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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 Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
achieved
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
address
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From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
ahead
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading For the present, they had taken furnished rooms in Bloomsbury, where they lived under an assumed name.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
any
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From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
appealed
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From this reading As it was, he was not the man to stop and think, once he had made his plunge into the strange, vague future that had appealed to him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
assumed
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From this reading For the present, they had taken furnished rooms in Bloomsbury, where they lived under an assumed name.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
bachelorhood
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
Bloomsbury
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From this reading For the present, they had taken furnished rooms in Bloomsbury, where they lived under an assumed name.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
came
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From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
Cleo
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
demanded
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
easy
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
empty
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
enterprise
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
follow
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From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the present, they had taken furnished rooms in Bloomsbury, where they lived under an assumed name.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
furnished
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From this reading For the present, they had taken furnished rooms in Bloomsbury, where they lived under an assumed name.
future
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From this reading As it was, he was not the man to stop and think, once he had made his plunge into the strange, vague future that had appealed to him.
Hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As it was, he was not the man to stop and think, once he had made his plunge into the strange, vague future that had appealed to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As it was, he was not the man to stop and think, once he had made his plunge into the strange, vague future that had appealed to him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As it was, he was not the man to stop and think, once he had made his plunge into the strange, vague future that had appealed to him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
leave
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From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
less
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
letters
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From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
lived
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From this reading For the present, they had taken furnished rooms in Bloomsbury, where they lived under an assumed name.
loomed
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
made
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From this reading As it was, he was not the man to stop and think, once he had made his plunge into the strange, vague future that had appealed to him.
man
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From this reading As it was, he was not the man to stop and think, once he had made his plunge into the strange, vague future that had appealed to him.
married
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
matter
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From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
mood
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
Morgan
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the present, they had taken furnished rooms in Bloomsbury, where they lived under an assumed name.
new
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From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
now
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
old
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From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
once
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From this reading As it was, he was not the man to stop and think, once he had made his plunge into the strange, vague future that had appealed to him.
only
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
parcel
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
pattern
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
perhaps
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
plunge
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From this reading As it was, he was not the man to stop and think, once he had made his plunge into the strange, vague future that had appealed to him.
present
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From this reading For the present, they had taken furnished rooms in Bloomsbury, where they lived under an assumed name.
quarters
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From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
quickly
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
real
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
realised
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
redemption
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
romance
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
rooms
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From this reading For the present, they had taken furnished rooms in Bloomsbury, where they lived under an assumed name.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
seductive
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
star
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
state
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
stop
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From this reading As it was, he was not the man to stop and think, once he had made his plunge into the strange, vague future that had appealed to him.
strange
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From this reading As it was, he was not the man to stop and think, once he had made his plunge into the strange, vague future that had appealed to him.
taken
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From this reading For the present, they had taken furnished rooms in Bloomsbury, where they lived under an assumed name.
temperament
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
theatrical
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For the present, they had taken furnished rooms in Bloomsbury, where they lived under an assumed name.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As it was, he was not the man to stop and think, once he had made his plunge into the strange, vague future that had appealed to him.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
transition
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading For the present, they had taken furnished rooms in Bloomsbury, where they lived under an assumed name.
undetachedness
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
vague
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From this reading As it was, he was not the man to stop and think, once he had made his plunge into the strange, vague future that had appealed to him.
want
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From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
weaving
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading For the present, they had taken furnished rooms in Bloomsbury, where they lived under an assumed name.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Morgan did not leave his new address at his old quarters, for he did not want any letters to follow him, no matter from whom they came.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
woven
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From this reading Had the transition from bachelorhood to the married state been less easy and less quickly achieved, Morgan might perhaps have realised that the pattern of life he was weaving had not the same undetachedness from the real as a pattern woven in dream, but that it was a part and parcel of the real.
wrapped
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From this reading And now this theatrical enterprise, with Cleo as the star, loomed ahead of him not only as the redemption of his empty life, but wrapped in that seductive romance which his mood and temperament demanded.
