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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 Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
alive
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
aloof
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From this reading The strong, coarse face had taken on that aloof dignity, even splendour of expression, that death can confer.
Aloysius
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
Big
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From this reading They stood looking down on the Big Doctor in silence.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
burden
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The strong, coarse face had taken on that aloof dignity, even splendour of expression, that death can confer.
carried
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From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
chairs
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
coarse
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collaterals
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
confer
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considered
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
death
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desolate
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
dignity
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dining-room
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They stood looking down on the Big Doctor in silence.
door
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From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
down
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Dr
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Evans
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From this reading Old Evans opened the hall door, and silently led the two young men through the hall, and opening the dining-room door, left them there.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The strong, coarse face had taken on that aloof dignity, even splendour of expression, that death can confer.
expression
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From this reading The strong, coarse face had taken on that aloof dignity, even splendour of expression, that death can confer.
face
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From this reading The strong, coarse face had taken on that aloof dignity, even splendour of expression, that death can confer.
Francis
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
hall
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From this reading Old Evans opened the hall door, and silently led the two young men through the hall, and opening the dining-room door, left them there.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
high
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
intrusion
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
Kitchen
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
lay
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
led
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From this reading Old Evans opened the hall door, and silently led the two young men through the hall, and opening the dining-room door, left them there.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old Evans opened the hall door, and silently led the two young men through the hall, and opening the dining-room door, left them there.
libertynounUS /ˈlɪb.ər.ti/
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
looking
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From this reading They stood looking down on the Big Doctor in silence.
Lowrys
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
lying
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From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
Mangan
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
Mangan's
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men
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From this reading Old Evans opened the hall door, and silently led the two young men through the hall, and opening the dining-room door, left them there.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
now
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
Old
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From this reading Old Evans opened the hall door, and silently led the two young men through the hall, and opening the dining-room door, left them there.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
opened
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From this reading Old Evans opened the hall door, and silently led the two young men through the hall, and opening the dining-room door, left them there.
opening
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orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
portraits
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
presence
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river-bank
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say
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
sheeted
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading They stood looking down on the Big Doctor in silence.
silently
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From this reading Old Evans opened the hall door, and silently led the two young men through the hall, and opening the dining-room door, left them there.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
splendournounUS /ˈsplendər/
magnificent and impressive appearance
From this reading The strong, coarse face had taken on that aloof dignity, even splendour of expression, that death can confer.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They stood looking down on the Big Doctor in silence.
strong
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supported
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
surely
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
surrounded
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
taken
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Talbots
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The strong, coarse face had taken on that aloof dignity, even splendour of expression, that death can confer.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Old Evans opened the hall door, and silently led the two young men through the hall, and opening the dining-room door, left them there.
there
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TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They stood looking down on the Big Doctor in silence.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Old Evans opened the hall door, and silently led the two young men through the hall, and opening the dining-room door, left them there.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
two
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up
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From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Dr. Mangan's body was still lying on the door on which it had been carried up from the river-bank.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
windows
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From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Kitchen chairs now supported it where it lay, with its burden, between the high windows, in the desolate, sheeted dining-room, surrounded by portraits of Talbots, and Lowrys, and their collaterals, who would surely have considered the presence of Francis Aloysius Mangan, dead or alive, as something of an intrusion, not to say a liberty.
young
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From this reading Old Evans opened the hall door, and silently led the two young men through the hall, and opening the dining-room door, left them there.
