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Baby Mine

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Baby Mine is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Margaret Mayo • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

“Where ARE you?” she asked of her spouse.

“The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

“Oh, Jimmy!” cried his disturbed wife, “it can't be!

That's horrible!”

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Archivist

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter XV Reading 1/23

Baby Mine

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of Baby Mine is here in full — 116 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

Line 2

“Where ARE you?” she asked of her spouse.

Line 3

“The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

Line 4

“Oh, Jimmy!” cried his disturbed wife, “it can't be!

Line 5

That's horrible!”

All words in this reading · 47

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.

abated

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

Aggie's

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

anxiety

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

apparently

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From this reading “The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

ARE

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From this reading “Where ARE you?” she asked of her spouse.

asked

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From this reading “Where ARE you?” she asked of her spouse.

be

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From this reading “Oh, Jimmy!” cried his disturbed wife, “it can't be!

but

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

can't

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From this reading “Oh, Jimmy!” cried his disturbed wife, “it can't be!

Children's

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From this reading “The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

cried

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From this reading “Oh, Jimmy!” cried his disturbed wife, “it can't be!

Discovering

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

disturbed

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From this reading “Oh, Jimmy!” cried his disturbed wife, “it can't be!

explanations

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From this reading “The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

followed

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From this reading “The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

from

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From this reading “The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

further

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From this reading “The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

her

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From this reading “Where ARE you?” she asked of her spouse.

his

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From this reading “Oh, Jimmy!” cried his disturbed wife, “it can't be!

Home

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From this reading “The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

horrible

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From this reading That's horrible!”

increasing

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

it

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

Jimmy

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

merely

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

not

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From this reading “The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

of

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From this reading “Where ARE you?” she asked of her spouse.

Oh

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From this reading “Oh, Jimmy!” cried his disturbed wife, “it can't be!

on

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

repeated

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From this reading “The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

satisfactory

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From this reading “The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

she

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From this reading “Where ARE you?” she asked of her spouse.

spouse

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From this reading “Where ARE you?” she asked of her spouse.

that

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

That's

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From this reading That's horrible!”

the

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

then

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

uneasiness

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

visibly

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

was

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

were

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

Where

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From this reading “Where ARE you?” she asked of her spouse.

which

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From this reading “The Children's Home!” she repeated, then followed further explanations from Jimmy which were apparently not satisfactory.

wife

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From this reading “Oh, Jimmy!” cried his disturbed wife, “it can't be!

wire

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

you

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From this reading “Where ARE you?” she asked of her spouse.

Zoie's

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From this reading Discovering that it was merely Jimmy “on the wire,” Zoie's uneasiness abated, but Aggie's anxiety was visibly increasing.

Chapter 15 of Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo holds 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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 15 of Baby Mine contain?

Chapter 15 holds 116 sentences of Baby Mine, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 15 of Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 116 sentences, grouped into 24 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.

How do I study chapter 15 of Baby Mine?

Work through the 24 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 24 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 15 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.

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Vocabulary met early in Baby Mine

Words and structures a reader meets early in Baby Mine, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

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