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Round the Red Lamp

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 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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A couple of days later the maid carried a card just after breakfast into the library where the Professor sat revising his morning lecture.

It announced the re-arrival of Dr. James M'Murdo O'Brien.

Their meeting was effusively genial on the part of the younger man, and coldly precise on that of his former teacher.

"You see there have been changes," said the Professor.

"So I heard.

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Chapter XI Reading 1/41

Round the Red Lamp

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 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

A couple of days later the maid carried a card just after breakfast into the library where the Professor sat revising his morning lecture.

Line 2

It announced the re-arrival of Dr. James M'Murdo O'Brien.

Line 3

Their meeting was effusively genial on the part of the younger man, and coldly precise on that of his former teacher.

Line 4

"You see there have been changes," said the Professor.

Line 5

"So I heard.

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A

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after

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and

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announced

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been

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breakfast

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card

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carried

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changes

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coldly

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couple

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days

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Dr

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effusively

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former

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genial

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have

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heard

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his

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I

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into

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It

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James

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just

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later

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lecture

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library

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M'Murdo

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maid

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man

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meeting

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morning

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O'Brien

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of

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on

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part

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precise

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Professor

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re-arrival

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revising

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said

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sat

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see

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So

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teacher

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that

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the

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Their

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there

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was

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where

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You

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younger

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Chapter 11 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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