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Round the Red Lamp

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Round the Red Lamp is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"The disfigurement will be frightful."
"I can understand that the mouth will not be a pretty one to kiss."
Douglas Stone turned fiercely upon the man.
The speech was a brutal one.
But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.
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Round the Red Lamp

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Round the Red Lamp is here in full — 209 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1
"The disfigurement will be frightful."
Line 2
"I can understand that the mouth will not be a pretty one to kiss."
Line 3
Douglas Stone turned fiercely upon the man.
Line 4
The speech was a brutal one.
Line 5
But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

All words in this reading · 40

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

a

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "I can understand that the mouth will not be a pretty one to kiss."

and

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

be

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From this reading "The disfigurement will be frightful."

brutal

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From this reading The speech was a brutal one.

But

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

can

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From this reading "I can understand that the mouth will not be a pretty one to kiss."

disfigurement

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From this reading "The disfigurement will be frightful."

Douglas

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From this reading Douglas Stone turned fiercely upon the man.

fashion

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

fiercely

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From this reading Douglas Stone turned fiercely upon the man.

for

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

frightful

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "The disfigurement will be frightful."

has

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

his

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

I

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From this reading "I can understand that the mouth will not be a pretty one to kiss."

kiss

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From this reading "I can understand that the mouth will not be a pretty one to kiss."

man

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From this reading Douglas Stone turned fiercely upon the man.

mouth

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From this reading "I can understand that the mouth will not be a pretty one to kiss."

no

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

not

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From this reading "I can understand that the mouth will not be a pretty one to kiss."

of

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

one

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From this reading "I can understand that the mouth will not be a pretty one to kiss."

own

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

pretty

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From this reading "I can understand that the mouth will not be a pretty one to kiss."

speech

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From this reading The speech was a brutal one.

Stone

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From this reading Douglas Stone turned fiercely upon the man.

talk

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

that

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From this reading "I can understand that the mouth will not be a pretty one to kiss."

The

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From this reading "The disfigurement will be frightful."

there

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

thought

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

time

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "I can understand that the mouth will not be a pretty one to kiss."

Turk

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

turned

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From this reading Douglas Stone turned fiercely upon the man.

understand

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From this reading "I can understand that the mouth will not be a pretty one to kiss."

upon

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From this reading Douglas Stone turned fiercely upon the man.

was

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From this reading The speech was a brutal one.

will

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From this reading "The disfigurement will be frightful."

wrangling

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From this reading But the Turk has his own fashion of talk and of thought, and there was no time for wrangling.

Chapter 13 of Round the Red Lamp by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 209 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.

What does chapter 13 of Round the Red Lamp contain?

Chapter 13 holds 209 sentences of Round the Red Lamp, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 13 of Round the Red Lamp by Arthur Conan Doyle exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 209 sentences, grouped into 42 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 13 of Round the Red Lamp?

Work through the 42 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 42 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 13 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 13 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 Round the Red Lamp

Common questions about reading Round the Red Lamp by Arthur Conan Doyle on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Round the Red Lamp?

Yes. All 4698 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #423 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Round the Red Lamp is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #423, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Round the Red Lamp take to read?

About 391 minutes of reading across 940 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Round the Red Lamp section by section

How to work through Round the Red Lamp section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 23 chapters of Round the Red Lamp to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Round the Red Lamp

Words and structures a reader meets early in Round the Red Lamp, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Preface
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Round the Red Lamp; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Being
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Round the Red Lamp; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Extract
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Round the Red Lamp; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Animated
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Round the Red Lamp; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.