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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 Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
account
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
accurate
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
bounded
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From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
chapter
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From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
cigars
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From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
common
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From this reading "I had a settled conviction that something out of the common would have occurred.
commonplace
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From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
concerning
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
confess
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From this reading "I suppose I must confess to defeat then," she said, when I had exhausted my powers of narration.
contract
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From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
conviction
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From this reading "I had a settled conviction that something out of the common would have occurred.
cooking
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
defeat
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From this reading "I suppose I must confess to defeat then," she said, when I had exhausted my powers of narration.
described
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From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
description
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
dinner
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
elaborate
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
endeavoured
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
entertainment
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
evening
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From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
excellent
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From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
exhausted
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From this reading "I suppose I must confess to defeat then," she said, when I had exhausted my powers of narration.
fairly
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
furnished
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
gave
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
Glenbarth
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From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I had a settled conviction that something out of the common would have occurred.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
hope
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
interrogate
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
ladies
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From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
made
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From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
marvellous
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
menu
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
merely
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From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
much
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "I suppose I must confess to defeat then," she said, when I had exhausted my powers of narration.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
narration
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From this reading "I suppose I must confess to defeat then," she said, when I had exhausted my powers of narration.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
occurred
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From this reading "I had a settled conviction that something out of the common would have occurred.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
other
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From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
out
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From this reading "I had a settled conviction that something out of the common would have occurred.
parted
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From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I suppose I must confess to defeat then," she said, when I had exhausted my powers of narration.
previous
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From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
rather
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
reason
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
said
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From this reading "I suppose I must confess to defeat then," she said, when I had exhausted my powers of narration.
say
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From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
seem
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From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
seen
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From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
settled
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From this reading "I had a settled conviction that something out of the common would have occurred.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I suppose I must confess to defeat then," she said, when I had exhausted my powers of narration.
simply
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From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
smoked
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From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
some
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From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "I had a settled conviction that something out of the common would have occurred.
spoke
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "I suppose I must confess to defeat then," she said, when I had exhausted my powers of narration.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I had a settled conviction that something out of the common would have occurred.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
then
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From this reading "I suppose I must confess to defeat then," she said, when I had exhausted my powers of narration.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
wife
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From this reading For this reason, when my wife endeavoured to interrogate me concerning our entertainment, I furnished her with an elaborate description of the dinner itself; spoke of the marvellous cooking, and I hope gave her a fairly accurate account of the _menu_, or rather so much of it as I could remember.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Before Glenbarth and I parted on the terrible evening described in the previous chapter, we had made a contract with each other to say nothing about what we had seen to the ladies.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I had a settled conviction that something out of the common would have occurred.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You seem simply to have had a good dinner, to have smoked some excellent cigars, and the rest to have been bounded merely by the commonplace.
