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At the Foot of the Rainbow

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of At the Foot of the Rainbow is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Gene Stratton-Porter • Curated US English Learning Edition

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WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face.

In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder.

In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

How childish!

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At the Foot of the Rainbow Gene Stratton-Porter

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Chapter IX

Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of At the Foot of the Rainbow is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom. His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face. In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder. In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing. How childish!

At the Foot of the Rainbow

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of At the Foot of the Rainbow is here in full — 298 sentences across 60 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

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His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face.

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In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder.

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In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

Line 5

How childish!

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a

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across

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and

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anger

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

as

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

at

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

back

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before

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

Bottom

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

brain

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CAME

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

childish

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From this reading How childish!

compassion

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

CONFESSION

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

conflicting

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From this reading His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face.

cowardly

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

Dannie

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

desire

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From this reading In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder.

do

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From this reading In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder.

driven

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

encompassed

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

excuse

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

face

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From this reading His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face.

for

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had

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

he

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

heart

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From this reading His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face.

him

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

His

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homeward

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

How

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From this reading How childish!

in

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instant

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From this reading In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder.

JIMMY

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

kills

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

knowledge

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From this reading In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder.

known

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

lie

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

MALONE

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

murder

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From this reading In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder.

never

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

next

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

of

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From this reading His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face.

offered

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

one

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From this reading In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder.

pained

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From this reading His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face.

passions

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From this reading His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face.

possessed

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

profound

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

rage

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

Rainbow

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

remberence

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

saying

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

scorn

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

sense

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

struck

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From this reading In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder.

such

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

surge

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

swelling

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From this reading His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face.

than

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From this reading His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face.

that

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From this reading In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder.

the

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From this reading In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder.

then

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

thing

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

TO

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

trudged

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

tumult

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From this reading His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face.

turn

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From this reading In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder.

WHEN

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From this reading WHEN JIMMY MALONE CAME TO CONFESSION Dannie never before had known such anger as possessed him when he trudged homeward across Rainbow Bottom.

which

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From this reading In the next, a sense of profound scorn for the cowardly lie which had driven him to the rage that kills encompassed him, and then in a surge came compassion for Jimmy, at the remberence of the excuse he had offered for saying that thing.

whirled

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From this reading His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face.

with

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From this reading In one instant the knowledge that Jimmy had struck him, possessed him with a desire to turn back and do murder.

worse

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From this reading His brain whirled in a tumult of conflicting passions, and his heart pained worse than his swelling face.

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Chapter 9 of At the Foot of the Rainbow by Gene Stratton-Porter holds 298 sentences, grouped into 60 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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