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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 The most charming and ravishing girl he had ever set eyes on rising among the black shadows of a crime!
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The most charming and ravishing girl he had ever set eyes on rising among the black shadows of a crime!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The most charming and ravishing girl he had ever set eyes on rising among the black shadows of a crime!
appearing
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From this reading The most radiant image appearing from behind the ignoble mask of a thief and murderer!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
assassins
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
attack
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
Bakersfield
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
bank-notes
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The most radiant image appearing from behind the ignoble mask of a thief and murderer!
black
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From this reading The most charming and ravishing girl he had ever set eyes on rising among the black shadows of a crime!
blood-stained
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
blouse
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
charming
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From this reading The most charming and ravishing girl he had ever set eyes on rising among the black shadows of a crime!
compared
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
crime
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From this reading The most charming and ravishing girl he had ever set eyes on rising among the black shadows of a crime!
dashed
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
death
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The most charming and ravishing girl he had ever set eyes on rising among the black shadows of a crime!
eyes
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
face
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
fairly
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The most radiant image appearing from behind the ignoble mask of a thief and murderer!
girl
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From this reading The girl with the green eyes!
green
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From this reading The girl with the green eyes!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The most charming and ravishing girl he had ever set eyes on rising among the black shadows of a crime!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
horrible
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
ignoble
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From this reading The most radiant image appearing from behind the ignoble mask of a thief and murderer!
image
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From this reading The most radiant image appearing from behind the ignoble mask of a thief and murderer!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
incredible
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
instinct
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
INVESTIGATIONS
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
jade
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
lightly
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
loss
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
man's
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
mask
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From this reading The most radiant image appearing from behind the ignoble mask of a thief and murderer!
masked
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
minute
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
Miss
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
most
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From this reading The most charming and ravishing girl he had ever set eyes on rising among the black shadows of a crime!
murder
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
murderer
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From this reading The most radiant image appearing from behind the ignoble mask of a thief and murderer!
murdering
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
now
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
panic-stricken
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
passengers
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
probable
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
radiantadjectiveUS /ˈreɪdiənt/
shining brightly
From this reading The most radiant image appearing from behind the ignoble mask of a thief and murderer!
Ralph's
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
ravishing
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From this reading The most charming and ravishing girl he had ever set eyes on rising among the black shadows of a crime!
rising
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From this reading The most charming and ravishing girl he had ever set eyes on rising among the black shadows of a crime!
robbing
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
ruffians
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
savage
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
saw
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
set
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From this reading The most charming and ravishing girl he had ever set eyes on rising among the black shadows of a crime!
shadows
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From this reading The most charming and ravishing girl he had ever set eyes on rising among the black shadows of a crime!
spirit
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
thief
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From this reading The most radiant image appearing from behind the ignoble mask of a thief and murderer!
three
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
thrust
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
two
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
very
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From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
vision
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From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
weighednounUS /ˈweighed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The girl with the eyes of jade, towards whom his man’s instinct had fairly thrust him the very minute he saw her, whom he now found in a blood-stained blouse with panic-stricken face, robbing and murdering along with two horrible assassins!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading INVESTIGATIONS The death of Miss Bakersfield, the savage attack of the three masked ruffians, the probable murder of the two passengers, the loss of his bank-notes, weighed but lightly on Ralph’s spirit compared with the incredible vision which had dashed itself as it were against his eyes.
