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Cranford

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Cranford is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell • Curated US English Learning Edition

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“YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

At last out it came.

“By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

Do you say, ‘Your Ladyship,’ where you would say ‘you’ to a common person?

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Chapter IX Reading 1/42

Cranford

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Cranford is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

“YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

Line 2

Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

Line 3

At last out it came.

Line 4

“By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

Line 5

Do you say, ‘Your Ladyship,’ where you would say ‘you’ to a common person?

All words in this reading · 64

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a

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

address

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

after

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

alleged

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

am

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

appearance

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

as

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

at

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

behind

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

business

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

but

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

By

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

call

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

came

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From this reading At last out it came.

common

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From this reading Do you say, ‘Your Ladyship,’ where you would say ‘you’ to a common person?

directly

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

do

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

EARLY

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

evidently

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

for

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

Glenmire

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

her

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

how

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

I

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

I'm

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

ignorant

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

it

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From this reading At last out it came.

know

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

Lady

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

LADYSHIP

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

last

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From this reading At last out it came.

made

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

Matty's

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

Miss

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

morning

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

next

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

of

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

ought

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

out

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From this reading At last out it came.

person

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From this reading Do you say, ‘Your Ladyship,’ where you would say ‘you’ to a common person?

piece

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

Pole

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

puzzled

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

really

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

reason

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

say

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From this reading Do you say, ‘Your Ladyship,’ where you would say ‘you’ to a common person?

Some

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

something

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

strangely

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

the

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

there

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

From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

think

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

to

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

trifling

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

twelve

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

very

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

was

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From this reading Some very trifling piece of business was alleged as a reason for the call; but there was evidently something behind.

way

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

From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

we

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

where

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From this reading Do you say, ‘Your Ladyship,’ where you would say ‘you’ to a common person?

would

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From this reading Do you say, ‘Your Ladyship,’ where you would say ‘you’ to a common person?

you

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

you'll

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From this reading “By the way, you’ll think I’m strangely ignorant; but, do you really know, I am puzzled how we ought to address Lady Glenmire.

YOUR

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From this reading “YOUR LADYSHIP” EARLY the next morning—directly after twelve—Miss Pole made her appearance at Miss Matty’s.

Chapter 9 of Cranford by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell holds 211 sentences, grouped into 43 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.

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Chapter 9 holds 211 sentences of Cranford, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.

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