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The Castle of Otranto

Chapter V · Chapter 5

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By Horace Walpole • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

Still more was he troubled with the resemblance of Theodore to Alfonso’s portrait.

The latter he knew had unquestionably died without issue.

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Chapter V

Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Castle of Otranto is here in full — 320 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore. But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions. The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence. Still more was he troubled with the resemblance of Theodore to Alfonso’s portrait. The latter he knew had unquestionably died without issue.

The Castle of Otranto

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Castle of Otranto is here in full — 320 sentences across 64 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/64 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

Line 2

But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

Line 3

The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

Line 4

Still more was he troubled with the resemblance of Theodore to Alfonso’s portrait.

Line 5

The latter he knew had unquestionably died without issue.

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Secret noun US /ˈsiː.krət/

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading “The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.”

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a

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

Alfonso's

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From this reading Still more was he troubled with the resemblance of Theodore to Alfonso’s portrait.

amour

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

an

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

and

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

appearance

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

apprehensions

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

arrival

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

behaviour

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

bespeak

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

between

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

But

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

coinciding

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

conspired

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

correspondence

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

deeper

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

depended

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

died

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From this reading The latter he knew had unquestionably died without issue.

dissonant

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

even

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

Every

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

former

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

Frederic

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

Friar

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

Friar's

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

from

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

had

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From this reading The latter he knew had unquestionably died without issue.

he

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From this reading Still more was he troubled with the resemblance of Theodore to Alfonso’s portrait.

him

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

his

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

Isabella

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

issue

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From this reading The latter he knew had unquestionably died without issue.

Jerome

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

Jerome's

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

knew

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From this reading The latter he knew had unquestionably died without issue.

latter

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From this reading The latter he knew had unquestionably died without issue.

made

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

Manfred

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

meekness

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

more

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From this reading Still more was he troubled with the resemblance of Theodore to Alfonso’s portrait.

new

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

novel

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

of

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

on

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

persuade

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

portrait

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From this reading Still more was he troubled with the resemblance of Theodore to Alfonso’s portrait.

presumption

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

Prince

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

privy

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

reflection

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

resemblance

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From this reading Still more was he troubled with the resemblance of Theodore to Alfonso’s portrait.

secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

seemed

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

so

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

some

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

still

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

suggested

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From this reading But Jerome’s new presumption, so dissonant from his former meekness, suggested still deeper apprehensions.

support

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

suspected

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

that

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

the

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

Theodore

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

to

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

troubled

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From this reading Still more was he troubled with the resemblance of Theodore to Alfonso’s portrait.

unquestionably

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From this reading The latter he knew had unquestionably died without issue.

was

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

which

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From this reading Every reflection which Manfred made on the Friar’s behaviour, conspired to persuade him that Jerome was privy to an amour between Isabella and Theodore.

whose

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

with

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From this reading The Prince even suspected that the Friar depended on some secret support from Frederic, whose arrival, coinciding with the novel appearance of Theodore, seemed to bespeak a correspondence.

without

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From this reading The latter he knew had unquestionably died without issue.

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