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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is here in full — 510 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

X. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NOBLE BACHELOR The Lord St. Simon marriage, and its curious termination, have long ceased to be a subject of interest in those exalted circles in which the unfortunate bridegroom moves. Fre

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This gentleman was not one of your wife’s friends?”
No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.
I hardly noticed his appearance.
But really I think that we are wandering rather far from the point.”
Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Chapter XI · Chapter 11

Chapter 11 of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is here in full — 510 sentences across 102 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/102 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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This gentleman was not one of your wife’s friends?”
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No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.
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I hardly noticed his appearance.
Line 4
But really I think that we are wandering rather far from the point.”
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Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

Learner Dictionary

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Mind noun US /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading ““Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.”

All words in this reading · 53

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a

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From this reading “No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.

appearance

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From this reading I hardly noticed his appearance.

are

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From this reading But really I think that we are wandering rather far from the point.”

but

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From this reading “No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.

by

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From this reading “No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.

call

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From this reading “No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.

cheerful

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

common-looking

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From this reading “No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.

courtesy

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From this reading “No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.

far

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From this reading But really I think that we are wandering rather far from the point.”

frame

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

friends

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From this reading “This gentleman was not one of your wife’s friends?”

from

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From this reading But really I think that we are wandering rather far from the point.”

gentleman

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gone

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

had

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

hardly

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From this reading I hardly noticed his appearance.

he

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From this reading “No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.

him

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From this reading “No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.

his

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From this reading I hardly noticed his appearance.

I

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From this reading “No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.

in

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

it

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

Lady

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

less

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

No

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From this reading “No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.

not

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From this reading “This gentleman was not one of your wife’s friends?”

noticed

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From this reading I hardly noticed his appearance.

of

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one

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From this reading “This gentleman was not one of your wife’s friends?”

person

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From this reading “No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.

point

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From this reading But really I think that we are wandering rather far from the point.”

quite

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From this reading “No, no; I call him a gentleman by courtesy, but he was quite a common-looking person.

rather

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From this reading But really I think that we are wandering rather far from the point.”

really

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From this reading But really I think that we are wandering rather far from the point.”

returned

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

she

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

Simon

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

St

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

than

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

that

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From this reading But really I think that we are wandering rather far from the point.”

the

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From this reading But really I think that we are wandering rather far from the point.”

then

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

think

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From this reading But really I think that we are wandering rather far from the point.”

This

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From this reading “This gentleman was not one of your wife’s friends?”

to

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

wandering

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From this reading But really I think that we are wandering rather far from the point.”

was

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From this reading “This gentleman was not one of your wife’s friends?”

we

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From this reading But really I think that we are wandering rather far from the point.”

wedding

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From this reading “Lady St. Simon, then, returned from the wedding in a less cheerful frame of mind than she had gone to it.

wife's

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From this reading “This gentleman was not one of your wife’s friends?”

your

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From this reading “This gentleman was not one of your wife’s friends?”

Chapter Quiz

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What is the central narrative or theme conveyed in this section of Case 10: The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor?

Which core linguistic virtue or character attribute is emphasized in this passage?

According to the text: "X....", what tone does the author establish?

Shadowing Practice

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Narrator: X.
Narrator: consciousness that she had made so immense a social stride, had the

Chapter 11 of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle holds 510 sentences, grouped into 102 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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Vocabulary met early in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Adventures
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Sherlock
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Holmes
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Arthur
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