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Chapter XXXIX
MARIE BELMONT SERVAL, January 20, 18--. Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene? Such, though, is the case. And yet my despair was frightful! To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
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From this reading “Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?”
not friendly or close
From this reading “To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “Such, though, is the case.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?”
but in spite of that
From this reading “And yet my despair was frightful!”
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From this reading MARIE BELMONT SERVAL, January 20, 18--.
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From this reading MARIE BELMONT SERVAL, January 20, 18--.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading MARIE BELMONT SERVAL, January 20, 18--.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading Such, though, is the case.
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading And yet my despair was frightful!
not friendly or close
From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading And yet my despair was frightful!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Such, though, is the case.
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From this reading MARIE BELMONT SERVAL, January 20, 18--.
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading MARIE BELMONT SERVAL, January 20, 18--.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
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From this reading MARIE BELMONT SERVAL, January 20, 18--.
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
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From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
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From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such, though, is the case.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Such, though, is the case.
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
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From this reading To-day, though the remembrance of that time gives me sore pain, a distant hope, new sensations mitigate that soreness.
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From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And yet my despair was frightful!
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
which person or people
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Who would have said six months ago that I would ever take up this journal again, or, rather, that I would ever recover from the apathy of heart and mind into which I had been thrown by my rupture with Madame de Fersen, by the death of Irene?
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet my despair was frightful!
