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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 One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
altered
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From this reading As they crossed the end of it she cast a look down Jink Lane, and thought of her altered condition with a sigh.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As they crossed the end of it she cast a look down Jink Lane, and thought of her altered condition with a sigh.
AULD
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From this reading TEN AULD HOOSE O’ GALBRAITH.
awful
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From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
back
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From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She made haste to lock her door, and they walked side by side to the Widdiehill.
came
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
cast
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From this reading As they crossed the end of it she cast a look down Jink Lane, and thought of her altered condition with a sigh.
cold
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
condition
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From this reading As they crossed the end of it she cast a look down Jink Lane, and thought of her altered condition with a sigh.
Croale
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
crossed
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From this reading As they crossed the end of it she cast a look down Jink Lane, and thought of her altered condition with a sigh.
death
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From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
door
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From this reading She made haste to lock her door, and they walked side by side to the Widdiehill.
down
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From this reading As they crossed the end of it she cast a look down Jink Lane, and thought of her altered condition with a sigh.
end
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
fog
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From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
frightful
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From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
GALBRAITH
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From this reading TEN AULD HOOSE O’ GALBRAITH.
gallery
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
Gibbie
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
hand
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
haste
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From this reading She made haste to lock her door, and they walked side by side to the Widdiehill.
haunting
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
hell
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From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
hill-step
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
HOOSE
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From this reading TEN AULD HOOSE O’ GALBRAITH.
hot
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
imagination
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As they crossed the end of it she cast a look down Jink Lane, and thought of her altered condition with a sigh.
Jink
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From this reading As they crossed the end of it she cast a look down Jink Lane, and thought of her altered condition with a sigh.
Lane
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From this reading As they crossed the end of it she cast a look down Jink Lane, and thought of her altered condition with a sigh.
light
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
like
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From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
lock
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From this reading She made haste to lock her door, and they walked side by side to the Widdiehill.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As they crossed the end of it she cast a look down Jink Lane, and thought of her altered condition with a sigh.
lost
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
made
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From this reading She made haste to lock her door, and they walked side by side to the Widdiehill.
making
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
market
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
Mistress
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
O
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From this reading TEN AULD HOOSE O’ GALBRAITH.
October
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
prominent
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From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
sailors
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From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
Sambo's
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From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
shop
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
shoulder
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
shutting
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
side
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From this reading She made haste to lock her door, and they walked side by side to the Widdiehill.
sigh
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From this reading As they crossed the end of it she cast a look down Jink Lane, and thought of her altered condition with a sigh.
signs
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
startled
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
TEN
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From this reading TEN AULD HOOSE O’ GALBRAITH.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
Then
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From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She made haste to lock her door, and they walked side by side to the Widdiehill.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As they crossed the end of it she cast a look down Jink Lane, and thought of her altered condition with a sigh.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then the memory of the awful time amongst the sailors, in which poor Sambo’s frightful death was ever prominent, came back like a fog from hell.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She made haste to lock her door, and they walked side by side to the Widdiehill.
tumbler
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
up
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
walked
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From this reading She made haste to lock her door, and they walked side by side to the Widdiehill.
walking
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From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
Widdiehill
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From this reading She made haste to lock her door, and they walked side by side to the Widdiehill.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One cold afternoon in the end of October, when Mistress Croale was shutting up her shop in the market, and a tumbler of something hot was haunting her imagination, Gibbie came walking up the long gallery with the light hill-step which he never lost, and startled her with a hand on her shoulder, making signs that she must come with him.
