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Anne's House of Dreams

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery • Curated US English Learning Edition

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AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

They had often planned to go, but something always occurred to prevent them.

Captain Jim had “dropped in” several times at the little house.

“I don’t stand on ceremony, Mistress Blythe,” he told Anne.

“It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

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Anne's House of Dreams

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Anne's House of Dreams is here in full — 253 sentences across 51 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/50 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

Line 2

They had often planned to go, but something always occurred to prevent them.

Line 3

Captain Jim had “dropped in” several times at the little house.

Line 4

“I don’t stand on ceremony, Mistress Blythe,” he told Anne.

Line 5

“It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

All words in this reading · 70

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a

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

able

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

always

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From this reading They had often planned to go, but something always occurred to prevent them.

AN

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

and

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

Anne

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

AT

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

because

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

Blythe

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From this reading “I don’t stand on ceremony, Mistress Blythe,” he told Anne.

but

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From this reading They had often planned to go, but something always occurred to prevent them.

Captain

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From this reading Captain Jim had “dropped in” several times at the little house.

ceremony

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come

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

deny

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

don't

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From this reading “I don’t stand on ceremony, Mistress Blythe,” he told Anne.

down

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dropped

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From this reading Captain Jim had “dropped in” several times at the little house.

EVENING

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

FOUR

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

Gilbert

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

go

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From this reading They had often planned to go, but something always occurred to prevent them.

going

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

got

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had

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From this reading They had often planned to go, but something always occurred to prevent them.

haven't

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

he

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From this reading “I don’t stand on ceremony, Mistress Blythe,” he told Anne.

here

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

house

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From this reading Captain Jim had “dropped in” several times at the little house.

I

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From this reading “I don’t stand on ceremony, Mistress Blythe,” he told Anne.

I'm

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

in

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From this reading Captain Jim had “dropped in” several times at the little house.

It

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

It's

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

jest

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

Jim

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From this reading Captain Jim had “dropped in” several times at the little house.

late

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

light

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

little

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From this reading Captain Jim had “dropped in” several times at the little house.

me

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

Mistress

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From this reading “I don’t stand on ceremony, Mistress Blythe,” he told Anne.

myself

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

not

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

occurred

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From this reading They had often planned to go, but something always occurred to prevent them.

often

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From this reading They had often planned to go, but something always occurred to prevent them.

on

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From this reading “I don’t stand on ceremony, Mistress Blythe,” he told Anne.

pay

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

planned

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From this reading They had often planned to go, but something always occurred to prevent them.

pleasure

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

POINT

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

prevent

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From this reading They had often planned to go, but something always occurred to prevent them.

promised

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

real

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

see

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

September

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

several

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From this reading Captain Jim had “dropped in” several times at the little house.

something

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From this reading They had often planned to go, but something always occurred to prevent them.

stand

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From this reading “I don’t stand on ceremony, Mistress Blythe,” he told Anne.

the

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From this reading Captain Jim had “dropped in” several times at the little house.

their

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

them

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From this reading They had often planned to go, but something always occurred to prevent them.

They

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From this reading They had often planned to go, but something always occurred to prevent them.

times

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From this reading Captain Jim had “dropped in” several times at the little house.

to

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

told

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From this reading “I don’t stand on ceremony, Mistress Blythe,” he told Anne.

visit

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

was

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

were

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

when

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

WINDS

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From this reading AN EVENING AT FOUR WINDS POINT It was late September when Anne and Gilbert were able to pay Four Winds light their promised visit.

you

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From this reading “It’s a real pleasure to me to come here, and I’m not going to deny myself jest because you haven’t got down to see me.

Chapter 9 of Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery holds 253 sentences, grouped into 51 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.

What does chapter 9 of Anne's House of Dreams contain?

Chapter 9 holds 253 sentences of Anne's House of Dreams, unabridged, divided into 51 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 9 of Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 253 sentences, grouped into 51 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.

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