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Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 5 of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by David Graham Phillips holds 393 sentences, grouped into 79 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 5 holds 393 sentences of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise, unabridged, divided into 79 reading sections.

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Child's
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SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.
He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.
He was not twenty feet away, was seeing and hearing, when Arthur kissed Ruth good night.
He laughed to himself.
"How disappointed she looked last night when she saw I wasn't going to do that!"
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Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise is here in full — 393 sentences across 79 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.
Line 2
He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.
Line 3
He was not twenty feet away, was seeing and hearing, when Arthur kissed Ruth good night.
Line 4
He laughed to himself.
Line 5
"How disappointed she looked last night when she saw I wasn't going to do that!"
All words in this reading · 73

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a

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

all

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

and

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

ardor

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

Arthur

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

at

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

away

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From this reading He was not twenty feet away, was seeing and hearing, when Arthur kissed Ruth good night.

behind

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

but

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

calm

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

carefully

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

cigarette

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

clump

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

did

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

disappointed

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From this reading "How disappointed she looked last night when she saw I wasn't going to do that!"

do

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From this reading "How disappointed she looked last night when she saw I wasn't going to do that!"

dropped

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

end

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

feet

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From this reading He was not twenty feet away, was seeing and hearing, when Arthur kissed Ruth good night.

front

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

gate

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

going

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From this reading "How disappointed she looked last night when she saw I wasn't going to do that!"

good

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From this reading He was not twenty feet away, was seeing and hearing, when Arthur kissed Ruth good night.

grass

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

hand

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

He

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

hearing

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From this reading He was not twenty feet away, was seeing and hearing, when Arthur kissed Ruth good night.

hidden

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

himself

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From this reading He laughed to himself.

his

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

hollow

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

How

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From this reading "How disappointed she looked last night when she saw I wasn't going to do that!"

I

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From this reading "How disappointed she looked last night when she saw I wasn't going to do that!"

impatience

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

in

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

its

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

keeping

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

kissed

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From this reading He was not twenty feet away, was seeing and hearing, when Arthur kissed Ruth good night.

last

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From this reading "How disappointed she looked last night when she saw I wasn't going to do that!"

laughed

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From this reading He laughed to himself.

left

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

lighted

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

lilacs

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

looked

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From this reading "How disappointed she looked last night when she saw I wasn't going to do that!"

make

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

more

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

nerves

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

night

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From this reading He was not twenty feet away, was seeing and hearing, when Arthur kissed Ruth good night.

not

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

o'clock

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

of

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

pass

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

quickly

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

Ruth

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From this reading He was not twenty feet away, was seeing and hearing, when Arthur kissed Ruth good night.

SAM

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

saw

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From this reading "How disappointed she looked last night when she saw I wasn't going to do that!"

seeing

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From this reading He was not twenty feet away, was seeing and hearing, when Arthur kissed Ruth good night.

she

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From this reading "How disappointed she looked last night when she saw I wasn't going to do that!"

Sinclair

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

smoked

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

stole

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

ten

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

that

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From this reading "How disappointed she looked last night when she saw I wasn't going to do that!"

the

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

time

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

to

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From this reading He dropped to the grass behind a clump of lilacs, and to calm his nerves and to make the time pass more quickly, smoked a cigarette, keeping its lighted end carefully hidden in the hollow of his hand.

twenty

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From this reading He was not twenty feet away, was seeing and hearing, when Arthur kissed Ruth good night.

until

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

wait

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

Warhams

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From this reading SAM did not wait until Arthur Sinclair left, but, all ardor and impatience, stole in at the Warhams' front gate at ten o'clock.

was

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From this reading He was not twenty feet away, was seeing and hearing, when Arthur kissed Ruth good night.

wasn't

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From this reading "How disappointed she looked last night when she saw I wasn't going to do that!"

when

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From this reading He was not twenty feet away, was seeing and hearing, when Arthur kissed Ruth good night.