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Chapter XXXI
HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION. For a second Mona's courage fails her, and then it returns with threefold force. In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows. "Put down your pistol, sir," she says, hastily. "Would you fire on a woman?"
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used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “For a second Mona's courage fails her, and then it returns with threefold force.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"Would you fire on a woman?"”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.
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From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
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From this reading For a second Mona's courage fails her, and then it returns with threefold force.
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From this reading In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.
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From this reading "Put down your pistol, sir," she says, hastily.
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From this reading For a second Mona's courage fails her, and then it returns with threefold force.
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From this reading "Would you fire on a woman?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a second Mona's courage fails her, and then it returns with threefold force.
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From this reading For a second Mona's courage fails her, and then it returns with threefold force.
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From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
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From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
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From this reading "Put down your pistol, sir," she says, hastily.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
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From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
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From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For a second Mona's courage fails her, and then it returns with threefold force.
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From this reading In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.
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From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
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From this reading In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.
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From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
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From this reading For a second Mona's courage fails her, and then it returns with threefold force.
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From this reading In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
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From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
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From this reading "Put down your pistol, sir," she says, hastily.
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From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
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From this reading "Put down your pistol, sir," she says, hastily.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
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From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
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From this reading For a second Mona's courage fails her, and then it returns with threefold force.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Put down your pistol, sir," she says, hastily.
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From this reading For a second Mona's courage fails her, and then it returns with threefold force.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.
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From this reading "Put down your pistol, sir," she says, hastily.
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From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.
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From this reading For a second Mona's courage fails her, and then it returns with threefold force.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.
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From this reading For a second Mona's courage fails her, and then it returns with threefold force.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading In truth, she is nearer death at this moment than she herself quite knows.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
in the company of; together with
From this reading HOW MONA STANDS HER GROUND--HOW PAUL RODNEY BECOMES HER PRISONER--AND HOW GEOFFREY ON HIS RETURN HOME MEETS WITH A WARM RECEPTION.
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From this reading "Would you fire on a woman?"
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Would you fire on a woman?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Would you fire on a woman?"
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Put down your pistol, sir," she says, hastily.
