Chapter 29 of The Circular Staircase is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIX
Chapter 29 of The Circular Staircase is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day. Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast. Gertrude spent the morning with me, reading something—I forget what. I was too busy with my thoughts to listen. I had said nothing to the two detectives.
Chapter 29 of The Circular Staircase is here in full — 165 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
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From this reading Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast.
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From this reading Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast.
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From this reading Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast.
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From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
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From this reading Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast.
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From this reading I was too busy with my thoughts to listen.
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From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
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From this reading I had said nothing to the two detectives.
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From this reading Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
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From this reading Gertrude spent the morning with me, reading something—I forget what.
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From this reading Gertrude spent the morning with me, reading something—I forget what.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had said nothing to the two detectives.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was too busy with my thoughts to listen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gertrude spent the morning with me, reading something—I forget what.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gertrude spent the morning with me, reading something—I forget what.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had said nothing to the two detectives.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gertrude spent the morning with me, reading something—I forget what.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had said nothing to the two detectives.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gertrude spent the morning with me, reading something—I forget what.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gertrude spent the morning with me, reading something—I forget what.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was too busy with my thoughts to listen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I was too busy with my thoughts to listen.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I had said nothing to the two detectives.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Liddy was alarmed to the point of hysteria, and sent for Doctor Stewart just after breakfast.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gertrude spent the morning with me, reading something—I forget what.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gertrude spent the morning with me, reading something—I forget what.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SCRAP OF PAPER For the first time in twenty years, I kept my bed that day.
Chapter 29 of The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart holds 165 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 29 holds 165 sentences of The Circular Staircase, unabridged, divided into 33 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 29 of The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 165 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.
Work through the 33 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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