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

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

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AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.
She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.
Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.
It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.
She did not regret even during those few next days of disheartening search for work.
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Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise

Chapter XXIII · Chapter 23

Chapter 23 of Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise is here in full — 763 sentences across 153 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.
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She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.
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Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.
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It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.
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She did not regret even during those few next days of disheartening search for work.
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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

added

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AFTER

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

aid

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From this reading It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.

and

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From this reading She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.

at

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From this reading It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.

bottom

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but

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From this reading She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.

calmer

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

cared

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compelled

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completely

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consistent

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curiosities

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days

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

did

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disheartening

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From this reading She did not regret even during those few next days of disheartening search for work.

during

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even

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eye

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

familiar

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From this reading It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.

far

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felt

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feminine

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

few

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

for

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From this reading Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.

Gideon's

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

had

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

have

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From this reading Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.

having

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From this reading It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.

he

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From this reading Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.

her

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

herself

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From this reading She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.

his

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From this reading It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.

human

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From this reading It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.

humiliation

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From this reading Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.

impelled

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From this reading She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.

in

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

inconsistency

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From this reading It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.

is

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From this reading It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.

it

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From this reading She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.

money

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

mood

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

more

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

next

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From this reading She did not regret even during those few next days of disheartening search for work.

normal

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

not

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nothing

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From this reading Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.

of

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From this reading She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.

offer

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From this reading It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.

one

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or

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other

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own

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From this reading Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.

pin

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From this reading Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.

practical

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

proud

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From this reading She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.

refuse

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From this reading She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.

refused

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

regret

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From this reading It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.

regretted

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

search

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From this reading She did not regret even during those few next days of disheartening search for work.

she

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

sight

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From this reading Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.

situation

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

so

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From this reading It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.

Taking

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From this reading Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.

that

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

the

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

those

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From this reading She did not regret even during those few next days of disheartening search for work.

thought

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From this reading Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.

to

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From this reading She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.

valuable

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From this reading It is one of the familiar curiosities of human inconsistency which is at bottom so completely consistent, that she did not regret having refused his far more valuable offer to aid her.

viewing

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

was

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

way

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From this reading Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.

what

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From this reading Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.

when

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

which

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From this reading She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.

wished

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From this reading She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.

with

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From this reading AFTER a few days, when she was viewing her situation in a calmer, more normal mood with the practical feminine eye, she regretted that she had refused Gideon's money.

within

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From this reading She was proud of that within herself which had impelled and compelled her to refuse it; but she wished she had it.

work

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From this reading She did not regret even during those few next days of disheartening search for work.

would

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From this reading Taking it, she felt, would have added nothing to her humiliation in her own sight; and for what he thought of her, one way or the other, she cared not a pin.