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Lilith: A Romance
Lilith: A Romance

Chapter XXVIII · Chapter 28

Chapter 28 of Lilith: A Romance is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.
They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.
I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.
I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.
She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.
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Lilith: A Romance

Chapter XXVIII · Chapter 28

Chapter 28 of Lilith: A Romance is here in full — 122 sentences across 25 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/24 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.
Line 2
They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.
Line 3
I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.
Line 4
I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.
Line 5
She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

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Princess noun US /ˈprɪn.ses/

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading “I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.”

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a

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

Adam

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

again

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

already

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

also

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From this reading I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.

although

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From this reading I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.

always

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

and

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

at

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

awake

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From this reading I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.

beauty

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

been

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

bid

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From this reading I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.

but

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

by

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

child

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

childlikeness

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

children

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

climbed

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come

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From this reading I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.

could

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

daughter

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

dazzling

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

deepened

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

doubt

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

down

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

enough

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

equally

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

fleeing

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

get

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

glad

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

go

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

good

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From this reading I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.

groups

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

had

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From this reading I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.

half

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

her

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

I

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

in

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

is

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

lay

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

left

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

Lilith

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

little

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

Lona

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From this reading I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.

me

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

met

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

moment

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

morning

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

mother

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

motherhood

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

myself

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

nests

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

night

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

not

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From this reading I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.

occupied

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

of

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

one

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

or

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

princessnounUS /ˈprɪn.ses/

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

probably

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

resemblance

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

rested

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

said

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

saw

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

sense

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

she

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From this reading I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.

sleep

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

so

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

softened

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

struck

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

sure

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From this reading I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.

that

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

the

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

their

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

They

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

tired

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

to

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

told

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

tree

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From this reading I lay down by a tree, and one and one or in little groups, the children left me and climbed to their nests.

up

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

was

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From this reading I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.

were

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From this reading They were always so tired at night and so rested in the morning, that they were equally glad to go to sleep and to get up again.

who

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

whom

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

with

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From this reading I had been struck, the moment I saw her again, with her resemblance to the princess, and could not doubt her the daughter of whom Adam had told me; but in Lona the dazzling beauty of Lilith was softened by childlikeness, and deepened by the sense of motherhood.

woman

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From this reading “She is occupied probably,” I said to myself, “with the child of the woman I met fleeing!” who, she had already told me, was not half mother enough.

would

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From this reading I, although tired also, lay awake: Lona had not bid me good night, and I was sure she would come.

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