A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VIII
"Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house. "I know them. They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name. Oh! I know what the so-called aristocracy we like, never fear.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “"Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I know them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I know what the so-called aristocracy we like, never fear.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “"Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
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From this reading I know what the so-called aristocracy we like, never fear.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
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From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
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From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
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From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
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From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
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From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
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From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
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From this reading I know what the so-called aristocracy we like, never fear.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
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From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
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From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
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From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
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From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
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From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I know them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I know them.
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From this reading I know what the so-called aristocracy we like, never fear.
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From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know what the so-called aristocracy we like, never fear.
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From this reading Oh!
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From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
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From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
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From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
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From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
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From this reading I know what the so-called aristocracy we like, never fear.
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From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "I know them.
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From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I know what the so-called aristocracy we like, never fear.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I know what the so-called aristocracy we like, never fear.
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From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading They'd come here, crush and guzzle, eat my dinners, drink my wine, and go away without even remembering my name.
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From this reading "Yes," snapped the old man, glancing around the darkened room, for the morning sun was full upon the house.
