The Escape

2. A place where people live and what Roger pretended he was interested in buying.
4. Describes Roger’s body shape and strength.
6. Ruth’s calculated behaviour to secure a husband.
7. The narrator’s view that all women have this weakness to changing affections.
10. To influence Ruth into being the one to break it off.
13. How Roger appeared to Ruth by being pleasant and kind even though he had had enough of her.
14. The dark future Roger envisioned if he couldn't escape.
16. The "tight spot" or dilemma Roger faced.
17. Ruth’s irritable and complaining temperament during the search.
19. A sacred promise that Roger made to himself when he decided not to marry Ruth.
23. An action performed to show a feeling or intention. Roger showed through his kindness that he pretended to like Ruth.
25. Roger’s relentless dedication to finding the "wrong" house.
26. Roger’s ironically polite behaviour throughout the ordeal.
27. To desert a lover; what Roger was too "gentlemanly" to do directly.
28. Roger’s ultimate goal: to free himself from the engagement.
29. Ruth’s gloomy and resentful mood toward the end.

1. Practical wisdom that Roger displayed in getting out of his engagement to Ruth.
2. Ruth’s eventual rebellion against the house-hunting process.
3. Roger’s act of being "too" helpful which frustrated Ruth.
5. What one man tried to do when the prospect of marriage loomed./To run away from danger.
8. What Roger did when he kept his own __________ and didn’t let anyone know his true plans.
9. The risk Roger in trying to avoid marrying Ruth.
11. The stamina Roger showed in looking at hundreds of houses.
12. The serious, grave tone of Roger’s intention to avoid marriage to Ruth at all costs.
15. The quality of "pity" Ruth evoked and annoyed the narrator.
18. The miserable outlook of a life tied to Ruth.
20. The kindness Roger showed toward Ruth's "disappointments."
21. The airless atmosphere of a room or place.
22. To twist or force, like Ruth was able to do with most men by getting them to pity her.
24. The sense that marriage was an inescapable fate.