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Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Blix is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Frank Norris • Curated US English Learning Edition

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The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

The day could not have been more desirable.

It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.

The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

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Chapter IX Reading 1/27

Blix Frank Norris

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Chapter IX

Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Blix is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation. Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens. The day could not have been more desirable. It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday. The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

Blix

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Blix is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

Line 2

Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

Line 3

The day could not have been more desirable.

Line 4

It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.

Line 5

The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

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a

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

after

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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.

air

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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

and

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

asked

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

at

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

been

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From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.

Blix

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

board

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

brisk

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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

cable

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

car

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

comfortable

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

Condy

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

Condy's

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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.

cool

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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

could

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From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.

day

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From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.

desirable

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From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.

direction

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

down

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

effervescent

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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

evergreens

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

full

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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

Government

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

grass

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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

have

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From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.

his

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

holiday

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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.

inside

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

It

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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.

its

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

just

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

Krag-Jorgensen

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

little

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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.

long

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

low

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

merely

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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

Monday

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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.

more

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From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.

morning

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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.

neither

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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

nor

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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

not

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From this reading The day could not have been more desirable.

nursing

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

of

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

off

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

old-fashioned

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

outside

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

overhanging

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

Presidio

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

put

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

Reservation

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

sea

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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

seats

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

sentry

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

set

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

smell

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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

Street

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

ten

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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.

terminus

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

The

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

then

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

through

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

track

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

tunnel

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

Union

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

walk

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From this reading Condy asked a direction of a sentry nursing his Krag-Jorgensen at the terminus of the track, and then with Blix set off down the long board walk through the tunnel of overhanging evergreens.

warm

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From this reading The air was neither cool nor warm, effervescent merely, brisk and full of the smell of grass and of the sea.

was

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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.

weekly

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From this reading It was a little after ten of a Monday morning, Condy's weekly holiday.

with

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From this reading The old-fashioned Union Street cable car, with its low, comfortable outside seats, put Blix and Condy down just inside the Presidio Government Reservation.

Chapter 9 of Blix by Frank Norris holds 139 sentences, grouped into 28 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 9 of Blix contain?

Chapter 9 holds 139 sentences of Blix, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 9 of Blix by Frank Norris exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 139 sentences, grouped into 28 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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