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Round the Red Lamp

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Round the Red Lamp is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Arthur Conan Doyle • Curated US English Learning Edition

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"If you could make it convenient, sir, now that I am here, it would save trouble----" "Oh, certainly!"

These eternal little sordid money troubles were more trying to the doctor than plain living or scanty food.

He took out his purse and slid the contents on to the table.

There were two half-crowns and some pennies.

In his drawer he had ten golden sovereigns.

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Chapter VI Reading 1/41

Round the Red Lamp

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of Round the Red Lamp is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

"If you could make it convenient, sir, now that I am here, it would save trouble----" "Oh, certainly!"

Line 2

These eternal little sordid money troubles were more trying to the doctor than plain living or scanty food.

Line 3

He took out his purse and slid the contents on to the table.

Line 4

There were two half-crowns and some pennies.

Line 5

In his drawer he had ten golden sovereigns.

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am

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and

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certainly

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contents

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convenient

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could

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doctor

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drawer

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eternal

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food

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golden

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had

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half-crowns

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He

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here

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his

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I

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If

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In

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it

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little

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living

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make

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money

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more

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now

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Oh

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on

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or

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out

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pennies

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plain

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purse

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save

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scanty

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sir

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slid

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some

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sordid

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sovereigns

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table

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ten

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than

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that

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the

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There

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These

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to

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took

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trouble

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troubles

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trying

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two

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were

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would

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you

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From this reading "If you could make it convenient, sir, now that I am here, it would save trouble----" "Oh, certainly!"

Chapter 6 of Round the Red Lamp by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 206 sentences, grouped into 42 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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