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Greenmantle

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Greenmantle is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By John Buchan • Curated US English Learning Edition

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The Gathering of the Missionaries I wrote out a wire to Sandy, asking him to come up by the two-fifteen train and meet me at my flat.

“I have chosen my colleague,” I said.

“Billy Arbuthnot’s boy?

His father was at Harrow with me.

I know the fellow—Harry used to bring him down to fish—tallish, with a lean, high-boned face and a pair of brown eyes like a pretty girl’s.

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter II Reading 1/87

Greenmantle

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Greenmantle is here in full — 437 sentences across 88 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/87 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

The Gathering of the Missionaries I wrote out a wire to Sandy, asking him to come up by the two-fifteen train and meet me at my flat.

Line 2

“I have chosen my colleague,” I said.

Line 3

“Billy Arbuthnot’s boy?

Line 4

His father was at Harrow with me.

Line 5

I know the fellow—Harry used to bring him down to fish—tallish, with a lean, high-boned face and a pair of brown eyes like a pretty girl’s.

All words in this reading · 53

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a

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and

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Arbuthnot's

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asking

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at

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Billy

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boy

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bring

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brown

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by

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chosen

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colleague

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come

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down

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eyes

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face

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father

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From this reading His father was at Harrow with me.

fellow

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fish

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flat

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Gathering

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girl's

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Harrow

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Harry

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have

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high-boned

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him

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His

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From this reading His father was at Harrow with me.

I

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know

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lean

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like

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me

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meet

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From this reading The Gathering of the Missionaries I wrote out a wire to Sandy, asking him to come up by the two-fifteen train and meet me at my flat.

Missionaries

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my

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of

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out

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pair

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pretty

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said

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From this reading “I have chosen my colleague,” I said.

Sandy

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From this reading The Gathering of the Missionaries I wrote out a wire to Sandy, asking him to come up by the two-fifteen train and meet me at my flat.

tallish

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From this reading I know the fellow—Harry used to bring him down to fish—tallish, with a lean, high-boned face and a pair of brown eyes like a pretty girl’s.

The

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to

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train

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two-fifteen

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up

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From this reading The Gathering of the Missionaries I wrote out a wire to Sandy, asking him to come up by the two-fifteen train and meet me at my flat.

used

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From this reading I know the fellow—Harry used to bring him down to fish—tallish, with a lean, high-boned face and a pair of brown eyes like a pretty girl’s.

was

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From this reading His father was at Harrow with me.

wire

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From this reading The Gathering of the Missionaries I wrote out a wire to Sandy, asking him to come up by the two-fifteen train and meet me at my flat.

with

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From this reading His father was at Harrow with me.

wrote

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From this reading The Gathering of the Missionaries I wrote out a wire to Sandy, asking him to come up by the two-fifteen train and meet me at my flat.

Chapter 2 of Greenmantle by John Buchan holds 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 2 of Greenmantle contain?

Chapter 2 holds 437 sentences of Greenmantle, unabridged, divided into 88 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 2 of Greenmantle by John Buchan exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 437 sentences, grouped into 88 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 2 of Greenmantle?

Work through the 88 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 88 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 2 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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Is this the complete text of Greenmantle?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #559, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Greenmantle take to read?

About 551 minutes of reading across 1324 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Greenmantle

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

Finished: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Greenmantle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Breakfast: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Greenmantle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Bullivant: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Greenmantle; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.