudor, and the park is
lovely.”
“How would you like to live there?”
“I?” and as she turned to him her air was lofty. “What a—a—an
extraordinary question!”
“Yes,” he replied, with hasty penitence; “please forgive me, it was
more than extraordinary, it was impertinent.”
“By the way (it was, after all, the girl who broke the ice), I must ask
you to excuse me for my inquisitive question the other day in the
garden.”
“You wanted to know why I hung on at Ottinge, with little or nothing
to do?” and he paused. “I think you do know, Miss Morven, in fact,
I’m sure you know. I’d be only too glad to speak out, but my hands
and tongue are tied. I’ve given a promise I’m bound to keep, and
between you and my absolute confidence, there stands at present
an enormous obstacle.”
“Oh!”
“I ought to tell you that I’m not what I seem.”
“Of course,” with a touch of impatience, “you are a gentleman by
birth; I’ve always known that.”
“Nor am I here in my own name—only my christian name; but I’ve
never done anything to disgrace it, I give you my word of honour.” As
he came to a halt and faced her, and the setting sun shone into his
truthful eyes and touched his crisp brown locks, the glow of the
evening air seemed to give added force to his personality. “I’ve
played the fool—the silly ass—and I’ve got to pay. How I wish I might
talk to you openly, and tell you all about myself!”
“I wish you might,” repeated the girl, and her voice shook; an
emotional tension had crept into the situation—her pulses beat
wildly, and her mind was in a tumult.
“You cannot imagine what it is to be in my fix,” he continued,
speaking with low, passionate intensity; “for months and months to
love some one with all my soul, and never be able to open my lips.”
“It must be trying,” she answered, now moving on, with her eyes on
the ground.
“And when I’m free, I may be too late!” he said gloomily.
“You may,” she assented; “for how could some one guess?”
“That’s it! That is what is the awful part of the whole thing; but, look
here, Miss Morven, let me state a case. Supposing you knew a
fellow in such a hole, and felt that you cared for him, and could trust
him and stick to him, as it were, blindly for a time; supposing he were
your social equal, and had a clean record, and that you knew he
worshipped your very shadow—would”—and here he looked straight
into her face—“you wait?” To this question, impetuously delivered,
there followed a silence.
“This is a sort of problem, isn’t it?” she faltered at last, “like the Hard
Cases in Vanity Fair?”
“No, by Jove, part of it is God’s truth! but I’m only talking like an idiot.
Of course no girl that ever was born could do it.”
“I’m not so sure,” she murmured, with her eyes on the ground, her
heart beating in hurried thumps.
“Miss Morven—Aurea,” he went on, now moved out of all discretion,
and casting self-control to the winds, “you are the only girl I’ve ever
cared for in all my life. I fell in love with you the first moment I ever
saw you, when you danced with Mackenzie in the Manor drawing-
room. This meeting to-day has been the one good turn luck has
done me in three years—and I seize upon it perhaps unlawfully;
perhaps it’s not just cricket, my talking to you in this way, but it’s my
only chance, so I snatch it, for I may never see you alone again—
and all is fair in love and war.”
At this moment he caught sight of a stout figure, far below, labouring
up the winding lane; it was Miss Morven’s maid, Norris. He
recognised her bright blue gown. Oh, the precious moments were
numbered, and it was now—or never!
“What do you say?” he demanded, coming to a standstill.
“But what can I say?” she rejoined, lifting her startled eyes to his. “I
don’t know anything about you. You cannot even tell me your name.”
(Naturally she did not mention that it was already known to her.) “It’s
all rather bewildering, isn’t it?”
“Yes, it’s simply crazy,” he admitted; “here am I, your aunts’
chauffeur, receiving weekly wages, living like a working man, telling
you, with the most audacious and astounding impertinence, that I’ve
been in love with you for months. You know that I’m of your own
class, but who I am, or where I come from, I refuse to disclose. No
wonder you feel dazed.” They were now within sight of the village
and of Norris. “Look here, Miss Morven,” he continued, and his voice
was a little hoarse, “I see your maid coming, and my priceless,
precious time is running out. Let me ask you one question;
supposing I were not Owen, the chauffeur, but had fair prospects,
good friends, and say a thousand a year to start with—would you—
marry me?”
