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Chapter LXI
The reader will guess what followed. I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth. The generous girl asserted that she had detected the superiority of my manner at once. We plighted our troth, and resolved to wait upon events. Briggs called to see me a few days afterward.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The generous girl asserted that she had detected the superiority of my manner at once.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “We plighted our troth, and resolved to wait upon events.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Briggs called to see me a few days afterward.
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From this reading Briggs called to see me a few days afterward.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We plighted our troth, and resolved to wait upon events.
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From this reading The generous girl asserted that she had detected the superiority of my manner at once.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The generous girl asserted that she had detected the superiority of my manner at once.
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From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
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From this reading Briggs called to see me a few days afterward.
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From this reading Briggs called to see me a few days afterward.
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From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
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From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
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From this reading Briggs called to see me a few days afterward.
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From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
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From this reading The generous girl asserted that she had detected the superiority of my manner at once.
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From this reading We plighted our troth, and resolved to wait upon events.
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From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
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From this reading Briggs called to see me a few days afterward.
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From this reading The reader will guess what followed.
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From this reading The generous girl asserted that she had detected the superiority of my manner at once.
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From this reading The generous girl asserted that she had detected the superiority of my manner at once.
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From this reading The reader will guess what followed.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The generous girl asserted that she had detected the superiority of my manner at once.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
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From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
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From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
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From this reading The generous girl asserted that she had detected the superiority of my manner at once.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Briggs called to see me a few days afterward.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
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From this reading The generous girl asserted that she had detected the superiority of my manner at once.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We plighted our troth, and resolved to wait upon events.
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From this reading We plighted our troth, and resolved to wait upon events.
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From this reading The reader will guess what followed.
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From this reading We plighted our troth, and resolved to wait upon events.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
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From this reading Briggs called to see me a few days afterward.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The generous girl asserted that she had detected the superiority of my manner at once.
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From this reading The generous girl asserted that she had detected the superiority of my manner at once.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The generous girl asserted that she had detected the superiority of my manner at once.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The reader will guess what followed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
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From this reading We plighted our troth, and resolved to wait upon events.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We plighted our troth, and resolved to wait upon events.
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From this reading We plighted our troth, and resolved to wait upon events.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We plighted our troth, and resolved to wait upon events.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The reader will guess what followed.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The reader will guess what followed.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I fell deeply in love with Clara Maitland, to whom I confided the secret of my birth.
