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Chapter XXVII
When the sun sets, who doth not look for night? SHAKESPEARE. Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey. And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close. How Rachel had lived through them she knew not.
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an old form of “does”
From this reading “When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.”
from a time in the past until now
From this reading “Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “How Rachel had lived through them she knew not.”
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From this reading Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.
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From this reading And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.
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From this reading And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.
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From this reading And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.
an old form of “does”
From this reading When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey.
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From this reading How Rachel had lived through them she knew not.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.
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From this reading How Rachel had lived through them she knew not.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey.
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From this reading How Rachel had lived through them she knew not.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
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From this reading Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey.
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From this reading Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey.
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From this reading When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
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From this reading And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey.
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From this reading How Rachel had lived through them she knew not.
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From this reading And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.
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From this reading When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
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From this reading SHAKESPEARE.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading How Rachel had lived through them she knew not.
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey.
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From this reading When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading How Rachel had lived through them she knew not.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading How Rachel had lived through them she knew not.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.
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From this reading Two nights had passed since Lord Newhaven had left the Abbey.
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From this reading And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And now the second day, the first day of December, was waning to its close.
at the time that
From this reading When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
which person or people
From this reading When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?