Aurea knew perfectly well that she would marry him if he had only a
few hundreds a year, no prospects, and no friends; but she took
refuge in that nice, useful, and evasive word “Perhaps.”
“Perhaps”—he stooped and kissed her gloved hand—“perhaps—will
keep me going! Even if I don’t see you, I shall live on that one little
word for the next eighteen months. I don’t suppose I shall have
another opportunity of speaking to you.”
Here he was interrupted by Norris, who suddenly appeared round a
bend in the lane, puffing like a grampus, her hat on the back of her
head, and her face crimson from exertion.
“Oh, Miss Aurea!” she screamed, as she halted and held her fat
sides, “such a cruel fright as you give me—and the three men gone
by the road looking to find your corpse! and I ran this way, after your
horse come home all loose and wild. Are you hurt?”
“No; he only broke away when I was opening a gate, and I had to
walk,” replied the young lady with wonderful composure.
Norris threw a sharp glance at the chauffeur.
“And couldn’t he have helped you? What was he about?”
“I’m afraid, like yourself, I was looking for Miss Morven,” he replied.
Norris turned from him with a sniff of disparagement, and,
addressing herself to her mistress, said—
“And where’s the Rector?”
“He is dining with Mr. Harnett.”
“Tut, tut, tut! And he will stay half the night talking books, and there
are a brace of grouse for dinner—kept to the hour—and all he will
get at Harnett’s will be green vegetables, like a goat—he’s a
sexagenarian!”
At this Aurea laughed and the chauffeur smiled; he was now walking
alongside of Miss Aurea, as much at his ease as if he were a
gentleman! Norris turned on him abruptly, and said—
“Look here, young man, you’d better be getting on—it’s your supper-
time, and Mother Hogben won’t keep it hot for you.”
“It’s very good of you to think of my supper,” he replied, with a touch
of hauteur; “but I’m not in any hurry.”
He spoke to her as her superior; his was the voice and air of the
ruling and upper class, and Norris’ dislike to the insolent young
ne’er-do-well suddenly flared into active hatred. Meanwhile, he
walked with them to the very end of the lane, and opened the side
gate for Miss Morven and herself; and as he held it, he took off his
cap to Miss Aurea and said—
“Good-night—miss.”
As mistress and maid crossed the lawn, the latter burst out—
“I can’t abide that young fellow, with his fine manners and his taking
off his cap like a lord! Miss Aurea dear, I’m thinking the Rector would
not be too well pleased to see you in the lanes a-walking out like any
village girl along of your aunts’ chauffeur.”
“Norris, how dare you speak to me in such a way!” cried Aurea
passionately. And yet, why be furious? She had been “a-walking out”
precisely like any other country girl.
“Well, well, well, dearie, don’t be angry. I’m only giving you a hint for
your good, and I know you are a real lady, as proud as proud, and as
high-minded as a queen or an angel. Still and all, I’m mighty glad
that none of our talkers happened to come across you!”
 CHAPTER XXV
LADY KESTERS AT THE DRUM

Jane Norris, who had been Aurea’s nurse, was now her maid and
housekeeper, a most efficient individual in both capacities. Jane was
a woman of fifty, with a round, fat face, a complacent double chin, a
comfortable figure, and a quantity of ginger-coloured hair—of which
she was unreasonably vain. Jane had also a pair of prominent brown
eyes (which gave the impression of watchfulness), a sharp tongue, a
very sincere affection for her child, and an insatiable appetite for
gossip. She was left in sole charge of the Rector and Rectory when
Aurea was absent, and considered herself a person of paramount
importance in the community, not only on account of her position at
the Rectory, but also for being the happy possessor of a real fur
coat, a gold watch, and, last, but by no means least, considerable
savings. Her circle was naturally contracted and select; her
intimates, the village dressmaker, Miss Poult—who had many clients
in the neighbourhood—Mrs. Frickett, of the Drum; and Mrs. Gill, the
schoolmistress. (Mrs. Hogben, who took in washing, needless to say,
was not in her set.) Miss Norris had a flair for uncloaking scandals,
and was a veritable Captain Cook in the way of making marvellous
and unsuspected discoveries. She had always been particularly
anxious to explore the chauffeur’s past and to learn what she called
the “geography” of this young man. Hitherto the young man had
defeated her efforts, and baffled her most insidious inquiries. He did
not drink or talk or give himself away; he did not carry on with girls,
or encourage them. Oh, it was an old head on young shoulders, and
there was something about him that was not fair and square—and
she was bound to know it!
