Chapter 12 of A woman's trust is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of A woman's trust is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
COLONEL GREYSON’S VISIT. That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat. He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously. “Good-morning, sir,” Hamilton said. “Good-morning,” was the gruff rejoinder.
Chapter 12 of A woman's trust is here in full — 158 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
brusque and surly and forbidding
From this reading ““Good-morning,” was the gruff rejoinder.”
Irish mathematician (1806-1865)
From this reading “That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.”
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
From this reading “He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.”
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
From this reading ““Good-morning,” was the gruff rejoinder.”
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
From this reading “That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.”
with suspicion
From this reading “He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.”
not expected or anticipated
From this reading “That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.”
someone who visits
From this reading “That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
In this reading “That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.”
In this reading “He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.”
without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening
In this reading “That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
From this reading COLONEL GREYSON’S VISIT.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
discovered or determined by scientific observation
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.
plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
From this reading He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.
a movable barrier in a fence or wall
From this reading He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Good-morning, sir,” Hamilton said.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading COLONEL GREYSON’S VISIT.
brusque and surly and forbidding
From this reading “Good-morning,” was the gruff rejoinder.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
Irish mathematician (1806-1865)
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
From this reading He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
inflected form of “meet” — come together
From this reading He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.
a form of address for a man
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
on one occasion
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
past form of “regard” — deem to be
From this reading He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.
a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
From this reading “Good-morning,” was the gruff rejoinder.
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “Good-morning, sir,” Hamilton said.
term of address for a man
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
with suspicion
From this reading He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
not expected or anticipated
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
precisely as stated
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
go to see a place, as for entertainment
From this reading COLONEL GREYSON’S VISIT.
someone who visits
From this reading That very day Mr. Hamilton had an unexpected visitor, and he knew at once that the friends of Sir Harold had discovered his retreat.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He met the intruder at the garden gate, and Colonel Greyson (for it was he) regarded him suspiciously.
Chapter 12 of A woman's trust by Bertha M. Clay holds 158 sentences, grouped into 32 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 12 holds 158 sentences of A woman's trust, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of A woman's trust by Bertha M. Clay exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 158 sentences, grouped into 32 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 32 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 32 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 12 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading A woman's trust by Bertha M. Clay on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 4078 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #74270 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #74270, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 339 minutes of reading across 816 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through A woman's trust section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 29 chapters of A woman's trust to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in A woman's trust, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
