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STAVE IV: THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS THE Phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
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returned the other. "Well!" said the first. "Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?" "So I am told," returned the second.
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Reading 15/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 71–75
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From this reading "So I am told," returned the second.
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From this reading "Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?"
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From this reading said the first.
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From this reading "Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?"
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From this reading "Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?"
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From this reading "Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?"
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From this reading "Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?"
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From this reading "So I am told," returned the second.
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From this reading "Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?"
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From this reading "Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?"
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From this reading returned the other.
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From this reading "Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?"
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From this reading returned the other.
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From this reading said the first.
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From this reading "Old Scratch has got his own at last, hey?"
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From this reading "So I am told," returned the second.
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From this reading "So I am told," returned the second.
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From this reading returned the other.
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From this reading "So I am told," returned the second.
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From this reading "Well!"
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What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of Stave IV: The Last of the Spirits?
Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?
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