Miss Norris had been occasionally disturbed by a vague
apprehension (resembling some persistent and irritating insect) that
her mistress was interested in this good-looking stranger, but she
thrust the idea angrily aside. Miss Aurea was not like those bold,
chattering minxes who were always throwing themselves in his way!
She was really ashamed of herself, and her wicked mind. Of course,
Miss Aurea would make a grand match, and marry young Woolcock
—who was just crazy about her, as all the world knew—and she
would go with her as maid to Westmere Park. But the vision of her
young lady and the chauffeur talking to her so earnestly in the hill
lane had excited her fears, and she resolved to give Miss Aurea
something to think of, and put her from speaking to the upsetting,
impudent fellow—who got more notice and made more talk in
Ottinge than the Rector himself!
Aurea, who had been accustomed to Norris ever since the days of
socks and strapped shoes, regarded her as a friend, and even
suffered her to gossip (mildly) as she dressed her hair, for she said
to herself—
“The poor thing has no one else to talk to all day long”—Simple
Aurea!—“being set in authority over the other servants, and must
have some safety-valve.”
The night after her walk with Wynyard, Aurea slept but little; she was
thinking, and wondering, and happy. As she dressed, she was
unusually abstracted, and when Norris began her coiffure, she did
not as usual read the Psalms for the day, but sat with crossed hands
in a trance of meditation, whilst her maid brushed her soft and
lustrous locks. After twice clearing her throat with energetic
significance, Norris began—
“So Mrs. Ramsay is letting the house for six months, I hear?”
“Yes,” was the languid reply.
“To a sort of county inspector; the chauffeur fellow showed him in—
he has a finger in every one’s pie.”
“I don’t know what you mean, Norris.”
“Well, anyway, he did a lot for Mrs. Ramsay,” she answered, with
significance. “He was in and out at all hours—some think he is good-
looking—and ladies like him.”
“What ladies?”
“Well, now, Miss Aurea, you know I don’t intend any harm, but the
talk is that your aunt, Miss Susan, makes too great a pet of him.
Why, half his day he’s helping her in the garden or potting plants in
the greenhouse; and she lends him books, and talks and makes a
fuss of him, just as if he were in her own station.”
Norris’ speech was so rapid, such a cataract of words, that her
young mistress had not been able to interrupt; at last she broke in—
“How wicked of people!” endeavouring to wrench her hair away.
“Poor Aunt Susan—so good, unselfish, and kind—not even spared!
Oh, it’s too abominable! I’m ashamed of you, Norrie; how can you
listen to such things?”
“Indeed, Miss Aurea, I said just what you said, and that Miss Susan
was too old; but they say there is no fool like an old one—and some
folk will gossip. And there was Mrs. Lambert, who married a boy that
was at school with her own son. You know there’s not much to talk of
here—now the Ramsays are gone. As for the young man, as I told
you to-night, I never held a good opinion of him; he’s too secret and
too off-hand to please me. He goes out of a night for exercise, so he
says, walking the country till daybreak; but that’s just a blind. Who is
he with?—tell me that?”
Aurea remembered, with a sudden stinging pang, how she and her
father had overtaken him one evening escorting Dilly Topham. Dilly
had been crying, and she was holding his hand!
“Why, I saw him myself in the theatre at Brodfield,” resumed Norris,
“and he had a young woman with him—so he had.”
“And why not?” bravely demanded Aurea, but her lips were white.
