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The Cost

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of The Cost is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.
"Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.
"No, sir."
The son's voice was clear.
"Is your mother?"
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Cost

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of The Cost is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/38 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.
Line 2
"Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.
Line 3
"No, sir."
Line 4
The son's voice was clear.
Line 5
"Is your mother?"

All words in this reading · 51

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a

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

all

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

and

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

asked

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

at

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

before

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

Bella

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

between

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

but

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

clear

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From this reading The son's voice was clear.

conversation

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

days

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

did

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

every

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

except

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

father

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

few

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

gentle-voiced

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

going

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

Hampden's

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

He

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

her

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

him

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

himself

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

his

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

home

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

Is

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

left

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

looked

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

looking

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

mother

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

No

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From this reading "No, sir."

nor

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From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

not

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

of

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

one

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

Pauline

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

pay

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

repeat

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

severely

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

sir

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "No, sir."

son's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The son's voice was clear.

tell

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

the

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

this

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

through

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading He did not tell Pauline all of this, nor did he repeat to her the conversation between himself and his father a few days before he left home.

voice

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From this reading The son's voice was clear.

was

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From this reading The son's voice was clear.

way

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From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

your

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading "Is 'Bella going to pay your way through?" asked his father, looking at him severely--but he looked severely at every one except Hampden's gentle-voiced mother.

Chapter 3 of The Cost by David Graham Phillips holds 193 sentences, grouped into 39 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 3 of The Cost contain?

Chapter 3 holds 193 sentences of The Cost, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 3 of The Cost by David Graham Phillips exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 193 sentences, grouped into 39 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 3 of The Cost?

Work through the 39 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 39 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 3 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 3 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading The Cost

Common questions about reading The Cost by David Graham Phillips on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Cost?

Yes. All 5059 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #478 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #478, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Cost take to read?

About 421 minutes of reading across 1012 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Cost

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

Pauline
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Cost; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Gardiner
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Cost; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Joined
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Cost; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Second
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Cost; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.