A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
"I--I didn't know," she said stupidly. "No." "You--you mean you--knew him?----" "Oh ... oh yes." Amory said again that she hadn't known.... "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “"Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Amory said again that she hadn't known....”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"I--I didn't know," she said stupidly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “"Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?”
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on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Amory said again that she hadn't known....
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From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
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From this reading Amory said again that she hadn't known....
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
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From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
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From this reading "I--I didn't know," she said stupidly.
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From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
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From this reading Amory said again that she hadn't known....
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You--you mean you--knew him?----" "Oh ... oh yes."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I--I didn't know," she said stupidly.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
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From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
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From this reading "You--you mean you--knew him?----" "Oh ... oh yes."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I--I didn't know," she said stupidly.
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From this reading Amory said again that she hadn't known....
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From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
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From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
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From this reading "You--you mean you--knew him?----" "Oh ... oh yes."
not any; not one
From this reading "No."
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From this reading "I--I didn't know," she said stupidly.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I--I didn't know," she said stupidly.
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From this reading "I--I didn't know," she said stupidly.
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From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Amory said again that she hadn't known....
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From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
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From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
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From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "Then why," Dorothy would have liked to cry aloud, "_have_ you come, if it isn't to make matters worse by talking about it?
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From this reading "You--you mean you--knew him?----" "Oh ... oh yes."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You--you mean you--knew him?----" "Oh ... oh yes."
