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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, Lord!" she sighed again, patiently.
air-shaft
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
ash-cans
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
back
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bags
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
barred
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
basement
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
black
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
bottles
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
cats
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
cleaned
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cloth
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Company
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From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
descendednounUS /ˈdescended/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
dirty
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "It’ll have to do," she said, "until to-morrow."
door
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
Doran
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From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
down
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
dripping
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feet
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
filthy
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From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
flat
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
flickered
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
flood
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
gas
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
George
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got
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From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
H
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From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
hand
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "It’ll have to do," she said, "until to-morrow."
heavy
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
It'll
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From this reading "It’ll have to do," she said, "until to-morrow."
jerk
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
jet
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
just
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Kennedy
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kitchen
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knees
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From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
light
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
Lord
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From this reading "Oh, Lord!" she sighed again, patiently.
lugubrious
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
Mrs
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New
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From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, Lord!" she sighed again, patiently.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
out
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overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
pail
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
patiently
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From this reading "Oh, Lord!" she sighed again, patiently.
prowled
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
pushed
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
rooms
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
said
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From this reading "It’ll have to do," she said, "until to-morrow."
sent
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
set
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
sigh
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From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
sighed
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From this reading "Oh, Lord!" she sighed again, patiently.
staggered
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
stairs
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From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
Then
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
there
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
three
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
tiny
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It’ll have to do," she said, "until to-morrow."
to-morrow
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From this reading "It’ll have to do," she said, "until to-morrow."
tradesmen
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading "It’ll have to do," she said, "until to-morrow."
up
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From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
water
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From this reading A tiny jet of gas flickered in the passage to light her as she staggered along to the kitchen, there to set down the heavy pail with a jerk that sent a flood of dirty water over her feet.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
whistling
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
windows
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From this reading Then, pail in hand, she descended to the basement and pushed open with her foot the door of her flat--three black little rooms with barred windows on a lugubrious air-shaft, where great ash-cans stood and cats prowled and tradesmen went whistling by with bags and bottles.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
wrung
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From this reading _George H. Doran Company_ _New York_ Mrs. Kennedy got up from her knees, wrung out the filthy and dripping cloth in her hands, and looked back with a sigh over the stairs she had just cleaned.
York
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