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Mr. Standfast
Mr. Standfast

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Mr. Standfast is here in full — 273 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The Advantages of an Air Raid The train was abominably late.
It was due at eight-twenty-seven, but it was nearly ten when we reached St Pancras.
I had resolved to go straight to my rooms in Westminster, buying on the way a cap and waterproof to conceal my uniform should anyone be near my door on my arrival.
Then I would ring up Blenkiron and tell him all my adventures.
I breakfasted at a coffee-stall, left my pack and rifle in the cloak-room, and walked out into the clear sunny morning.
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Mr. Standfast

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Mr. Standfast is here in full — 273 sentences across 55 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/54 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The Advantages of an Air Raid The train was abominably late.
Line 2
It was due at eight-twenty-seven, but it was nearly ten when we reached St Pancras.
Line 3
I had resolved to go straight to my rooms in Westminster, buying on the way a cap and waterproof to conceal my uniform should anyone be near my door on my arrival.
Line 4
Then I would ring up Blenkiron and tell him all my adventures.
Line 5
I breakfasted at a coffee-stall, left my pack and rifle in the cloak-room, and walked out into the clear sunny morning.

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a

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abominably

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Advantages

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adventures

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Air

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all

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an

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and

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anyone

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arrival

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at

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be

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Blenkiron

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breakfasted

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but

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buying

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cap

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clear

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cloak-room

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coffee-stall

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conceal

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door

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due

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eight-twenty-seven

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go

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had

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him

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I

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in

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into

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It

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late

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left

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morning

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my

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near

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nearly

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of

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on

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From this reading I had resolved to go straight to my rooms in Westminster, buying on the way a cap and waterproof to conceal my uniform should anyone be near my door on my arrival.

out

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pack

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Pancras

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Raid

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reached

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resolved

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From this reading I had resolved to go straight to my rooms in Westminster, buying on the way a cap and waterproof to conceal my uniform should anyone be near my door on my arrival.

rifle

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From this reading I breakfasted at a coffee-stall, left my pack and rifle in the cloak-room, and walked out into the clear sunny morning.

ring

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rooms

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should

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St

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straight

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sunny

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tell

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ten

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The

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Then

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to

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train

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uniform

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up

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walked

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was

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waterproof

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way

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we

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Westminster

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when

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From this reading It was due at eight-twenty-seven, but it was nearly ten when we reached St Pancras.

would

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Chapter 10 of Mr. Standfast by John Buchan holds 273 sentences, grouped into 55 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 10 of Mr. Standfast contain?

Chapter 10 holds 273 sentences of Mr. Standfast, unabridged, divided into 55 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 of Mr. Standfast by John Buchan exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 273 sentences, grouped into 55 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 10 of Mr. Standfast?

Work through the 55 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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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.

Questions about reading Mr. Standfast

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Is this the complete text of Mr. Standfast?

Yes. All 8255 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #560 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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How long does Mr. Standfast take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1651 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Spent
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One-third
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Journey
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Looking
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