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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
AUNT
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From this reading OLD AUNT PATSEY.
awake
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bed
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From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
blaze
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
bounding
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boy
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From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
Claus
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From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
consciousness
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
counted
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dark
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
dawning
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From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
day
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From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
drowsiness
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early
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From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
ears
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employed
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end
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
ends
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
exceeded
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fancied
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
fence
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filmy
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
flashed
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
fold
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force
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From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
hundred
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From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
induce
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From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
lay
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From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
lies
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
light
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
Like
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From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
line
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
men
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From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
nerves
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noise
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now
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
number
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From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
OLD
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From this reading OLD AUNT PATSEY.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
other
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
Patriarch's
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PATSEY
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From this reading OLD AUNT PATSEY.
place
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
put
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
rainbow
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
raveling
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
reached
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resorted
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Santa
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From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
sheep
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From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
shining
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
silken
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
sleep
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
starting
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strove
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
sun
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
sunrise
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
sunset
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
there
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theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
thousand
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From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
thread
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
together
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
touched
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
trace
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From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
tricks
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From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
two
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
up
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I strove to trace the filmy thread that lies between consciousness and sleep, and I fancied that it was a raveling from a rainbow, with one end in the sunset, the other in the sunrise.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
wide
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From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
world
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From this reading I reached a place where the thread was broken and now the world was dark, but, feeling about, I found the two ends of the silken line, and put them together, and when they touched, the world flashed up in a blaze of light--the sun was shining.
yearning
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From this reading Like a boy in his yearning to have Santa Claus come, I went early to bed to force the dawning of another day.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading I resorted to the tricks that men have employed to induce drowsiness; I counted sheep bounding over a fence, a hundred, a thousand, until their number exceeded the Patriarch's fold, and yet I lay there wide awake, with my nerves starting at every noise, before it reached my ears.
