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Chapter XXVIII
"I fain would follow love, if that could be." --Tennyson. Letitia in her widowed garments looks particularly handsome. All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face. Molly looks taller, slenderer than usual in her mourning robes.
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “"I fain would follow love, if that could be."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Letitia in her widowed garments looks particularly handsome.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"I fain would follow love, if that could be."”
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From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "I fain would follow love, if that could be."
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "I fain would follow love, if that could be."
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From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
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From this reading "I fain would follow love, if that could be."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
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From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
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From this reading "I fain would follow love, if that could be."
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From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
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From this reading Letitia in her widowed garments looks particularly handsome.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Letitia in her widowed garments looks particularly handsome.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Letitia in her widowed garments looks particularly handsome.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I fain would follow love, if that could be."
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "I fain would follow love, if that could be."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Letitia in her widowed garments looks particularly handsome.
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From this reading Letitia in her widowed garments looks particularly handsome.
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From this reading Letitia in her widowed garments looks particularly handsome.
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From this reading "I fain would follow love, if that could be."
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From this reading Molly looks taller, slenderer than usual in her mourning robes.
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From this reading Molly looks taller, slenderer than usual in her mourning robes.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
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From this reading Letitia in her widowed garments looks particularly handsome.
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From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
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From this reading Molly looks taller, slenderer than usual in her mourning robes.
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From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
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From this reading Molly looks taller, slenderer than usual in her mourning robes.
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From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
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From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
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From this reading Molly looks taller, slenderer than usual in her mourning robes.
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From this reading --Tennyson.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Molly looks taller, slenderer than usual in her mourning robes.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I fain would follow love, if that could be."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
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From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
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From this reading Molly looks taller, slenderer than usual in her mourning robes.
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From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
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From this reading Letitia in her widowed garments looks particularly handsome.
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From this reading All the "trappings and the signs" of woe suit well her tall, full figure, her fair and placid face.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I fain would follow love, if that could be."
