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[Par. 86, 87.

the foot. As soon as the thorn was extracted, the lion
showed his joy by evident signs, and at first lay down
by the side of his benefactor, as though to protect him;
but presently he departed. Next morning, however,
before tile sun had risen, back comes the lion to the cave
with a deer in his jaws, which he sets down at the feet
of Androcles; and, for several days, while Androcles
was hiding in the cave, lie was protected from all danger
andl supplied with ample food by the grateful lion.
But one day, just when the slave was congratulating himself that lie had escaped his pursuers for ever, a party of
soldiers, passing through the forest, catch2 sight of him
resting in the cave in the absence of the lion. At once
they arrest him, and carry him back to the city whence
he had escaped.3
86 Singular Nouns with Plural Verbs.
Some Nouns, though Singular, are sometimes treated as
Plural, because they are Plural in meaninq, e.g. "party"
in " A party of friends are coming to dine with me to-day."
Here, although "is coming" would not be absolutely
wrong, yet "are coming " sounds more natural,. because
" party " means a number of persons coming from distinct
quarters, and regarded as distinct. See Pars. 334-9.
87 Shall, Will.
Note that in the Indefinite Future, shall is used in the
First Person, and will in the Second and Third Persons:Ist Person I shall We shall.
2nd Person Thou wilt You will.
3rd Person Iie will They will.
1 Repeat "was."
2 Note ' catch " not " catches." See next Paragraph.
s Continued in Par. 102.