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Baby Mine

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

Chapter 23 of Baby Mine is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Margaret Mayo • Curated US English Learning Edition

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What seemed to be a streak of pink through the room was in reality Zoie bolting for the bed.

While Zoie hastened to snuggle comfortably under the covers, Aggie tried without avail to get Jimmy started on his errand.

Getting no response from Aggie, Alfred, bearing one infant in his arms, came in search of her.

Apparently he was having difficulty with the unfastening of baby's collar.

“Aggie,” he called sharply, “how on earth do you get this fool pin out?”

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter XXIII Reading 1/19

Baby Mine

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

Chapter 23 of Baby Mine is here in full — 97 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/19 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

What seemed to be a streak of pink through the room was in reality Zoie bolting for the bed.

Line 2

While Zoie hastened to snuggle comfortably under the covers, Aggie tried without avail to get Jimmy started on his errand.

Line 3

Getting no response from Aggie, Alfred, bearing one infant in his arms, came in search of her.

Line 4

Apparently he was having difficulty with the unfastening of baby's collar.

Line 5

“Aggie,” he called sharply, “how on earth do you get this fool pin out?”

All words in this reading · 64

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a

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Aggie

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From this reading While Zoie hastened to snuggle comfortably under the covers, Aggie tried without avail to get Jimmy started on his errand.

Alfred

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From this reading Getting no response from Aggie, Alfred, bearing one infant in his arms, came in search of her.

Apparently

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arms

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From this reading Getting no response from Aggie, Alfred, bearing one infant in his arms, came in search of her.

avail

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baby's

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be

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bearing

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bed

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bolting

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called

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came

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From this reading Getting no response from Aggie, Alfred, bearing one infant in his arms, came in search of her.

collar

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From this reading Apparently he was having difficulty with the unfastening of baby's collar.

comfortably

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covers

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difficulty

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From this reading Apparently he was having difficulty with the unfastening of baby's collar.

do

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earth

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errand

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fool

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for

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from

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get

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Getting

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From this reading Getting no response from Aggie, Alfred, bearing one infant in his arms, came in search of her.

hastened

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From this reading While Zoie hastened to snuggle comfortably under the covers, Aggie tried without avail to get Jimmy started on his errand.

having

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he

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her

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From this reading Getting no response from Aggie, Alfred, bearing one infant in his arms, came in search of her.

his

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how

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From this reading “Aggie,” he called sharply, “how on earth do you get this fool pin out?”

in

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From this reading What seemed to be a streak of pink through the room was in reality Zoie bolting for the bed.

infant

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From this reading Getting no response from Aggie, Alfred, bearing one infant in his arms, came in search of her.

Jimmy

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From this reading While Zoie hastened to snuggle comfortably under the covers, Aggie tried without avail to get Jimmy started on his errand.

no

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From this reading Getting no response from Aggie, Alfred, bearing one infant in his arms, came in search of her.

of

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From this reading What seemed to be a streak of pink through the room was in reality Zoie bolting for the bed.

on

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From this reading While Zoie hastened to snuggle comfortably under the covers, Aggie tried without avail to get Jimmy started on his errand.

one

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From this reading Getting no response from Aggie, Alfred, bearing one infant in his arms, came in search of her.

out

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pin

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pink

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reality

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response

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From this reading Getting no response from Aggie, Alfred, bearing one infant in his arms, came in search of her.

room

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search

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From this reading Getting no response from Aggie, Alfred, bearing one infant in his arms, came in search of her.

seemed

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From this reading What seemed to be a streak of pink through the room was in reality Zoie bolting for the bed.

sharply

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snuggle

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started

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streak

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From this reading What seemed to be a streak of pink through the room was in reality Zoie bolting for the bed.

the

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From this reading What seemed to be a streak of pink through the room was in reality Zoie bolting for the bed.

this

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through

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to

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tried

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From this reading While Zoie hastened to snuggle comfortably under the covers, Aggie tried without avail to get Jimmy started on his errand.

under

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From this reading While Zoie hastened to snuggle comfortably under the covers, Aggie tried without avail to get Jimmy started on his errand.

unfastening

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From this reading Apparently he was having difficulty with the unfastening of baby's collar.

was

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What

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While

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From this reading While Zoie hastened to snuggle comfortably under the covers, Aggie tried without avail to get Jimmy started on his errand.

with

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From this reading Apparently he was having difficulty with the unfastening of baby's collar.

without

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From this reading While Zoie hastened to snuggle comfortably under the covers, Aggie tried without avail to get Jimmy started on his errand.

you

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Zoie

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From this reading What seemed to be a streak of pink through the room was in reality Zoie bolting for the bed.

Chapter 23 of Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo holds 97 sentences, grouped into 20 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 23 of Baby Mine contain?

Chapter 23 holds 97 sentences of Baby Mine, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 23 of Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 97 sentences, grouped into 20 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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Work through the 20 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 20 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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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

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College: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Baby Mine; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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