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Cast Upon the Breakers

Chapter XXIX · Chapter 29

Chapter 29 of Cast Upon the Breakers is here in full — 139 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.
At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.
How much did I agree to pay you?”
A hundred and fifty dollars a month, but if you think that it is too much----” Too much?
Why I am going to advance you to two hundred and fifty.”
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Cast Upon the Breakers

Chapter XXIX · Chapter 29

Chapter 29 of Cast Upon the Breakers 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 MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.
Line 2
At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.
Line 3
How much did I agree to pay you?”
Line 4
A hundred and fifty dollars a month, but if you think that it is too much----” “Too much?
Line 5
Why I am going to advance you to two hundred and fifty.”

Learner Dictionary

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Books noun US /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading “At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.”

All words in this reading · 46

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a

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

advance

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From this reading Why I am going to advance you to two hundred and fifty.”

agree

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From this reading How much did I agree to pay you?”

am

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From this reading Why I am going to advance you to two hundred and fifty.”

and

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

At

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

been

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

better

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

booksnounUS /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

business

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

but

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From this reading “A hundred and fifty dollars a month, but if you think that it is too much----” “Too much?

did

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From this reading How much did I agree to pay you?”

dollars

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From this reading “A hundred and fifty dollars a month, but if you think that it is too much----” “Too much?

end

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

expected

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

fifty

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From this reading “A hundred and fifty dollars a month, but if you think that it is too much----” “Too much?

find

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

going

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From this reading Why I am going to advance you to two hundred and fifty.”

How

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From this reading How much did I agree to pay you?”

hundred

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From this reading “A hundred and fifty dollars a month, but if you think that it is too much----” “Too much?

I

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

I've

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

if

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “A hundred and fifty dollars a month, but if you think that it is too much----” “Too much?

is

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

it

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From this reading “A hundred and fifty dollars a month, but if you think that it is too much----” “Too much?

Jefferson

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

looking

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

month

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

much

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From this reading How much did I agree to pay you?”

MYSTERIOUS

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From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.

of

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

over

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

pay

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From this reading How much did I agree to pay you?”

Pettigrew

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

ROBBERY

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From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.

Rodney

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

said

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

than

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From this reading At the end of a month Jefferson Pettigrew said: “I’ve been looking over the books, Rodney, and I find the business is better than I expected.

that

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading “A hundred and fifty dollars a month, but if you think that it is too much----” “Too much?

THE

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From this reading THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY.

think

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From this reading “A hundred and fifty dollars a month, but if you think that it is too much----” “Too much?

to

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From this reading How much did I agree to pay you?”

too

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From this reading “A hundred and fifty dollars a month, but if you think that it is too much----” “Too much?

two

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From this reading Why I am going to advance you to two hundred and fifty.”

Why

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From this reading Why I am going to advance you to two hundred and fifty.”

you

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From this reading How much did I agree to pay you?”

Chapter 29 of Cast Upon the Breakers by Horatio, Jr. Alger 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 29 of Cast Upon the Breakers contain?

Chapter 29 holds 139 sentences of Cast Upon the Breakers, unabridged, divided into 28 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 29 of Cast Upon the Breakers by Horatio, Jr. Alger 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.

How do I study chapter 29 of Cast Upon the Breakers?

Work through the 28 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 29 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 425 minutes of reading across 1022 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Cast Upon the Breakers

Words and structures a reader meets early in Cast Upon the Breakers, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Faithless
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cast Upon the Breakers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Guardian
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cast Upon the Breakers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Rodney
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cast Upon the Breakers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Leave
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Cast Upon the Breakers; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.