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Chapter XVII
When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror. Then, all unluckiness! Flying, she had dropped her mantle. Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces! Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
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later than; following
From this reading “Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.”
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.”
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading “Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.”
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading “When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.”
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading “Flying, she had dropped her mantle.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.”
extremely frightened
From this reading “Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.”
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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 When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
later than; following
From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
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From this reading Then, all unluckiness!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
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From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
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From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
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From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
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From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
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From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
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From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
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From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
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From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
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From this reading Flying, she had dropped her mantle.
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From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
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From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
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From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
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From this reading Flying, she had dropped her mantle.
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From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
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From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
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From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading Flying, she had dropped her mantle.
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From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
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From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
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From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
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From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
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From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
extremely frightened
From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
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From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Brother Anselm coming after her, out of the cell, down the stone passage.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
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From this reading Then, all unluckiness!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
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From this reading Then, all unluckiness!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
at the time that
From this reading When upon his knees he had come most close to her, when she felt his hands, his brow, his breathing against her sandalled feet, she had given back in a kind of terror.
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From this reading Brother Norbert, Brother Anselm and their terrified white faces!
