Chapter XII · Chapter 12

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

past form of “ask” — make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading I asked Morris, who was lying back blowing rings into the summer night, the glow of an overhead lantern lighting up his handsome face.

filled with the emotional impact of overwhelming surprise or shock

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

being joined in close association

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

plural of “bed” — a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

next to; at the side of

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

the organic process of bearing flowers

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

processing that involves blowing a gas

From this reading I asked Morris, who was lying back blowing rings into the summer night, the glow of an overhead lantern lighting up his handsome face.

rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

plural of “chair” — a seat for one person, with a support for the back

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

a grouping of a number of similar things

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading “And what keeps out the cold?”

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

come or bring to a finish or an end

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

a political or theological orientation advocating the preservation of the best in society and opposing radical changes

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

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From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

plural of “crocus” — any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

slightly wet

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

true confidential information

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

aimless wandering from place to place

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

let fall to the ground

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

developed or executed with care and in minute detail

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

divisible by two

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

the organ of sight

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading I asked Morris, who was lying back blowing rings into the summer night, the glow of an overhead lantern lighting up his handsome face.

very far away in space or time

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

possessive form of “felicia” — genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

being the right size and shape to fit as desired

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

an alert and refreshed state

From this reading I asked Morris, who was lying back blowing rings into the summer night, the glow of an overhead lantern lighting up his handsome face.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

From this reading I asked Morris, who was lying back blowing rings into the summer night, the glow of an overhead lantern lighting up his handsome face.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

past form of “heap” — bestow in large quantities

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

not solid; having a space or gap or cavity

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

plural of “keep” — the financial means whereby one lives

From this reading “And what keeps out the cold?”

apprehended with certainty

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

light in a transparent protective case

From this reading I asked Morris, who was lying back blowing rings into the summer night, the glow of an overhead lantern lighting up his handsome face.

the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

having abundant light or illumination

From this reading I asked Morris, who was lying back blowing rings into the summer night, the glow of an overhead lantern lighting up his handsome face.

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

From this reading I asked Morris, who was lying back blowing rings into the summer night, the glow of an overhead lantern lighting up his handsome face.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

slightly wet

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902)

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading I asked Morris, who was lying back blowing rings into the summer night, the glow of an overhead lantern lighting up his handsome face.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

and nothing more

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

used with “to” to say what is right or advisable

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

relating to or being on or near the outer side or limit

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

above your head; in the sky

From this reading I asked Morris, who was lying back blowing rings into the summer night, the glow of an overhead lantern lighting up his handsome face.

plural of “palm” — the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

the paved surface of a thoroughfare

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

disciple of Jesus and leader of the Apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

capable of happening or existing

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

be fully aware or cognizant of

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

gymnastic apparatus consisting of a pair of heavy metal circles (usually covered with leather) suspended by ropes; used for gymnastic exercises

From this reading I asked Morris, who was lying back blowing rings into the summer night, the glow of an overhead lantern lighting up his handsome face.

move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

an elaborate and systematic plan of action

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

a particular situation

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

feeling a need to see others suffer

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

not in physical motion

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading I asked Morris, who was lying back blowing rings into the summer night, the glow of an overhead lantern lighting up his handsome face.

bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

up to a particular time

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

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From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading “And what keeps out the cold?”

which person or people

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity

From this reading It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy-chair beside me, and so it was to Morris, who had helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

made or consisting of (entirely or in part) or employing wood

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborated, not only by Peter, who was conservatism itself in his every statement, but by Miss Felicia as well--who certainly ought to have known--you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Even then you would have had to drop into one of Miss Felicia's cretonne-upholstered chairs--big easy-chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back--looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water-soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pavement below, and so on to the beds of crocuses blooming beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door-steps of her house outside--some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical garden, attached to Miss Felicia's Geneseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sunny South.