Exception.—If these questions are repeated emphatically, they take the falling inflection, according to Rule VII.
EXAMPLES.
Has he arrived'?
Will he return'?
Does the law condemn him'?
REMARK.—When a word or sentence is repeated as a kind of interrogatory exclamation, the rising inflection is used according to the principles of this rule.
EXAMPLES.
You ask, who would venture' in such a cause! Who would venture'? Rather say, who would not' venture all things for such an object!
He is called the friend' of virtue. The friend'! ay! the enthusiastic lover' the devoted protector' rather.
So, also, when one receives unexpected information he exclaims, Ah'! indeed'!
REMARK.—In the above examples the words "venture," "friend," "ah," etc., may be considered as interrogatory exclamations, because if the sense were carried out it would be in the form of question; as, "Do you ask who would venture'?" "Do you say that he is the friend' of virtue?" "Is it possible'?" and thus they would receive the rising inflection according to this rule.