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Frances Waldeaux: A Novel

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Frances Waldeaux: A Novel is here in full — 277 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Rebecca Harding Davis • Curated US English Learning Edition

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When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

There was a sudden silence.

"Here she is again," they whispered, as a slight, delicate woman crossed the bridge with steady steps.

"She is blind and deaf," said old Barbe.

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Frances Waldeaux: A Novel

Chapter XIV · Chapter 14

Chapter 14 of Frances Waldeaux: A Novel is here in full — 277 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/55 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

Line 2

They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

Line 3

There was a sudden silence.

Line 4

"Here she is again," they whispered, as a slight, delicate woman crossed the bridge with steady steps.

Line 5

"She is blind and deaf," said old Barbe.

Learner Dictionary

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Silence noun US /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading “There was a sudden silence.”

All words in this reading · 64

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a

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again

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and

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

another

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

as

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From this reading "Here she is again," they whispered, as a slight, delicate woman crossed the bridge with steady steps.

at

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

Barbe

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From this reading "She is blind and deaf," said old Barbe.

been

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blind

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From this reading "She is blind and deaf," said old Barbe.

bridge

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broad

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

by

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

chattering

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

city

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clothes

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crossed

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deaf

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From this reading "She is blind and deaf," said old Barbe.

delicate

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down

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

edge

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

from

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

gathered

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

had

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

Here

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From this reading "Here she is again," they whispered, as a slight, delicate woman crossed the bridge with steady steps.

is

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knelt

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

little

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mass

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

of

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old

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

on

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

one

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

river

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

runs

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

said

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From this reading "She is blind and deaf," said old Barbe.

she

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From this reading "Here she is again," they whispered, as a slight, delicate woman crossed the bridge with steady steps.

silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading There was a sudden silence.

singing

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

slight

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From this reading "Here she is again," they whispered, as a slight, delicate woman crossed the bridge with steady steps.

soap

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

steady

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From this reading "Here she is again," they whispered, as a slight, delicate woman crossed the bridge with steady steps.

steps

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From this reading "Here she is again," they whispered, as a slight, delicate woman crossed the bridge with steady steps.

stones

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

sudden

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From this reading There was a sudden silence.

sun

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

the

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

their

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

There

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From this reading There was a sudden silence.

They

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

through

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to

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

tossing

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

up

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

was

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

wash

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

water

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From this reading They knelt on the broad stones by the edge of the water, chattering and singing, tossing the soap from one to another.

well

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

When

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

which

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whispered

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From this reading "Here she is again," they whispered, as a slight, delicate woman crossed the bridge with steady steps.

who

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

with

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woman

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women

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From this reading When the sun was well up the women who had been at mass gathered down by the little river which runs through the old city, to wash their clothes.

Chapter 14 of Frances Waldeaux: A Novel by Rebecca Harding Davis holds 277 sentences, grouped into 56 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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