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The Cost

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of The Cost is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By David Graham Phillips • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Pauline waited until she knew that they were sleeping.

Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

She sat hour after hour, giving no outward sign of battle within.

In every lull came Scarborough's "Be SURE, Pauline!" to start the tumult afresh.

When the stars began to pale in the dawn she rose--she WAS sure.

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The Cost

Chapter VII · Chapter 7

Chapter 7 of The Cost is here in full — 190 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1

Pauline waited until she knew that they were sleeping.

Line 2

Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

Line 3

She sat hour after hour, giving no outward sign of battle within.

Line 4

In every lull came Scarborough's "Be SURE, Pauline!" to start the tumult afresh.

Line 5

When the stars began to pale in the dawn she rose--she WAS sure.

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Open verb US /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading “Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.”

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a

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

afresh

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From this reading In every lull came Scarborough's "Be SURE, Pauline!" to start the tumult afresh.

after

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From this reading She sat hour after hour, giving no outward sign of battle within.

and

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

as

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

battle

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From this reading She sat hour after hour, giving no outward sign of battle within.

Be

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From this reading In every lull came Scarborough's "Be SURE, Pauline!" to start the tumult afresh.

began

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From this reading When the stars began to pale in the dawn she rose--she WAS sure.

bombarding

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

came

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From this reading In every lull came Scarborough's "Be SURE, Pauline!" to start the tumult afresh.

dawn

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From this reading When the stars began to pale in the dawn she rose--she WAS sure.

delicious

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

dressing-gown

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every

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From this reading In every lull came Scarborough's "Be SURE, Pauline!" to start the tumult afresh.

fairies

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

giving

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From this reading She sat hour after hour, giving no outward sign of battle within.

had

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

hour

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From this reading She sat hour after hour, giving no outward sign of battle within.

how

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

hyacinths

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in

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

knew

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From this reading Pauline waited until she knew that they were sleeping.

like

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

lull

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From this reading In every lull came Scarborough's "Be SURE, Pauline!" to start the tumult afresh.

many

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

moonlight

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

most

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

no

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From this reading She sat hour after hour, giving no outward sign of battle within.

now

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

of

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From this reading She sat hour after hour, giving no outward sign of battle within.

on

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

outward

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From this reading She sat hour after hour, giving no outward sign of battle within.

pale

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From this reading When the stars began to pale in the dawn she rose--she WAS sure.

Pauline

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From this reading Pauline waited until she knew that they were sleeping.

perfumes

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

put

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

rose

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From this reading When the stars began to pale in the dawn she rose--she WAS sure.

sat

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

Scarborough's

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From this reading In every lull came Scarborough's "Be SURE, Pauline!" to start the tumult afresh.

she

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From this reading Pauline waited until she knew that they were sleeping.

sign

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From this reading She sat hour after hour, giving no outward sign of battle within.

sleeping

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From this reading Pauline waited until she knew that they were sleeping.

springtimes

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

standing

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

stars

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

start

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From this reading In every lull came Scarborough's "Be SURE, Pauline!" to start the tumult afresh.

SURE

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From this reading In every lull came Scarborough's "Be SURE, Pauline!" to start the tumult afresh.

that

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From this reading Pauline waited until she knew that they were sleeping.

the

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

Then

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

there

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

they

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From this reading Pauline waited until she knew that they were sleeping.

to

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

tulips

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

tumult

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From this reading In every lull came Scarborough's "Be SURE, Pauline!" to start the tumult afresh.

until

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From this reading Pauline waited until she knew that they were sleeping.

waited

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From this reading Pauline waited until she knew that they were sleeping.

WAS

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From this reading When the stars began to pale in the dawn she rose--she WAS sure.

watch

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

went

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

were

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From this reading Pauline waited until she knew that they were sleeping.

When

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From this reading When the stars began to pale in the dawn she rose--she WAS sure.

window

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

with

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From this reading Then she put on a dressing-gown and went to the open window--how many springtimes had she sat there in the moonlight to watch, as now, the tulips and the hyacinths standing like fairies and bombarding the stars with the most delicious perfumes.

within

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From this reading She sat hour after hour, giving no outward sign of battle within.

Chapter 7 of The Cost by David Graham Phillips holds 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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 7 of The Cost contain?

Chapter 7 holds 190 sentences of The Cost, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 7 of The Cost by David Graham Phillips exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 190 sentences, grouped into 38 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.

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Work through the 38 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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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.

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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.
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