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Allan Quatermain

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

Chapter 23 of Allan Quatermain is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard • Curated US English Learning Edition

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HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR We looked at one another.

“Thou seest,” I said, “they have taken away the door.

Is there aught with which we may fill the place?

Speak quickly for they will be on us ere the daylight.”

I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

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Archivist

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter XXIII Reading 1/36

Allan Quatermain

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

Chapter 23 of Allan Quatermain is here in full — 182 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR We looked at one another.

Line 2

“Thou seest,” I said, “they have taken away the door.

Line 3

Is there aught with which we may fill the place?

Line 4

Speak quickly for they will be on us ere the daylight.”

Line 5

I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

All words in this reading · 59

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another

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From this reading HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR We looked at one another.

as

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

at

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From this reading HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR We looked at one another.

aught

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From this reading Is there aught with which we may fill the place?

away

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From this reading “Thou seest,” I said, “they have taken away the door.

be

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From this reading Speak quickly for they will be on us ere the daylight.”

because

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

being

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

by

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

curtains

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

daylight

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door

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From this reading “Thou seest,” I said, “they have taken away the door.

doors

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

ere

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From this reading Speak quickly for they will be on us ere the daylight.”

fill

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From this reading Is there aught with which we may fill the place?

for

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From this reading Speak quickly for they will be on us ere the daylight.”

from

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

have

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From this reading “Thou seest,” I said, “they have taken away the door.

HELD

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From this reading HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR We looked at one another.

hold

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

HOW

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From this reading HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR We looked at one another.

I

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From this reading “Thou seest,” I said, “they have taken away the door.

in

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

inner

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

Is

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From this reading Is there aught with which we may fill the place?

knew

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

looked

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From this reading HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR We looked at one another.

may

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From this reading Is there aught with which we may fill the place?

must

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

no

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

none

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

on

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From this reading Speak quickly for they will be on us ere the daylight.”

one

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From this reading HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR We looked at one another.

or

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

palace

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

place

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From this reading Is there aught with which we may fill the place?

quickly

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From this reading Speak quickly for they will be on us ere the daylight.”

rooms

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

said

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From this reading “Thou seest,” I said, “they have taken away the door.

seest

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From this reading “Thou seest,” I said, “they have taken away the door.

separated

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

Speak

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From this reading Speak quickly for they will be on us ere the daylight.”

spoke

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

STAIR

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From this reading HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR We looked at one another.

taken

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From this reading “Thou seest,” I said, “they have taken away the door.

that

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

THE

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From this reading HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR We looked at one another.

there

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From this reading Is there aught with which we may fill the place?

they

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From this reading “Thou seest,” I said, “they have taken away the door.

this

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

Thou

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From this reading “Thou seest,” I said, “they have taken away the door.

thus

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

UMSLOPOGAAS

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From this reading HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR We looked at one another.

us

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We

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From this reading HOW UMSLOPOGAAS HELD THE STAIR We looked at one another.

were

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From this reading I spoke thus, because I knew that we must hold this place or none, as there were no inner doors in the palace, the rooms being separated one from another by curtains.

which

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From this reading Is there aught with which we may fill the place?

will

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From this reading Speak quickly for they will be on us ere the daylight.”

with

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From this reading Is there aught with which we may fill the place?

Chapter 23 of Allan Quatermain by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard holds 182 sentences, grouped into 37 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, 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.

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Chapter 23 holds 182 sentences of Allan Quatermain, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

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