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Chapter XVII
THE SELLER OF THE SECRET “WHY, Miss Bristowe!” I cried. “Perhaps you don’t recollect me?” She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor! But have you forgiven me for taking you on that fool’s errand?”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I cried.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “But have you forgiven me for taking you on that fool’s errand?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Perhaps you don’t recollect me?””
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “THE SELLER OF THE SECRET “WHY, Miss Bristowe!””
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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 She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading THE SELLER OF THE SECRET “WHY, Miss Bristowe!”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But have you forgiven me for taking you on that fool’s errand?”
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From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I cried.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading “Perhaps you don’t recollect me?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading But have you forgiven me for taking you on that fool’s errand?”
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From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading But have you forgiven me for taking you on that fool’s errand?”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading But have you forgiven me for taking you on that fool’s errand?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But have you forgiven me for taking you on that fool’s errand?”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cried.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Perhaps you don’t recollect me?”
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From this reading THE SELLER OF THE SECRET “WHY, Miss Bristowe!”
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From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SELLER OF THE SECRET “WHY, Miss Bristowe!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But have you forgiven me for taking you on that fool’s errand?”
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From this reading “Perhaps you don’t recollect me?”
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From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading “Perhaps you don’t recollect me?”
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From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading THE SELLER OF THE SECRET “WHY, Miss Bristowe!”
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From this reading THE SELLER OF THE SECRET “WHY, Miss Bristowe!”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading But have you forgiven me for taking you on that fool’s errand?”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But have you forgiven me for taking you on that fool’s errand?”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SELLER OF THE SECRET “WHY, Miss Bristowe!”
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From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
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From this reading THE SELLER OF THE SECRET “WHY, Miss Bristowe!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading She started quickly, and drew back for a moment, her countenance blanching; then looking into my face, she said, with a timid laugh: “Why, of course, doctor!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Perhaps you don’t recollect me?”
