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The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper

Chapter XIII

CHAPTER XIII.

Chapter 13, section 1: A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades. The King said-- “Remove these rags.”--meaning his clothing. Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked
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A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades.
The King said-- “Remove these rags.”--meaning his clothing.
Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”
The little King observed his perplexity, and dissipated it with a word.
He said, sleepily-- “Thou wilt sleep athwart the door, and guard it.”
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The Prince and the Pauper

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades.
Line 2
The King said-- “Remove these rags.”--meaning his clothing.
Line 3
Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”
Line 4
The little King observed his perplexity, and dissipated it with a word.
Line 5
He said, sleepily-- “Thou wilt sleep athwart the door, and guard it.”

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

heavy adjective US /ˈhevi/

of comparatively great physical weight or density

From this reading “A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades.”

Collocations
A heavyA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
heavy drowsinessA source-grounded phrase from this reading.
All words in this reading · 64

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AdeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The little King observed his perplexity, and dissipated it with a word.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

athwartnounUS /ˈathwart/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading He said, sleepily-- “Thou wilt sleep athwart the door, and guard it.”

bed

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

boy

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

clothing

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From this reading The King said-- “Remove these rags.”--meaning his clothing.

comradesnounUS /ˈkɑːmrædz/

people who share difficult work or danger, especially soldiers

From this reading A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades.

disapparelled

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

dissent

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

dissipated

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From this reading The little King observed his perplexity, and dissipated it with a word.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

door

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From this reading He said, sleepily-- “Thou wilt sleep athwart the door, and guard it.”

drowsiness

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From this reading A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades.

fell

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From this reading A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades.

glanced

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

guard

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From this reading He said, sleepily-- “Thou wilt sleep athwart the door, and guard it.”

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

HepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

heavyadjectiveUS /ˈhevi/

of comparatively great physical weight or density

From this reading A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades.

Hendon

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading The King said-- “Remove these rags.”--meaning his clothing.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The little King observed his perplexity, and dissipated it with a word.

King

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From this reading The King said-- “Remove these rags.”--meaning his clothing.

littlenounUS /little/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The little King observed his perplexity, and dissipated it with a word.

marry

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

meaning

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From this reading The King said-- “Remove these rags.”--meaning his clothing.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

observed

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From this reading The little King observed his perplexity, and dissipated it with a word.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

perplexity

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From this reading The little King observed his perplexity, and dissipated it with a word.

presently

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From this reading A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades.

rags

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From this reading The King said-- “Remove these rags.”--meaning his clothing.

remark

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

Remove

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From this reading The King said-- “Remove these rags.”--meaning his clothing.

room

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

ruefully

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

said

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From this reading The King said-- “Remove these rags.”--meaning his clothing.

saying

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

sleep

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From this reading He said, sleepily-- “Thou wilt sleep athwart the door, and guard it.”

sleepily

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From this reading He said, sleepily-- “Thou wilt sleep athwart the door, and guard it.”

taken

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades.

then

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading The King said-- “Remove these rags.”--meaning his clothing.

ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading He said, sleepily-- “Thou wilt sleep athwart the door, and guard it.”

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

tucked

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

two

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From this reading A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades.

up

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From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

wiltmodal verbUS /wɪlt/

an old form of “will”, used with “thou”

From this reading He said, sleepily-- “Thou wilt sleep athwart the door, and guard it.”

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The little King observed his perplexity, and dissipated it with a word.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, “He hath taken my bed again, as before--marry, what shall _I_ do?”

word

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From this reading The little King observed his perplexity, and dissipated it with a word.

Chapter Quiz

What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of Chapter 13?

Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?

According to the text: "CHAPTER XIII....", what tone does the author establish?

Shadowing Practice

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