Chapter I

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading OF CERTAIN PEOPLE.

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From this reading CHAPTER ONE.

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading TO ROBERT HILLIARD.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading OF CERTAIN PEOPLE.

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading TO ROBERT HILLIARD.

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading "Beautiful, gloriously beautiful in her strange, weird dark beauty" "Bye little sweetheart" "I do forgive--forgive and understand" "Can't you find in that dead thing you call a heart just one shred of pity?"

which person or people

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

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From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "A Fool there was and he made his prayer-- (Even as you and I.) To a rag and a bone and a hank of hair-- ( We called her the woman who did not care) But the fool he called her his lady fair-- (Even as you and I.)"