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The Conflict

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Conflict is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"Then we mustn't see each other," said she.
Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.
Selma debated whether to take Victor the news or to continue her walk.
She decided for the walk.
She had been feeling peculiarly toward Victor since the previous afternoon.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Conflict

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Conflict is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/40 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"Then we mustn't see each other," said she.
Line 2
Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.
Line 3
Selma debated whether to take Victor the news or to continue her walk.
Line 4
She decided for the walk.
Line 5
She had been feeling peculiarly toward Victor since the previous afternoon.

All words in this reading · 47

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abandoned

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afternoon

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From this reading She had been feeling peculiarly toward Victor since the previous afternoon.

and

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arm

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at

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

away

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

been

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From this reading She had been feeling peculiarly toward Victor since the previous afternoon.

by

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

continue

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From this reading Selma debated whether to take Victor the news or to continue her walk.

crowd

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

darted

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

debated

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From this reading Selma debated whether to take Victor the news or to continue her walk.

decided

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From this reading She decided for the walk.

each

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From this reading "Then we mustn't see each other," said she.

feeling

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From this reading She had been feeling peculiarly toward Victor since the previous afternoon.

for

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From this reading She decided for the walk.

Galland

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had

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

her

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From this reading Selma debated whether to take Victor the news or to continue her walk.

him

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

Hugo

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laughed

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

long

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mustn't

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From this reading "Then we mustn't see each other," said she.

news

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From this reading Selma debated whether to take Victor the news or to continue her walk.

nodded

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

or

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From this reading Selma debated whether to take Victor the news or to continue her walk.

other

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From this reading "Then we mustn't see each other," said she.

peculiarly

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From this reading She had been feeling peculiarly toward Victor since the previous afternoon.

previous

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From this reading She had been feeling peculiarly toward Victor since the previous afternoon.

said

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From this reading "Then we mustn't see each other," said she.

see

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From this reading "Then we mustn't see each other," said she.

seized

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

Selma

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From this reading Selma debated whether to take Victor the news or to continue her walk.

she

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From this reading "Then we mustn't see each other," said she.

since

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

Suddenly

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

take

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From this reading Selma debated whether to take Victor the news or to continue her walk.

the

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

Then

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From this reading "Then we mustn't see each other," said she.

to

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From this reading Selma debated whether to take Victor the news or to continue her walk.

toward

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From this reading She had been feeling peculiarly toward Victor since the previous afternoon.

up

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From this reading Suddenly she nodded, laughed up at him and darted away--and Hugo Galland, long since abandoned by the crowd, had seized him by the arm.

Victor

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From this reading Selma debated whether to take Victor the news or to continue her walk.

walk

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From this reading Selma debated whether to take Victor the news or to continue her walk.

we

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From this reading "Then we mustn't see each other," said she.

whether

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From this reading Selma debated whether to take Victor the news or to continue her walk.

Chapter 21 of The Conflict by David Graham Phillips holds 201 sentences, grouped into 41 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 21 of The Conflict contain?

Chapter 21 holds 201 sentences of The Conflict, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 21 of The Conflict by David Graham Phillips exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 201 sentences, grouped into 41 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 21 of The Conflict?

Work through the 41 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 41 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 21 can be played aloud in United States English.

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Vocabulary met early in The Conflict

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Conflict, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Years
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Conflict; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Wellesley
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Conflict; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Equally
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Conflict; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Divided
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Conflict; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.