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Chapter XL
“For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.” Lucille opened her eyes. She had been leaning back amongst the railway cushions. “I think not,” she said. “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
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surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading “She had been leaning back amongst the railway cushions.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “She had been leaning back amongst the railway cushions.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ““For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.””
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading ““Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I think not,” she said.”
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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 “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
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From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading She had been leaning back amongst the railway cushions.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
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From this reading She had been leaning back amongst the railway cushions.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been leaning back amongst the railway cushions.
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From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
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From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
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From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
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From this reading She had been leaning back amongst the railway cushions.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
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From this reading Lucille opened her eyes.
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From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
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From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
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From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
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From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been leaning back amongst the railway cushions.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lucille opened her eyes.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I think not,” she said.
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From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
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From this reading She had been leaning back amongst the railway cushions.
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From this reading Lucille opened her eyes.
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From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I think not,” she said.
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From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
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From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
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From this reading Lucille opened her eyes.
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From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
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From this reading She had been leaning back amongst the railway cushions.
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From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been leaning back amongst the railway cushions.
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From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had been leaning back amongst the railway cushions.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I think not,” she said.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
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From this reading “Only I blame myself that I ever trusted the Prince even so far as to give him that message.
in the company of; together with
From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “For once,” Lady Carey said, with a faint smile, “your ‘admirable Crichton’ has failed you.”
