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Our Mutual Friend

Chapter XXVIII · Chapter 28

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GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.
Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, but my precaution.’
He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.
As a blind in more senses than one, it reminded him that he was alone in the counting-house with the front door open.
He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Our Mutual Friend

Chapter XXVIII · Chapter 28

Chapter 28 of Our Mutual Friend is here in full — 559 sentences across 112 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/111 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.
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Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’
Line 3
He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.
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As a blind in more senses than one, it reminded him that he was alone in the counting-house with the front door open.
Line 5
He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

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Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.”

Open verb US /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading “As a blind in more senses than one, it reminded him that he was alone in the counting-house with the front door open.”

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A

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

about

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

AND

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

any

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

as

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

asserted

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

at

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

away

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From this reading He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

BAD

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

be

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From this reading He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

being

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

blind

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

boxes

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

but

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

by

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

cane

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

cheat

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

cheated

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

Co

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

coming

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From this reading He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

commentary

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

could

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

counting-house

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

delivered

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

DOG

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

don't

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

door

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From this reading As a blind in more senses than one, it reminded him that he was alone in the counting-house with the front door open.

drawers

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

establishment

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From this reading He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

evidences

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

eyes

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

Fascination

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

find

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

fireplace

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

Fledgeby

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

Fledgeby's

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

for

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

front

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From this reading As a blind in more senses than one, it reminded him that he was alone in the counting-house with the front door open.

GIVE

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

grandeur

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

HANG

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

hat

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

he

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

here

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

HIM

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

his

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

identified

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From this reading He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

in

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

injudiciously

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From this reading He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

into

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

investigating

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

it

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From this reading As a blind in more senses than one, it reminded him that he was alone in the counting-house with the front door open.

just

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

lazy

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

left

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

lest

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From this reading He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

loitered

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

looked

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

lord

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

me

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

merit

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

more

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From this reading As a blind in more senses than one, it reminded him that he was alone in the counting-house with the front door open.

moving

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From this reading He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

Mr

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

my

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

NAME

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

narrow

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

none

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

Not

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

of

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

on

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

one

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading As a blind in more senses than one, it reminded him that he was alone in the counting-house with the front door open.

out

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

over

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

peering

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

poking

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

precaution

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

prying

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

Pubsey

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

reminded

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From this reading As a blind in more senses than one, it reminded him that he was alone in the counting-house with the front door open.

rights

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

royally

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

s

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

senses

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From this reading As a blind in more senses than one, it reminded him that he was alone in the counting-house with the front door open.

should

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From this reading He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

shut

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From this reading He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

side

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

small

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

so

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

some

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From this reading He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

spitting

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

stools

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

stopped

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From this reading He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

street

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

strolled

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

than

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From this reading As a blind in more senses than one, it reminded him that he was alone in the counting-house with the front door open.

that

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

the

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

then

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

there

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

to

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

top

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

was

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

when

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From this reading He was moving away to shut it, lest he should be injudiciously identified with the establishment, when he was stopped by some one coming to the door.

whistling

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

window

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From this reading He then with a lazy grandeur asserted his rights as lord of Pubsey and Co. by poking his cane at the stools and boxes, and spitting in the fireplace, and so loitered royally to the window and looked out into the narrow street, with his small eyes just peering over the top of Pubsey and Co.’s blind.

wink

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From this reading ‘Not his merit that he don’t cheat me,’ was Mr Fledgeby’s commentary delivered with a wink, ‘but my precaution.’

with

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From this reading GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME, AND HANG HIM Fascination Fledgeby, left alone in the counting-house, strolled about with his hat on one side, whistling, and investigating the drawers, and prying here and there for any small evidences of his being cheated, but could find none.

Chapter 28 of Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens holds 559 sentences, grouped into 112 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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Times
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