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Baron Trigault's Vengeance
Baron Trigault's Vengeance

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of Baron Trigault's Vengeance is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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However, when he was some twenty yards from the house he stopped short, glanced around him, and espying a dark corner slipped into it.
That fool in the red waistcoat will be coming out to take the letter to that famous baroness,” he thought.
I’m here, and I’ll watch him and see where he goes.
I should like to find out the name of the kind and charitable lady who watches over his brigand of a master with such tender care.”
The day and the hour were in his favor.
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Baron Trigault's Vengeance

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of Baron Trigault's Vengeance is here in full — 184 sentences across 37 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
However, when he was some twenty yards from the house he stopped short, glanced around him, and espying a dark corner slipped into it.
Line 2
That fool in the red waistcoat will be coming out to take the letter to that famous baroness,” he thought.
Line 3
I’m here, and I’ll watch him and see where he goes.
Line 4
I should like to find out the name of the kind and charitable lady who watches over his brigand of a master with such tender care.”
Line 5
The day and the hour were in his favor.

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a

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and

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around

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baroness

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be

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brigand

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care

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charitable

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coming

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From this reading “That fool in the red waistcoat will be coming out to take the letter to that famous baroness,” he thought.

corner

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dark

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day

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From this reading The day and the hour were in his favor.

espying

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famous

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favor

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From this reading The day and the hour were in his favor.

find

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fool

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from

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glanced

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goes

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he

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here

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him

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his

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hour

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From this reading The day and the hour were in his favor.

house

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However

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I

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I'll

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From this reading “I’m here, and I’ll watch him and see where he goes.

I'm

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From this reading “I’m here, and I’ll watch him and see where he goes.

in

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From this reading “That fool in the red waistcoat will be coming out to take the letter to that famous baroness,” he thought.

into

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it

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kind

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lady

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letter

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like

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master

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name

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of

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out

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over

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red

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From this reading “That fool in the red waistcoat will be coming out to take the letter to that famous baroness,” he thought.

see

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From this reading “I’m here, and I’ll watch him and see where he goes.

short

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From this reading However, when he was some twenty yards from the house he stopped short, glanced around him, and espying a dark corner slipped into it.

should

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From this reading I should like to find out the name of the kind and charitable lady who watches over his brigand of a master with such tender care.”

slipped

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From this reading However, when he was some twenty yards from the house he stopped short, glanced around him, and espying a dark corner slipped into it.

some

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From this reading However, when he was some twenty yards from the house he stopped short, glanced around him, and espying a dark corner slipped into it.

stopped

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From this reading However, when he was some twenty yards from the house he stopped short, glanced around him, and espying a dark corner slipped into it.

such

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take

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From this reading “That fool in the red waistcoat will be coming out to take the letter to that famous baroness,” he thought.

tender

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That

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From this reading “That fool in the red waistcoat will be coming out to take the letter to that famous baroness,” he thought.

the

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From this reading However, when he was some twenty yards from the house he stopped short, glanced around him, and espying a dark corner slipped into it.

thought

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From this reading “That fool in the red waistcoat will be coming out to take the letter to that famous baroness,” he thought.

to

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From this reading “That fool in the red waistcoat will be coming out to take the letter to that famous baroness,” he thought.

twenty

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From this reading However, when he was some twenty yards from the house he stopped short, glanced around him, and espying a dark corner slipped into it.

waistcoat

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From this reading “That fool in the red waistcoat will be coming out to take the letter to that famous baroness,” he thought.

was

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From this reading However, when he was some twenty yards from the house he stopped short, glanced around him, and espying a dark corner slipped into it.

watch

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From this reading “I’m here, and I’ll watch him and see where he goes.

watches

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were

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From this reading The day and the hour were in his favor.

when

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From this reading However, when he was some twenty yards from the house he stopped short, glanced around him, and espying a dark corner slipped into it.

where

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From this reading “I’m here, and I’ll watch him and see where he goes.

who

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From this reading I should like to find out the name of the kind and charitable lady who watches over his brigand of a master with such tender care.”

will

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From this reading “That fool in the red waistcoat will be coming out to take the letter to that famous baroness,” he thought.

with

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yards

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From this reading However, when he was some twenty yards from the house he stopped short, glanced around him, and espying a dark corner slipped into it.

Chapter 21 of Baron Trigault's Vengeance by Emile Gaboriau holds 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 21 of Baron Trigault's Vengeance contain?

Chapter 21 holds 184 sentences of Baron Trigault's Vengeance, unabridged, divided into 37 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 21 of Baron Trigault's Vengeance by Emile Gaboriau exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 184 sentences, grouped into 37 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 21 of Baron Trigault's Vengeance?

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Each of the 37 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.

Can chapter 21 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 21 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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About 591 minutes of reading across 1421 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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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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