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Chapter XXIV
SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square. A soft haze, the harbinger of the coming spring, filled the air. The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white. In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall. Everywhere else the house was dark.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall.”
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading “The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A soft haze, the harbinger of the coming spring, filled the air.
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From this reading A soft haze, the harbinger of the coming spring, filled the air.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall.
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From this reading The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white.
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From this reading In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall.
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From this reading SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.
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From this reading The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white.
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From this reading A soft haze, the harbinger of the coming spring, filled the air.
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From this reading Everywhere else the house was dark.
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white.
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From this reading In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall.
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From this reading Everywhere else the house was dark.
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From this reading Everywhere else the house was dark.
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From this reading A soft haze, the harbinger of the coming spring, filled the air.
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From this reading The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white.
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From this reading In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall.
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From this reading The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white.
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From this reading A soft haze, the harbinger of the coming spring, filled the air.
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From this reading A soft haze, the harbinger of the coming spring, filled the air.
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From this reading In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall.
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From this reading Everywhere else the house was dark.
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From this reading The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall.
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From this reading SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.
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From this reading In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall.
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From this reading The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white.
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From this reading In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall.
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From this reading In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall.
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From this reading The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white.
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From this reading SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.
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From this reading SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.
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From this reading In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall.
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From this reading In the Horn mansion a dim light burned in Richard's room and another in the lower hall.
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From this reading SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.
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From this reading The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white.
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From this reading SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.
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From this reading A soft haze, the harbinger of the coming spring, filled the air.
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From this reading A soft haze, the harbinger of the coming spring, filled the air.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.
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From this reading The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white.
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From this reading SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everywhere else the house was dark.
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From this reading The cold moon, hanging low, bleached the deserted steps of the silent houses to a ghostly white.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SMOULDERING COALS The night wind sighed through the old sycamores of Kennedy Square.
