Chapter 15 of The Call of the Blood is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XV
Chapter 15 of The Call of the Blood is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
He got up, too, and bent to pick up his fish-basket. "No, don't come with me. I'm going up now, straight up by the Castello." "In all this heat? But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.
Chapter 15 of The Call of the Blood is here in full — 417 sentences across 84 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/83 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading “He got up, too, and bent to pick up his fish-basket.”
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading “But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.”
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading “"In all this heat?”
a course of conduct
From this reading “But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.”
select carefully from a group
From this reading “He got up, too, and bent to pick up his fish-basket.”
an Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English “sir”; used separately (not prefixed to his name)
From this reading “But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.”
having a sharp inclination
From this reading “But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.”
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading “But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading "In all this heat?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He got up, too, and bent to pick up his fish-basket.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
From this reading He got up, too, and bent to pick up his fish-basket.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I'm going up now, straight up by the Castello."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm going up now, straight up by the Castello."
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading "No, don't come with me.
overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form
From this reading But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "No, don't come with me.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading He got up, too, and bent to pick up his fish-basket.
the act of departing
From this reading I'm going up now, straight up by the Castello."
inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
From this reading He got up, too, and bent to pick up his fish-basket.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He got up, too, and bent to pick up his fish-basket.
a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
From this reading "In all this heat?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He got up, too, and bent to pick up his fish-basket.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I'm going up now, straight up by the Castello."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "In all this heat?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "No, don't come with me.
not any; not one
From this reading "No, don't come with me.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading I'm going up now, straight up by the Castello."
a course of conduct
From this reading But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.
select carefully from a group
From this reading He got up, too, and bent to pick up his fish-basket.
an Italian title of respect for a man; equivalent to the English “sir”; used separately (not prefixed to his name)
From this reading But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.
having a sharp inclination
From this reading But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.
plural of “stone” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
From this reading But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.
successive (without a break)
From this reading I'm going up now, straight up by the Castello."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I'm going up now, straight up by the Castello."
in or at that place or location
From this reading But it's steep there, signore, and the path is all covered with stones.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "In all this heat?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He got up, too, and bent to pick up his fish-basket.
to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
From this reading He got up, too, and bent to pick up his fish-basket.
being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level
From this reading He got up, too, and bent to pick up his fish-basket.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "No, don't come with me.
Chapter 15 of The Call of the Blood by Robert Hichens holds 417 sentences, grouped into 84 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
Chapter 15 holds 417 sentences of The Call of the Blood, unabridged, divided into 84 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of The Call of the Blood by Robert Hichens exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 417 sentences, grouped into 84 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.
Work through the 84 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 84 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.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 15 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.
Common questions about reading The Call of the Blood by Robert Hichens on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 11888 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #20157 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #20157, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 2378 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through The Call of the Blood section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 29 chapters of The Call of the Blood to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in The Call of the Blood, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
