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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
abate
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
abject
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
absolutely
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
Admiral
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
allow
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
almost
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
appeal
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
awful
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From this reading “The strain was awful.”
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading “It’s only because of yesterday,” she moaned.
bed
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
couch
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
day
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
distraction
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
divan
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
Eirene
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
entreatverb, literaryUS /ɪnˈtriːt/
to ask somebody earnestly to do something
From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
Essiter
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
fearing
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
fever
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
fleet
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
forbade
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
frightened
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
gratify
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
groaning
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
headache
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
intensifying
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
It's
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From this reading “It’s only because of yesterday,” she moaned.
laid
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
leave
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
Magniloquent's
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
mattress
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
moaned
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From this reading “It’s only because of yesterday,” she moaned.
nervous
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
only
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From this reading “It’s only because of yesterday,” she moaned.
oppressor
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
pain
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
prey
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
righteous
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
see
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “It’s only because of yesterday,” she moaned.
slightest
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
son
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
sound
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
stone
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
strain
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From this reading “The strain was awful.”
surgeon
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
unable
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
uneasy
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
visit
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
voice
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From this reading The day after the visit to the fleet found Eirene a prey to nervous headache, and absolutely unable to leave her bed, the slightest sound, even the voice of her little son, intensifying the pain almost to the point of distraction.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
Why
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From this reading “Why?
wished
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
wrath
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
yacht
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
yesterday
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From this reading “It’s only because of yesterday,” she moaned.
Zoe
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From this reading Zoe was frightened, fearing fever, and wished to entreat Admiral Essiter to abate his righteous wrath and allow the _Magniloquent’s_ surgeon to come and see her; but Eirene, groaning on her uneasy couch--a mattress from the yacht laid upon a stone divan--forbade her to gratify the oppressor by so abject an appeal.
