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Samantha on Children's Rights

Chapter XVIII

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Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.
There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.
“Pretty cool in Celestina,” sez Tamer.
She always put on the “teeny,” but, good land!
I didn’t.
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Samantha on Children's Rights

Chapter XVIII

Chapter 18 of Samantha on Children's Rights is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.
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There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.
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“Pretty cool in Celestina,” sez Tamer.
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She always put on the “teeny,” but, good land!
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I didn’t.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.”

Whilst conjunction US /waɪlst/

an old and formal word for “while”

From this reading “Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

agreeable

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From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

all

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

always

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From this reading She always put on the “teeny,” but, good land!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

askin

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

Celestina

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From this reading “Pretty cool in Celestina,” sez Tamer.

Celestine

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

come

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

concluded

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

cool

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From this reading “Pretty cool in Celestina,” sez Tamer.

didn't

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From this reading I didn’t.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

girl

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

go

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

goin

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

good

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From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

house

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From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading “Pretty cool in Celestina,” sez Tamer.

instead

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

invite

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

jest

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From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

land

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

From this reading She always put on the “teeny,” but, good land!

last

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

letter

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

little

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

minute

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

more

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

From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading She always put on the “teeny,” but, good land!

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

paint

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From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

planned

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

Pretty

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From this reading “Pretty cool in Celestina,” sez Tamer.

put

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From this reading She always put on the “teeny,” but, good land!

said

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

From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

see

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

sez

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From this reading “Pretty cool in Celestina,” sez Tamer.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

some

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From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

Submit's

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

Tamer

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

teeny

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From this reading She always put on the “teeny,” but, good land!

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

there

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

told

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From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

Uncle

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

views

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From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

visit

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

wanted

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From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

Well

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

whilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/

an old and formal word for “while”

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading There wuz some views, Tamer said, about their house that Celestine wanted to paint, and had jest as good as told her it would be more agreeable for us all to visit there than at Uncle Submit’s.

wouldn't

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.

wuz

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From this reading Well, Tamer and I had it all planned to go to Uncle Submit’s whilst Celestine wuz there with her little girl, but at the last minute a letter come from Tamer askin’ me if I wouldn’t come there and visit with Celestine, as she had concluded to invite her there instead of our goin’ to see her.