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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 They had driven home together in a profound silence, the elder man as deep in thought as the younger one.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
absolutely
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
affection
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From this reading And yet, he himself was not untorn by that which shook the man for whom his affection had grown year by year.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
all
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They had driven home together in a profound silence, the elder man as deep in thought as the younger one.
aside
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
bare
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
beast
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
breast
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And yet, he himself was not untorn by that which shook the man for whom his affection had grown year by year.
calmness
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From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
coverings
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
deep
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From this reading They had driven home together in a profound silence, the elder man as deep in thought as the younger one.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
driven
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From this reading They had driven home together in a profound silence, the elder man as deep in thought as the younger one.
Dunstan
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
earlier
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From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
elder
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From this reading They had driven home together in a profound silence, the elder man as deep in thought as the younger one.
evening
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From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
folded
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And yet, he himself was not untorn by that which shook the man for whom his affection had grown year by year.
Godwyn
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From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
grown
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From this reading And yet, he himself was not untorn by that which shook the man for whom his affection had grown year by year.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
harshly
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
home
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From this reading They had driven home together in a profound silence, the elder man as deep in thought as the younger one.
hunger
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From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
impelled
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
knowing
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From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
laid
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
laurel
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From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
laying
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From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
man
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
Mount
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
nature
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
only
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
pain
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From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
Penzance
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From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
pride
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
profound
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From this reading They had driven home together in a profound silence, the elder man as deep in thought as the younger one.
put
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
reached
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From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
Red
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From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
shook
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From this reading And yet, he himself was not untorn by that which shook the man for whom his affection had grown year by year.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading They had driven home together in a profound silence, the elder man as deep in thought as the younger one.
sixty
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From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
speak
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
speech
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
story
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From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
tear
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From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
tearing
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
There
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had driven home together in a profound silence, the elder man as deep in thought as the younger one.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had driven home together in a profound silence, the elder man as deep in thought as the younger one.
TIDAL
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
times
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
together
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From this reading They had driven home together in a profound silence, the elder man as deep in thought as the younger one.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
untorn
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From this reading And yet, he himself was not untorn by that which shook the man for whom his affection had grown year by year.
walk
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From this reading The man was, of course, Penzance, and the laying bare was done the evening after the story of Red Godwyn had been told in the laurel walk.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
WAVE
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From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And yet, he himself was not untorn by that which shook the man for whom his affection had grown year by year.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And yet, he himself was not untorn by that which shook the man for whom his affection had grown year by year.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading THE TIDAL WAVE There was only one man to speak to, and it being the nature of the beast--so he harshly put it to himself--to be absolutely impelled to speech at such times, Mount Dunstan laid bare his breast to him, tearing aside all the coverings pride would have folded about him.
year
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From this reading And yet, he himself was not untorn by that which shook the man for whom his affection had grown year by year.
years
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From this reading Penzance was thinking that there was a calmness in having reached sixty and in knowing that the pain and hunger of earlier years would not tear one again.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet, he himself was not untorn by that which shook the man for whom his affection had grown year by year.
younger
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From this reading They had driven home together in a profound silence, the elder man as deep in thought as the younger one.
