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St. Ives

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of St. Ives is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.
By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.
But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.
If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.
A little after noon I started, in a hired chaise, by way of Dunstable.
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St. Ives

Chapter XVI · Chapter 16

Chapter 16 of St. Ives is here in full — 167 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/33 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.
Line 2
By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.
Line 3
But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.
Line 4
If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.
Line 5
A little after noon I started, in a hired chaise, by way of Dunstable.

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a

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

affairs

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

after

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From this reading A little after noon I started, in a hired chaise, by way of Dunstable.

agent

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

Amersham

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

an

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

and

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From this reading By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.

appeared

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

arrested

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

at

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

be

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

been

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

before

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

But

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

By

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From this reading By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.

carried

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

chaise

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From this reading A little after noon I started, in a hired chaise, by way of Dunstable.

Count

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

culmination

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

Dudgeon

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From this reading By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.

due

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

Dunstable

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From this reading A little after noon I started, in a hired chaise, by way of Dunstable.

eight

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From this reading By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.

estate

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

even

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

extremely

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

familiar

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

great-uncle

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

grown

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

had

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From this reading By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.

have

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

he

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

him

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

hired

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From this reading A little after noon I started, in a hired chaise, by way of Dunstable.

his

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

I

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From this reading By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.

If

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

ill-luck

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

in

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

it

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

kept

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

land

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

little

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From this reading A little after noon I started, in a hired chaise, by way of Dunstable.

made

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From this reading By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.

me

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

met

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

morning

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From this reading By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.

my

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

next

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From this reading By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.

night

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

noon

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From this reading A little after noon I started, in a hired chaise, by way of Dunstable.

of

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

on

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

our

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From this reading By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.

outlying

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

part

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

parting

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From this reading By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.

Place

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

public-house

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

shire

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

should

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

some

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

started

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From this reading A little after noon I started, in a hired chaise, by way of Dunstable.

that

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

the

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From this reading By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting.

time

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

to

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

uncle's

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

very

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

was

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

way

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From this reading If Dudgeon had had his way the night before, I should have been arrested on my uncle’s land and by my uncle’s agent, a culmination of ill-luck.

we

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

where

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

who

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From this reading But it appeared he was due at the public-house where we had met, on some affairs of my great-uncle the Count, who had an outlying estate in that part of the shire.

willingly

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

would

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From this reading By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.

Chapter 16 of St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson holds 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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 16 of St. Ives contain?

Chapter 16 holds 167 sentences of St. Ives, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 16 of St. Ives by Robert Louis Stevenson exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 167 sentences, grouped into 34 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 16 of St. Ives?

Work through the 34 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 34 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 16 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 16 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 St. Ives

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Is this the complete text of St. Ives?

Yes. All 5601 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #322 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of St. Ives is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #322, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does St. Ives take to read?

About 466 minutes of reading across 1121 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read St. Ives section by section

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Vocabulary met early in St. Ives

Words and structures a reader meets early in St. Ives, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Month
A word that appears in the opening chapter of St. Ives; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Unlucky
A word that appears in the opening chapter of St. Ives; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Hands
A word that appears in the opening chapter of St. Ives; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Enemy
A word that appears in the opening chapter of St. Ives; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.