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Q SSWH4: Byzantine,..
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"They attacked him in various ways--with barefaced questions,
ingenious suppositions, and distant surmises; but he eluded the skill
of them all, and they were at last obliged to accept the second-hand
intelligence of their neighbour, Lady Lucas."
What does the term surmises mean as it is used in this sentence?
O assumptions
o delays
O doubts
facts