While Tom was eatingeathis suppersupper, and stealingstealsugar as opportunity offered , Aunt Polly asked him questionsquestionthat were full of guile , and very deep -- for she wanted to trap him into damaging revealments .
Book First I Strether 's first questionquestion, when he reachedreachthe hotel , was about his friend ; yet on his learninglearnthat Waymarsh was apparently not to arrive till evening he was not wholly disconcerted .