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Robert Falconer
Robert Falconer

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Robert Falconer is here in full — 302 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.
This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.
If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!
As it was, he had but two hours to himself, pared at both ends, in the middle of the day.
Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.
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Robert Falconer

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of Robert Falconer is here in full — 302 sentences across 61 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/60 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.
Line 2
This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.
Line 3
If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!
Line 4
As it was, he had but two hours to himself, pared at both ends, in the middle of the day.
Line 5
Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

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a

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

action

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

admonished

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

allowed

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From this reading If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!

arrived

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

as

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

at

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

be

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

because

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

been

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From this reading If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!

Bodyfauld

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

both

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From this reading As it was, he had but two hours to himself, pared at both ends, in the middle of the day.

boys

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

but

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From this reading As it was, he had but two hours to himself, pared at both ends, in the middle of the day.

carry

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

certain

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

clock

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

come

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

dare

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

day

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From this reading As it was, he had but two hours to himself, pared at both ends, in the middle of the day.

did

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

Dooble

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

ears

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

ends

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From this reading As it was, he had but two hours to himself, pared at both ends, in the middle of the day.

entered

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

evening

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

every

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

first

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

for

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

freedom

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From this reading If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!

given

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

glance

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

grandmother's

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

Grannie's

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

had

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

have

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

he

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From this reading As it was, he had but two hours to himself, pared at both ends, in the middle of the day.

him

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

himself

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From this reading As it was, he had but two hours to himself, pared at both ends, in the middle of the day.

his

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

hours

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From this reading As it was, he had but two hours to himself, pared at both ends, in the middle of the day.

how

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

If

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From this reading If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!

impossible

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

in

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

instrument

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

it

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

lasted

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

lesson

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

long

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

middle

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From this reading As it was, he had but two hours to himself, pared at both ends, in the middle of the day.

might

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

moment

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

not

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

of

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From this reading If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!

on

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

only

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From this reading If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!

own

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

pared

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From this reading As it was, he had but two hours to himself, pared at both ends, in the middle of the day.

pleasant

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

proceeding

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

reasonable

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

Robert

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

room

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

Rothieden

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From this reading If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!

Sanny

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

see

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

she

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

sleep

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From this reading If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!

so

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

streets

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

that

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

the

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

theirs

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From this reading If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!

they

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

This

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

through

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From this reading Dooble Sanny might have given him a lesson at that time, but he did not dare to carry his instrument through the streets of Rothieden, for the proceeding would be certain to come to his grandmother's ears.

time

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

to

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

two

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From this reading As it was, he had but two hours to himself, pared at both ends, in the middle of the day.

universe

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From this reading If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!

up

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

violin

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

visit

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From this reading This was not pleasant, because it admonished Robert how impossible it was for him to have a lesson on his own violin so long as the visit to Bodyfauld lasted.

was

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

what

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From this reading If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!

whether

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From this reading Grannie's first action every evening, the moment the boys entered the room, was to glance up at the clock, that she might see whether they had arrived in reasonable time.

would

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From this reading If they had only been allowed to sleep at Rothieden, what a universe of freedom would have been theirs!

Chapter 10 of Robert Falconer by George MacDonald holds 302 sentences, grouped into 61 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 10 of Robert Falconer contain?

Chapter 10 holds 302 sentences of Robert Falconer, unabridged, divided into 61 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 of Robert Falconer by George MacDonald exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 302 sentences, grouped into 61 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 10 of Robert Falconer?

Work through the 61 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 61 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 10 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Robert Falconer

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Is this the complete text of Robert Falconer?

Yes. All 12433 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #2561 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Robert Falconer is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #2561, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Robert Falconer take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 2487 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Words and structures a reader meets early in Robert Falconer, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Robert
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Falconer
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School-boy
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Fourteen
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