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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 In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
all
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From this reading It was all extraordinary to him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading He had had no time for reading and no books to read, and therefore knew little of fiction.
bursting
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
business
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was entirely ignorant of all romance but such as the New York papers provided.
chosen
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
client
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
connected
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
crammed
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
degree
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
detail
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was entirely ignorant of all romance but such as the New York papers provided.
explaining
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
extended
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
extraordinary
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
feel
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
fiction
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From this reading He had had no time for reading and no books to read, and therefore knew little of fiction.
following
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had had no time for reading and no books to read, and therefore knew little of fiction.
given
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
head
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was all extraordinary to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
hotel
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
ignorantnounUS /ˈignorant/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was entirely ignorant of all romance but such as the New York papers provided.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
incongruity
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
interview
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
knew
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From this reading He had had no time for reading and no books to read, and therefore knew little of fiction.
knowledge
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
largely
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
legal
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
listened
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had had no time for reading and no books to read, and therefore knew little of fiction.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
Mr
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
New
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From this reading He was entirely ignorant of all romance but such as the New York papers provided.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He had had no time for reading and no books to read, and therefore knew little of fiction.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
old-fashioned
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
own
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
Palford
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
Palford's
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
papers
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From this reading He was entirely ignorant of all romance but such as the New York papers provided.
place
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
private
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
proportionate
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
provided
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From this reading He was entirely ignorant of all romance but such as the New York papers provided.
questions
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
read
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From this reading He had had no time for reading and no books to read, and therefore knew little of fiction.
reading
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From this reading He had had no time for reading and no books to read, and therefore knew little of fiction.
respectable
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
romance
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From this reading He was entirely ignorant of all romance but such as the New York papers provided.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
sat
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
sense
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
sitting-room
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
situation
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
solicitor
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading He was entirely ignorant of all romance but such as the New York papers provided.
table
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From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
Tembarom's
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From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading He had had no time for reading and no books to read, and therefore knew little of fiction.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was all extraordinary to him.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He sat at a table in Palford's private sitting-room at the respectable, old-fashioned hotel the solicitor had chosen--sat and listened, and answered questions and asked them, until his head began to feel as though it were crammed to bursting with extraordinary detail.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the course of the interview given to the explaining of business and legal detail which took place between Mr. Palford and his client the following morning, Tembarom's knowledge of his situation extended itself largely, and at the same time added in a proportionate degree to his sense of his own incongruity as connected with it.
York
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From this reading He was entirely ignorant of all romance but such as the New York papers provided.
