Chapter 13 of The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 13 of The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Steward,” said Dick, “are there any other gentlemen about?” “There’s two in the smoking-room, sir,” answered the steward. The smoking-room was a little snuggery, luxuriously fitted up, and adjoining the pantry. We pushed the door open and entered. A sigh of relief escaped from my bosom.
Chapter 13 of The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales is here in full — 163 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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To move from a closed position.
From this reading “We pushed the door open and entered.”
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Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The smoking-room was a little snuggery, luxuriously fitted up, and adjoining the pantry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Steward,” said Dick, “are there any other gentlemen about?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The smoking-room was a little snuggery, luxuriously fitted up, and adjoining the pantry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The smoking-room was a little snuggery, luxuriously fitted up, and adjoining the pantry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s two in the smoking-room, sir,” answered the steward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Steward,” said Dick, “are there any other gentlemen about?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Steward,” said Dick, “are there any other gentlemen about?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sigh of relief escaped from my bosom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Steward,” said Dick, “are there any other gentlemen about?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We pushed the door open and entered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We pushed the door open and entered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sigh of relief escaped from my bosom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The smoking-room was a little snuggery, luxuriously fitted up, and adjoining the pantry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sigh of relief escaped from my bosom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Steward,” said Dick, “are there any other gentlemen about?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s two in the smoking-room, sir,” answered the steward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The smoking-room was a little snuggery, luxuriously fitted up, and adjoining the pantry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The smoking-room was a little snuggery, luxuriously fitted up, and adjoining the pantry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sigh of relief escaped from my bosom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sigh of relief escaped from my bosom.
To move from a closed position.
From this reading We pushed the door open and entered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Steward,” said Dick, “are there any other gentlemen about?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The smoking-room was a little snuggery, luxuriously fitted up, and adjoining the pantry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We pushed the door open and entered.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sigh of relief escaped from my bosom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Steward,” said Dick, “are there any other gentlemen about?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A sigh of relief escaped from my bosom.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s two in the smoking-room, sir,” answered the steward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s two in the smoking-room, sir,” answered the steward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The smoking-room was a little snuggery, luxuriously fitted up, and adjoining the pantry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Steward,” said Dick, “are there any other gentlemen about?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s two in the smoking-room, sir,” answered the steward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Steward,” said Dick, “are there any other gentlemen about?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s two in the smoking-room, sir,” answered the steward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “There’s two in the smoking-room, sir,” answered the steward.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The smoking-room was a little snuggery, luxuriously fitted up, and adjoining the pantry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The smoking-room was a little snuggery, luxuriously fitted up, and adjoining the pantry.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading We pushed the door open and entered.
Chapter 13 of The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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.
Chapter 13 holds 163 sentences of The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 13 of The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales by Arthur Conan Doyle exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 163 sentences, grouped into 33 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.
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