Chapter 9 of Cynthia's Chauffeur is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IX
Chapter 9 of Cynthia's Chauffeur is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
ON THE WYE For this is what happened. To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying: "Beg pardon, mam, but iss your chauf-feur's name Fitz-roy?" "Yes." "Then he iss wan-ted on the tel-e-phone from Her-e-ford, mam."
Chapter 9 of Cynthia's Chauffeur is here in full — 395 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
possessive form of “cynthia” — (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
From this reading “To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:”
without light
From this reading “To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:”
the act of discovering something
From this reading “To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:”
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:”
a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala
From this reading “"Beg pardon, mam, but iss your chauf-feur's name Fitz-roy?"”
wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
From this reading “To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:”
a native or resident of Wales
From this reading “To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:”
the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
From this reading “ON THE WYE For this is what happened.”
English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.
Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
call upon in supplication; entreat
From this reading "Beg pardon, mam, but iss your chauf-feur's name Fitz-roy?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Beg pardon, mam, but iss your chauf-feur's name Fitz-roy?"
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Beg pardon, mam, but iss your chauf-feur's name Fitz-roy?"
possessive form of “cynthia” — (Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
without light
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
the act of discovering something
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Beg pardon, mam, but iss your chauf-feur's name Fitz-roy?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ON THE WYE For this is what happened.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Then he iss wan-ted on the tel-e-phone from Her-e-ford, mam."
-ing form of “gaze” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
past form of “happen” — come to pass
From this reading ON THE WYE For this is what happened.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Then he iss wan-ted on the tel-e-phone from Her-e-ford, mam."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Then he iss wan-ted on the tel-e-phone from Her-e-ford, mam."
free from evil or guilt
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ON THE WYE For this is what happened.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Beg pardon, mam, but iss your chauf-feur's name Fitz-roy?"
a female domestic
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala
From this reading "Beg pardon, mam, but iss your chauf-feur's name Fitz-roy?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
a form of address for a married woman
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading "Beg pardon, mam, but iss your chauf-feur's name Fitz-roy?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE WYE For this is what happened.
accept an excuse for
From this reading "Beg pardon, mam, but iss your chauf-feur's name Fitz-roy?"
wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
having a supporting base
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Then he iss wan-ted on the tel-e-phone from Her-e-ford, mam."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE WYE For this is what happened.
subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
From this reading "Then he iss wan-ted on the tel-e-phone from Her-e-ford, mam."
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ON THE WYE For this is what happened.
very small
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Then he iss wan-ted on the tel-e-phone from Her-e-ford, mam."
a native or resident of Wales
From this reading To Mrs. Devar, gazing darkly at Cynthia's too innocent discovery of Medenham standing on the tiny quay, came the Welsh maid, saying:
used to ask for information about something
From this reading ON THE WYE For this is what happened.
the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
From this reading ON THE WYE For this is what happened.
an affirmative
From this reading "Yes."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Beg pardon, mam, but iss your chauf-feur's name Fitz-roy?"
Chapter 9 of Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy holds 395 sentences, grouped into 79 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
Chapter 9 holds 395 sentences of Cynthia's Chauffeur, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 9 of Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 395 sentences, grouped into 79 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.
Work through the 79 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 79 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 9 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.
Common questions about reading Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 5060 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #31472 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #31472, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 421 minutes of reading across 1012 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through Cynthia's Chauffeur section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 16 chapters of Cynthia's Chauffeur to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in Cynthia's Chauffeur, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
