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Robert Falconer
Robert Falconer

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

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When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.
She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.
Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.
'Hoo are ye, laddie?'
she said.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Robert Falconer

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of Robert Falconer is here in full — 161 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.
Line 2
She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.
Line 3
Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.
Line 4
'Hoo are ye, laddie?'
Line 5
she said.

All words in this reading · 61

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age

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

although

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

an

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

and

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

are

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From this reading 'Hoo are ye, laddie?'

arms

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at

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From this reading When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.

away

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

back

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

been

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

breakfast

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From this reading When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.

chair

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

cheek

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did

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

door

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From this reading When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.

eight

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

for

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

found

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grandmother's

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From this reading When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.

had

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

he

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From this reading When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.

her

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

him

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his

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From this reading When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.

Hoo

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in

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

laddie

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lady

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From this reading When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.

look

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

met

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

middle

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

months

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

not

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

of

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From this reading When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.

offered

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

old

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From this reading When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.

older

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

only

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

opened

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parlour

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pushed

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

put

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

Robert

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room

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

rose

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

round

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

said

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From this reading she said.

seated

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From this reading When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.

seemed

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

She

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

smooth

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

that

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

the

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From this reading When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.

time

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

to

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

truth

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

wept

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

When

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From this reading When Robert opened the door of his grandmother's parlour, he found the old lady seated at breakfast.

white

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From this reading She rose, pushed back her chair, and met him in the middle of the room; put her old arms round him, offered her smooth white cheek to him, and wept.

wondered

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From this reading Robert wondered that she did not look older; for the time he had been away seemed an age, although in truth only eight months.

ye

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From this reading 'Hoo are ye, laddie?'

Chapter 24 of Robert Falconer by George MacDonald holds 161 sentences, grouped into 33 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 24 of Robert Falconer contain?

Chapter 24 holds 161 sentences of Robert Falconer, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 24 of Robert Falconer by George MacDonald exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 161 sentences, grouped into 33 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 24 of Robert Falconer?

Work through the 33 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 33 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 24 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.

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Is this the complete text of Robert Falconer?

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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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Vocabulary met early in Robert Falconer

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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