“The two were in a box, and he sat back—but I knew him—and
afterwards they walked together to the Coach and Horses Hotel, the
best in Brodfield. She was tall and slim, and wore a long coat and
black lace scarf over her head—I call it very bold in the public street.”
“One of his friends,” explained Aurea, with a stoical indifference her
heart belied; and to cut short any further disclosures, she released
herself from her handmaiden’s clutches and knelt down to say her
prayers.
By a disagreeable and curious coincidence, Miss Morven received
that same evening ample confirmation of Norris’ arraignment!
Lady Kesters had decided to pay her brother another visit, and wrote
to announce that, as she and Martin were within fifty miles, she
would fly down to see him for a few hours.
“I’ll come to Brodfield by train and motor over. Don’t
breathe a word to the Parretts. I can put up at the Drum
and meet you there. I’ve ever so much to say and hear;
your letters are miserable, and I’ve not seen you for more
than two months. Martin is off to America in October—he
has to look after some business—and I am going with him,
as I want to see the country, but I shudder to think of the
crossing. Uncle Dick is at Carlsbad. If you come over to
the churchyard about six to-morrow, I shall be there. I’ll
hire a car for the day and get back to Brodfield for the
night, and rush to Rothes next morning with the milk; if
you will make an appointment, I can meet you, and go for
a stroll and a talk.”
A smart Napier and a motor-veiled lady were not now a startling
novelty in Ottinge—it was the highway to many places; but the 40
h.p. motor and lady who put up at the Drum was a refreshing novelty
—and a novelty invested in mystery.
The Drum jutted out obtrusively; the front faced down the road
towards the Manor, and one side was parallel to the street, and
whoever entered or left was well in evidence. Lady Kesters asked for
dinner and a sitting-room, as if such were a matter of course! The
sole sitting-room was just across the passage from the bar and
overlooked the street. It was oak-panelled, very low, the walls were
decorated with cheap prints and faded photographs of cricket
groups, there was a round table, three or four chairs, and an
overpowering atmosphere of stale beer.
“Oh, let me see—I’ll have some tea and roast chicken,” announced
the traveller.
“Chicken, ma’am?” repeated Mrs. Frickett, and her tone was
dubious. “I don’t know as I can run to that. The hens is roosting now.”
“Oh, well,”—impatiently—“bacon and eggs. I’ll go and take a turn
about the village.”
With her veil drawn over her face, Lady Kesters walked out, went
slowly up to the church, and critically inspected the Parsonage.
Then, just inside the churchyard, she discovered her brother sitting
on a tombstone. As he sprang to meet her, she exclaimed—
“Are you smiling at Grief?”
“Hullo, Sis, this is most awfully good of you! How are you? Very fit?”
“Yes. Do come out of this horribly dismal rendezvous, and let us go
down one of the lanes, and talk.”
“Aren’t you tired?”
“No, only hungry. I’ve ordered a meal at the Drum. I’m tired of sitting
in a train or motor, and glad of a walk. Well, Owen, so far so good—
six months are gone—hurrah!”
“Yes, thank goodness, but it’s been a pretty stiff job.”
“An uphill business, and terribly dull! Again I repeat, would you like to
move? You could so easily better yourself.”
“No, I stop on till the car breaks up.”
Lady Kesters raised her eyebrows.
“Well, I can only hope that blest epoch will be soon! I met Miss
Susan, you know, and the crafty old thing was fishing to find out who
you are? She has her suspicions, but I gave her no assistance. The
niece was with her—Miss Aurea——” She paused expressively, then
went on, “Owen—she’s a remarkably pretty girl.”
He nodded.
“Yes, I understand your reason for remaining in Ottinge; it is beautiful
—simplicity itself.” She looked at her brother attentively. “Are you
making love to her?”
“I—her aunts’ chauffeur?”
“Nonsense! Are you in love with her?” she persisted. “Come, tell the
truth, my dear boy. Why should you not take me into your
confidence? Are you?”
“Well—I am.”
“And she?”
“Don’t I tell you that I’m only her aunts’ chauffeur, and my tongue is
tied? All the same, Sis—it’s beastly hard lines.”
