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Donal Grant

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Donal Grant is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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CONFRONTMENT.
At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.
He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.
My lord,” said Donal, you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”
His lordship was so much surprised that he made him no answer--only looked in his face.
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Donal Grant

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Donal Grant is here in full — 326 sentences across 66 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/65 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
CONFRONTMENT.
Line 2
At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.
Line 3
He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.
Line 4
My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”
Line 5
His lordship was so much surprised that he made him no answer--only looked in his face.

All words in this reading · 59

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a

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

about

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

an

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

and

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

answer

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From this reading His lordship was so much surprised that he made him no answer--only looked in his face.

At

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

be

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

before

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

blazing

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

chair

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

comfortable

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

CONFRONTMENT

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From this reading CONFRONTMENT.

conscience

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

disturbed

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

Donal

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

door

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

easy

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

evening

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

face

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

find

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

fire

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

Forgue's

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

hardly

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

have

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

He

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

him

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From this reading His lordship was so much surprised that he made him no answer--only looked in his face.

his

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

I

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

in

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

knocked

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

length

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

looked

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From this reading His lordship was so much surprised that he made him no answer--only looked in his face.

looking

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

lord

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

lordship

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made

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From this reading His lordship was so much surprised that he made him no answer--only looked in his face.

much

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From this reading His lordship was so much surprised that he made him no answer--only looked in his face.

My

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

no

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

of

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

one

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

only

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From this reading His lordship was so much surprised that he made him no answer--only looked in his face.

pale

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

room

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

said

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

seated

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

showing

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

sign

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

so

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From this reading His lordship was so much surprised that he made him no answer--only looked in his face.

something

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

surprised

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

talk

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

that

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From this reading His lordship was so much surprised that he made him no answer--only looked in his face.

the

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

to

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

was

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From this reading He was seated in an easy chair before a blazing fire, looking comfortable, and showing in his pale face no sign of a disturbed conscience.

went

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From this reading At length one evening Donal knocked at the door of Forgue’s room, and went in.

will

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

you

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From this reading “My lord,” said Donal, “you will hardly be surprised to find I have something to talk to you about!”

Chapter 13 of Donal Grant by George MacDonald holds 326 sentences, grouped into 66 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.

What does chapter 13 of Donal Grant contain?

Chapter 13 holds 326 sentences of Donal Grant, unabridged, divided into 66 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 13 of Donal Grant by George MacDonald exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 326 sentences, grouped into 66 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.

How do I study chapter 13 of Donal Grant?

Work through the 66 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 66 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 13 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.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #2433, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Donal Grant take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1970 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Donal Grant

Words and structures a reader meets early in Donal Grant, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Foot-faring
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Donal Grant; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Lovely
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Morning
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First
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