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Baron Trigault's Vengeance
Baron Trigault's Vengeance

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Baron Trigault's Vengeance is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Pascal recoiled with an exclamation of mingled horror and consternation.
This amazes you, eh?” rejoined the baron.
It is indeed incomprehensible, monstrous--but it is the truth.
It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.
If I purchased a title, which is absurd and ridiculous, it was only because I wished to satisfy her vanity.
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Baron Trigault's Vengeance

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of Baron Trigault's Vengeance is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Pascal recoiled with an exclamation of mingled horror and consternation.
Line 2
This amazes you, eh?” rejoined the baron.
Line 3
It is indeed incomprehensible, monstrous--but it is the truth.
Line 4
It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.
Line 5
If I purchased a title, which is absurd and ridiculous, it was only because I wished to satisfy her vanity.

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a

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From this reading If I purchased a title, which is absurd and ridiculous, it was only because I wished to satisfy her vanity.

absurd

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From this reading If I purchased a title, which is absurd and ridiculous, it was only because I wished to satisfy her vanity.

amass

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From this reading It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.

amazes

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From this reading “This amazes you, eh?” rejoined the baron.

an

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From this reading Pascal recoiled with an exclamation of mingled horror and consternation.

and

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From this reading Pascal recoiled with an exclamation of mingled horror and consternation.

baron

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because

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From this reading If I purchased a title, which is absurd and ridiculous, it was only because I wished to satisfy her vanity.

but

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From this reading “It is indeed incomprehensible, monstrous--but it is the truth.

consternation

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From this reading Pascal recoiled with an exclamation of mingled horror and consternation.

desire

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From this reading It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.

eh

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From this reading “This amazes you, eh?” rejoined the baron.

exclamation

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From this reading Pascal recoiled with an exclamation of mingled horror and consternation.

for

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From this reading It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.

gratify

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From this reading It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.

have

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From this reading It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.

her

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From this reading It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.

horror

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From this reading Pascal recoiled with an exclamation of mingled horror and consternation.

I

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From this reading It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.

If

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From this reading If I purchased a title, which is absurd and ridiculous, it was only because I wished to satisfy her vanity.

incomprehensible

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indeed

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is

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It

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From this reading “It is indeed incomprehensible, monstrous--but it is the truth.

luxury

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From this reading It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.

millions

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From this reading It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.

mingled

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From this reading Pascal recoiled with an exclamation of mingled horror and consternation.

monstrous

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From this reading “It is indeed incomprehensible, monstrous--but it is the truth.

of

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From this reading Pascal recoiled with an exclamation of mingled horror and consternation.

only

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From this reading If I purchased a title, which is absurd and ridiculous, it was only because I wished to satisfy her vanity.

Pascal

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From this reading Pascal recoiled with an exclamation of mingled horror and consternation.

purchased

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recoiled

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From this reading Pascal recoiled with an exclamation of mingled horror and consternation.

rejoined

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ridiculous

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satisfy

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From this reading If I purchased a title, which is absurd and ridiculous, it was only because I wished to satisfy her vanity.

that

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From this reading It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.

the

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From this reading “This amazes you, eh?” rejoined the baron.

This

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From this reading “This amazes you, eh?” rejoined the baron.

title

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to

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From this reading It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.

toiled

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From this reading It is to gratify her desire for luxury that I have toiled to amass millions.

truth

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From this reading “It is indeed incomprehensible, monstrous--but it is the truth.

vanity

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From this reading If I purchased a title, which is absurd and ridiculous, it was only because I wished to satisfy her vanity.

was

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From this reading If I purchased a title, which is absurd and ridiculous, it was only because I wished to satisfy her vanity.

which

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From this reading If I purchased a title, which is absurd and ridiculous, it was only because I wished to satisfy her vanity.

wished

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From this reading If I purchased a title, which is absurd and ridiculous, it was only because I wished to satisfy her vanity.

with

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From this reading Pascal recoiled with an exclamation of mingled horror and consternation.

you

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From this reading “This amazes you, eh?” rejoined the baron.

Chapter 4 of Baron Trigault's Vengeance by Emile Gaboriau holds 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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 4 holds 177 sentences of Baron Trigault's Vengeance, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of Baron Trigault's Vengeance by Emile Gaboriau exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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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Vocabulary met early in Baron Trigault's Vengeance

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Sequel
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Count
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Millions
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Vengeance
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