Chapter 4 of Cast Upon the Breakers is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Chapter 4 of Cast Upon the Breakers is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
IN PURSUIT OF A THIEF. “Were the contents of the casket valuable?” asked the land agent. “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney. “Were they of much intrinsic worth?” “They must be worth several hundred dollars at least.”
Chapter 4 of Cast Upon the Breakers is here in full — 143 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading IN PURSUIT OF A THIEF.
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From this reading “Were the contents of the casket valuable?” asked the land agent.
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From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Were the contents of the casket valuable?” asked the land agent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They must be worth several hundred dollars at least.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They must be worth several hundred dollars at least.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Were the contents of the casket valuable?” asked the land agent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Were the contents of the casket valuable?” asked the land agent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They must be worth several hundred dollars at least.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They must be worth several hundred dollars at least.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN PURSUIT OF A THIEF.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Were they of much intrinsic worth?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Were the contents of the casket valuable?” asked the land agent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They must be worth several hundred dollars at least.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Were they of much intrinsic worth?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They must be worth several hundred dollars at least.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN PURSUIT OF A THIEF.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN PURSUIT OF A THIEF.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “They must be worth several hundred dollars at least.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Were the contents of the casket valuable?” asked the land agent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Were they of much intrinsic worth?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading IN PURSUIT OF A THIEF.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Were the contents of the casket valuable?” asked the land agent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Were the contents of the casket valuable?” asked the land agent.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Were they of much intrinsic worth?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Yes; it contained my mother’s jewels, all the more valuable because she is dead,” replied Rodney.
Chapter 4 of Cast Upon the Breakers by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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.
Chapter 4 holds 143 sentences of Cast Upon the Breakers, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of Cast Upon the Breakers by Horatio, Jr. Alger exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 143 sentences, grouped into 29 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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