“Then, Owen, you really ought to go away; you’ll soon forget her and
Ottinge. I’ll find you another opening at once.”
“No, I won’t stir yet,” he answered doggedly.
“You are wrong, and on your head be it! I wish you could come out to
America with us; but foreign countries are barred.”
“Why are you and Martin off there?” artfully changing the subject.
“Partly business—chiefly, indeed. He has not been well, and I can’t
allow him to go alone; but, anyway, I’m looking forward to the trip.
Tell me, how are you off for money?”
“All right; I fare sumptuously on a pound a week and washing extra.”
“I suppose you live on bacon? That’s to be my dinner.”
“Bacon—eggs—fowl—steak. Mrs. Hogben is a mother to me, and a
real good sort.”
“I must say I think you look rather thin, Owen.”
“I’m glad of it; I’m as fit as a fiddle, and made sixty runs last week for
Ottinge. They little dream that I was in the Eton Eleven! Hullo! here
are some people coming. I say—what a bore!”
No less than two couples now approached arm in arm; as they
passed, they stared hard, and even halted to look back.
“What will they think, Owen?” and she laughed gaily.
“I don’t care a blow what they think!” he answered recklessly; “but all
the same you’d better return to the Drum alone.”
“Well, mind you come in this evening—I start at nine; you can
pretend my chauffeur is your pal—pretend anything!”
“Oh, I’m good enough at pretending; it’s now my second nature!
Joking apart, you ought to be going back to the inn, and getting
something to eat.”
 CHAPTER XXVI
THE OBSTACLE

At seven o’clock Wynyard went boldly to the Drum and inquired for
the lady who was stopping there.
Mrs. Frickett stared at him with a stony expression in her dull grey
eyes. She had heard of his airs and his impudence from Norris.
“Will she see you?” she asked, and her tone was aggressively
insolent.
“Oh yes,” was the ready answer; “it’s business.”
“Oh, if it’s business——” and she gave an incredulous sniff and,
flinging open the parlour door, ushered him into the presence of his
sister.
Lady Kesters had removed her cap and motor coat, and was seated
at the table in a careless attitude, leaning her head on her hand and
smoking a cigarette. The door was exactly opposite to the taproom,
and the assembled crowd enjoyed a rare and unexpected spectacle.
A woman smoking—ay, and looking as if she were well used to it
and enjoying herself—a lady, too—there was a string of pearls round
her throat, and the hand that supported her dark head was ablaze
with diamonds. Ottinge had heard and read that females were taking
to tobacco, and here was the actual demonstration before their
gloating eyes. A fine, handsome young madam, too, with a car in the
yard—ay, and a friend to visit her! They craned over to catch a
glimpse of the figure ushered in by Mrs. Frickett. The man’s back
and shoulders had a familiar look. Why, if it wasn’t Owen, Miss
Parrett’s chauffeur! The immediate result of this astounding
discovery was a deadly and expressive silence.
Since Wynyard had parted with his sister he had made up his mind
to tell her all about Aurea. He longed to share his secret with some
one, and who could be better than Leila? She would give him her
sympathy and—what was more—a helping hand; if any one could
unravel a hopeless tangle, it was she. After a little commonplace
talk, in a few abrupt sentences he commenced to state his case.
“Ah!” she exclaimed as he paused, and she dabbed the end of her
cigarette on the old oak table, “so it’s all coming out now! You show
your good sense, Owen, in confiding in me—two heads are better
than one. I’ve seen the young lady; she is distractingly pretty—and I
think I approve.”
“Think!” The words were a text upon which her brother delivered to
his astounded listener an address of such emotional eloquence, that
she sat and stared in bewildered silence.
As he spoke, he strode about the room, carried away by his adorable
subject—Aurea’s beauty, her cleverness, her unselfishness, her
simple and single-hearted disposition, her good influence in Ottinge,
her delicious voice, and her entrancing smile. Oh, it was a wonderful
relief to share with another the raptures so long bottled up in his own
breast!
