Chapter XI

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

extremely frightening or unpleasant

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading The very sound of the instrument fretted her.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading The very sound of the instrument fretted her.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

not any; not one

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

above and across; more than

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading SEPARATED.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

brief or direct in expression

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading The very sound of the instrument fretted her.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

happened later, usually as a result of earlier events

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

up to a particular time

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading Times there had been when she had tried over some of those songs she had loved to sing to Charlie Pierrepont--the same that she had been rehearsing on the evening of his arrival (how much had happened since then!)--but she fairly broke down and made the attempt no more.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading The very sound of the instrument fretted her.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

at the time that

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

an old word meaning “to where”

From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

in the company of; together with

From this reading She was no longer _espiègle_, as of old; the piano remained unopened now, and no entreaties on the part of her father could lure her into playing 'Die Wacht am Rhein,' the war-song of Arndt, or any of those stirring and patriotic airs with which all Germany was resounding now.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.

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From this reading For a time the preparations for her marriage had gone on openly--though Ernestine, in her tenderness of heart and reluctance to wound one she loved so well, made no reference to this in her short letter--so openly that there were times when she contemplated flight; but whither could she fly? and then she shrunk from the dreadful _esclandre_ of such a proceeding; so settlements were made and deeds signed, and from time to time she found beautiful ornaments and jewels, the gifts of the Baron, on her toilette tables; but she never wore them, and the morocco cases remained unopened; till at last a serious illness, or sickness of the heart, in fact, supervened, and the espousals were delayed, and the Count cursed the hour that his thoughtless son had brought his troublesome English comrade to Frankenburg.