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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 A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
all
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From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
anxiety
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From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
anxious
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
banish
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
breaking
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
capricious
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
carried
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
commotion
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From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
conscious
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
contemplation
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From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
dark
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From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
death
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From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
deepest
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
delight
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
deny
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
digression
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
disturbed
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
doubt
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
drawing-room
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
early
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From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
expectation
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From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
exquisite
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
fairy
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
family
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
flicker
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From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
gleaming
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From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
got
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From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
grave
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From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
grievousadjectiveUS /ˈɡriːvəs/
very serious and causing great pain or suffering
From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
heart
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From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
history
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
hope
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From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
indescribableadjectiveUS /ˌɪndɪˈskraɪbəbəl/
too intense to describe too intense or unusual to describe clearly
From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
inquiries
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From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
institute
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From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
keep
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From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
kept
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From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
Lady
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
light
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From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
momentary
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
Mr
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From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
necessity
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From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
now
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
off
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
out
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
played
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
private
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From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
quiet
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
round
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
sister
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From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
startled
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
Susan
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
sweetness
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
then
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
thoughts
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From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
thrill
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
thrills
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
touching
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From this reading In and out, and round about that grievous doubt which had suddenly disturbed the quiet history of his family, this capricious fairy played, touching all his anxious thoughts with thrills of sweetness.
uncertain
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From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
up
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From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
very
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
Vincent
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From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
weight
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From this reading A flicker of private hope and expectation kept gleaming with uncertain light over the dark weight of anxiety in his heart.
Western's
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From this reading He could not help, in the very deepest of his thoughts about Susan, breaking off now and then into a momentary digression, which suddenly carried him into Lady Western's drawing-room, and startled his heart with a thrill of conscious delight, secret and exquisite, which he could neither banish nor deny.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Next morning Mr. Vincent got up early, with an indescribable commotion in all his thoughts.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He was to institute inquiries which might be life or death to his sister, but yet could not keep his mind to the contemplation of that grave necessity.
