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Chapter XVII
THE DARKENING HORIZON. "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers. Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table: "I saw the photograph in your despatch-box, and it attracted me. Then I saw those papers."
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the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading “"Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Then I saw those papers."”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “"Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.”
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From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
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From this reading "I saw the photograph in your despatch-box, and it attracted me.
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From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
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From this reading THE DARKENING HORIZON.
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From this reading "I saw the photograph in your despatch-box, and it attracted me.
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From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
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From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
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From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
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From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
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From this reading THE DARKENING HORIZON.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I saw the photograph in your despatch-box, and it attracted me.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "I saw the photograph in your despatch-box, and it attracted me.
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From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "I saw the photograph in your despatch-box, and it attracted me.
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From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
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From this reading Then I saw those papers."
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From this reading "I saw the photograph in your despatch-box, and it attracted me.
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From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
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From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
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From this reading "I saw the photograph in your despatch-box, and it attracted me.
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From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
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From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
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From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DARKENING HORIZON.
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From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Then I saw those papers."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
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From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
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From this reading "Well, nurse, I hardly expected that," he said, reprovingly, his serious eyes fixed upon hers.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
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From this reading Jean turned scarlet, and then admitted, as she stood with her back to the writing table:
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I saw the photograph in your despatch-box, and it attracted me.
