The Duke Decides
The Duke Decides by Headon Hill is available here as the complete text, split into 544 reading sections of 5 sentences, each with audio and tap-to-define vocabulary.
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The Duke Decides
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- Chapter I _The Man with the Mandate_
- Chapter II _On Board the_ St. Paul
- Chapter III _A Task-master in Goggles_
- Chapter IV _The Lady in the Landau_
- Chapter V _Ziegler Begins to Move_
- Chapter VI _The General is Curious_
- Chapter VII _The Men on the Stairs_
- Chapter VIII _The Cut Panel_
- Chapter IX _The Strategy of the General_
- Chapter X _A Duty Call_
- Chapter XI _On the Terrace_
- Chapter XII _The Man Under the Seat_
- Chapter XIII _At the Keeper’s Cottage_
- Chapter XIV _Too Many Women_
- Chapter XV _A New Cure for Headache_
- Chapter XVI _A Delicate Mission_
- Chapter XVII _Where is the Duke?_
- Chapter XVIII _The Senator and the Securities_
- Chapter XIX _In the Crypt_
- Chapter XX _In the Muniment Room_
- Chapter XXI _The Honor of the House_
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