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Round the Red Lamp

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

Chapter 23 of Round the Red Lamp is here in full — 206 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."
"Why, then?"
"Over this woman question.
I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."
"Oh, you don't think they are necessarily unsexed, then?" she cried, with a mischievous smile.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Round the Red Lamp

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

Chapter 23 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
"I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."
Line 2
"Why, then?"
Line 3
"Over this woman question.
Line 4
I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."
Line 5
"Oh, you don't think they are necessarily unsexed, then?" she cried, with a mischievous smile.

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a

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

able

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

an

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

another

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

apologise

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

are

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From this reading "Oh, you don't think they are necessarily unsexed, then?" she cried, with a mischievous smile.

arm-chair

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

as

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

be

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

been

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

charm

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

cried

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From this reading "Oh, you don't think they are necessarily unsexed, then?" she cried, with a mischievous smile.

day

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

don't

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

far

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

fashion

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

feel

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

had

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

have

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

he

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

her

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

his

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

how

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

I

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

if

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

in

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

inevitably

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

know

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

leg

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

lose

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

mischievous

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From this reading "Oh, you don't think they are necessarily unsexed, then?" she cried, with a mischievous smile.

must

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

From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

necessarily

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

From this reading "Oh, you don't think they are necessarily unsexed, then?" she cried, with a mischievous smile.

of

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

From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

Oh

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From this reading "Oh, you don't think they are necessarily unsexed, then?" she cried, with a mischievous smile.

one

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

Over

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From this reading "Over this woman question.

progressed

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

question

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From this reading "Over this woman question.

quite

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

said

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

From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

shame-faced

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

From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

she

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

sit

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

smile

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From this reading "Oh, you don't think they are necessarily unsexed, then?" she cried, with a mischievous smile.

so

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

something

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

studies

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

such

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

that

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

the

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

then

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From this reading "Why, then?"

they

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From this reading "Oh, you don't think they are necessarily unsexed, then?" she cried, with a mischievous smile.

think

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

this

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From this reading "Over this woman question.

to

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

took

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

unsexed

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From this reading "Oh, you don't think they are necessarily unsexed, then?" she cried, with a mischievous smile.

up

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

upon

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

used

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From this reading I used to think that a woman must inevitably lose something of her charm if she took up such studies."

when

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

Why

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From this reading "Why, then?"

with

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

woman

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

From this reading "Over this woman question.

wrong

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

you

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From this reading "I don't know how to apologise to you," he said in his shame-faced fashion one day, when he had progressed so far as to be able to sit in an arm-chair with his leg upon another one; "I feel that I have been quite in the wrong."

Chapter 23 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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Chapter 23 holds 206 sentences of Round the Red Lamp, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.

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Vocabulary met early in Round the Red Lamp

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Preface
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Being
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Extract
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Animated
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