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The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales
The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales

Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

Chapter 25 of The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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With a sinking heart and a sad foreboding of evil I left her with her tirewomen.
In the morning, when the early sacrifice was over, I hurried to her house.
A frightened slave met me upon the steps.
Her mistress was ill, she said, very ill.
In a frenzy I broke my way through the attendants, and rushed through hall and corridor to my Atma’s chamber.
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The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales

Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

Chapter 25 of The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales is here in full — 166 sentences across 34 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1
With a sinking heart and a sad foreboding of evil I left her with her tirewomen.
Line 2
In the morning, when the early sacrifice was over, I hurried to her house.
Line 3
A frightened slave met me upon the steps.
Line 4
Her mistress was ill, she said, very ill.
Line 5
In a frenzy I broke my way through the attendants, and rushed through hall and corridor to my Atma’s chamber.

All words in this reading · 46

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a

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and

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Atma's

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attendants

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broke

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chamber

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corridor

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early

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evil

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foreboding

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frenzy

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frightened

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hall

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heart

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her

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house

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From this reading In the morning, when the early sacrifice was over, I hurried to her house.

hurried

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I

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ill

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In

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left

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me

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met

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mistress

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morning

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my

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of

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over

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From this reading In the morning, when the early sacrifice was over, I hurried to her house.

rushed

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sacrifice

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sad

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said

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she

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sinking

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slave

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steps

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the

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through

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tirewomen

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to

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upon

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very

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was

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way

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when

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With

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Chapter 25 of The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales by Arthur Conan Doyle holds 166 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 25 of The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales contain?

Chapter 25 holds 166 sentences of The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales, unabridged, divided into 34 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 25 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 166 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 25 of The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales?

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 25 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 25 can be played aloud in United States English.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #294, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 349 minutes of reading across 838 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Captain of the Polestar, and Other Tales, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Other
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Tales
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Preface
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