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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
advisable
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From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
anticipated
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From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
Archie
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From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
Ballarat
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From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
black
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
blow
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From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
called
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From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
carried
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
caused
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From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
city
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From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
cotton
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
covered
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From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
deemed
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From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
dingy
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
Dr
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From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
dressed
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
eccentric
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From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
encounter
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From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
freak
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From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
gloves
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
Gollipeck
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From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
hastily
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From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
head
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From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
huge
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
husband
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From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
incomplete
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From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
lank
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From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
large
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
MCINTOSH
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From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
medical
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From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
medium
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
MINDnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
more
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From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
Mrs
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From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
museum
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From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
Nature
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From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
out
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From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
Pactolus
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From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
pair
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
parchmentnounUS /ˈpɑːrtʃ.mənt/
A stiff, flat, thin material made from the prepared skin of an animal, used for writing.
From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
peculiarities
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From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
practitioner
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From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
recovered
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From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
rusty
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
seized
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From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
Selina
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From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
serious
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From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
shock
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From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
side
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From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
skeleton
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From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
some
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From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
SPEAKS
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From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
spectacles
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
surveyed
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
talk
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From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
tall
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From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
turned
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From this reading The blow he had struck her on the side of the head turned out to be more serious than was at first anticipated, and Selina deemed it advisable that a doctor should be called in.
umbrella
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
unfinished
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From this reading Dr Gollipeck was tall and lank, with an unfinished look about him, as if Nature in some sudden freak had seized an incomplete skeleton from a museum and hastily covered it with parchment.
Villiers
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From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
white
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading So Archie went into Ballarat, and returned to the Pactolus with Dr Gollipeck, an eccentric medical practitioner, whose peculiarities were the talk of the city.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading MCINTOSH SPEAKS HIS MIND It was some time before Mrs Villiers recovered from the shock caused by her encounter with her husband.
wore
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
world
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From this reading He dressed in rusty black, wore dingy cotton gloves, carried a large white umbrella, and surveyed the world through the medium of a pair of huge spectacles.
