Chapter 2 of The Cost is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter II
Chapter 2 of The Cost is here in full — 201 sentences across 41 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"He has some good reason, dear," began her mother. "What is it?" demanded Pauline. "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face. "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table. "Pauline!"
Chapter 2 of The Cost 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
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From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
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From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
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From this reading "He has some good reason, dear," began her mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He has some good reason, dear," began her mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What is it?" demanded Pauline.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He has some good reason, dear," began her mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He has some good reason, dear," began her mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He has some good reason, dear," began her mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He has some good reason, dear," began her mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What is it?" demanded Pauline.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What is it?" demanded Pauline.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He has some good reason, dear," began her mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What is it?" demanded Pauline.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He has some good reason, dear," began her mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "He has some good reason, dear," began her mother.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What is it?" demanded Pauline.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Why does he treat me--treat you--like two naughty little children?" said Pauline, impatiently tossing the book on the table.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "I can't tell you any more than I've told you already," replied her mother, trying not to show her feelings in her face.
Chapter 2 of The Cost 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.
Chapter 2 holds 201 sentences of The Cost, unabridged, divided into 41 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 2 of The Cost 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.
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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Words and structures a reader meets early in The Cost, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