In the middle of his discourse, the door, which was flung open to
admit “two lemonades,”—Owen had warned his sister against the
deadly Drum coffee,—revealed to a profoundly interested tap, young
Owen, the shover, “a-walkin’ and a-talkin’ and a-carryin’ on like old
Billy, and in such a takin’ as never was seen.”
“She’s his sweetheart, ’tis sure!” suggested one sightseer.
“Nay, more likely his missus,” argued another; “she was a-laughin’ at
him!”
As the door closed Leila threw her cigarette into the grate with a
quick, decided gesture, and, leaning both elbows on the table, said,
as she looked up at her brother—
“It’s an extraordinary entanglement, my dear boy. You are in love—
for the first and only time in your life. Of course I can believe as
much of that as I like!”
“You can!” His voice was sharp and combative.
“In love with an angel. I may tell you that she really is a fellow-
creature! You think she likes you, but for one solid year and a half
you may not impart to her who you are, or where you come from, or
even your name—I mean your surname. You are at liberty to inform
her that you are ‘Owen St. John Willoughby FitzGibbon’—a nice long
string!—but must never breathe the magic word ‘Wynyard.’”
“No, you know I can’t,” he answered irritably.
“You are her aunts’ servant now, though you will be, if you live, Sir
Owen Wynyard of Wynyard; but you may not give her the faintest
hint, as you must stick to your bargain with Uncle Dick and he to his
with you. Now, let me consider,” and she held up a finger: “if you
speak, and reveal your identity, and become engaged, you lose a
fortune.”
“Yes,” he agreed, a trifle dryly.
“If you don’t speak, you run a great chance of losing the young lady!
Mr. Woolcock is on the spot, and as willing as Barkis. Westmere is
close by—an ever-enticing temptation—and he has the goodwill of
the girl’s relations.”
“Yes, that’s a true bill; it’s wonderful how you grasp things.”
“What grounds have you for supposing the girl would wait for
eighteen months in absolute ignorance of who you were? Have you
ever spoken to her, as her equal?”
“Yes, once,” and he described their walk two days previously. “I
stated a similar case; I made the most of my time, and asked her
what she would do under such circumstances.”
“My dear Owen,”—and she looked at him with an expression of
wonder in her eyes—“I am simply staggered at your presumption!”
“Yes, so was I; but, you see, it was my only chance, and I snatched
it.”
“And what did she answer. That it was evident you were an
uncertified lunatic!”
“No; she said ‘Perhaps.’”
“‘Je m’en vais, chercher un grand peut-être,’ as some one said on
his death-bed.”
“Don’t talk French—or of death-beds, Sis.”
“No, I won’t. I see that your divinity is a clever, modern young
woman, who refuses to commit herself. Look here, Owen, I won’t
tease you any more; this situation is such that it even baffles the
activity of my clever and contriving mind! I’m afraid I can do nothing
at present; but when we return from America, I shall make a point of
cultivating General and Mrs. Morven, on account of the girl. I’ll
cultivate the girl for your sake, and ask her to stay in Mount Street.
Possibly she may open her heart to me, and tell me everything! I
have a wonderful knack of extracting similar confidences even from
my housemaids! I shall listen sympathetically, advise sagaciously,
and urge her to stick to you!”
“Yes, I know that once you take a thing in hand, Sis, it goes like an
express train; but you will be away for six months—six months is a
long time.”
“Time!”—springing to her feet—“and talking of time, I must be off.
Ring the bell, my dear boy, and order the car at once.”

Miss Morven had been dining at the Manor. She had endured a long,
leaden evening playing draughts with her Aunt Bella; she played so
carelessly that Bella had repeatedly huffed her, and eventually won
with six kings to the good! After their niece’s departure, the sisters
were for once unanimous in their opinion: they had never seen
Aurea looking so well, as that night.
“What a rose-blush complexion, what clear, glowing eyes!” said
Susan, with enthusiasm.
“Yes,” agreed Miss Parrett, who was putting away the draught-board,
“she’s got my skin, and her mother’s eyes. I’ve often been asked if I
were painted!” she announced, with serene complacency.