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The Cost
The Cost

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Cost is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By David Graham Phillips • Curated US English Learning Edition

Chapter 21 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 21 of The Cost contain?

Chapter 21 holds 193 sentences of The Cost, unabridged, divided into 39 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 21 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 21 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 21 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.

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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
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Gardiner
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Joined
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Second
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"And then--where?"
She did not reply for some time.
Studying her face, he saw an expression of lonesomeness gather and strengthen and deepen until she looked so forlorn that he felt as if he must take her in his arms.
When she spoke it was to say dubiously: "Back to New York--to keep house for my brother--perhaps."
"And when his wife frees herself and he marries again--where will you go?"
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The Cost

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of The Cost is here in full — 193 sentences across 39 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
"And then--where?"
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She did not reply for some time.
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Studying her face, he saw an expression of lonesomeness gather and strengthen and deepen until she looked so forlorn that he felt as if he must take her in his arms.
Line 4
When she spoke it was to say dubiously: "Back to New York--to keep house for my brother--perhaps."
Line 5
"And when his wife frees herself and he marries again--where will you go?"
All words in this reading · 58

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again

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an

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And

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arms

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as

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Back

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brother

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deepen

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did

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From this reading She did not reply for some time.

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dubiously

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From this reading When she spoke it was to say dubiously: "Back to New York--to keep house for my brother--perhaps."

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expression

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face

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felt

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for

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From this reading She did not reply for some time.

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forlorn

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frees

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gather

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go

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he

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her

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herself

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his

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house

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if

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in

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it

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keep

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From this reading When she spoke it was to say dubiously: "Back to New York--to keep house for my brother--perhaps."

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lonesomeness

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From this reading Studying her face, he saw an expression of lonesomeness gather and strengthen and deepen until she looked so forlorn that he felt as if he must take her in his arms.

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looked

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marries

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From this reading "And when his wife frees herself and he marries again--where will you go?"

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must

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my

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From this reading When she spoke it was to say dubiously: "Back to New York--to keep house for my brother--perhaps."

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New

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From this reading When she spoke it was to say dubiously: "Back to New York--to keep house for my brother--perhaps."

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not

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From this reading She did not reply for some time.

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of

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perhaps

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From this reading When she spoke it was to say dubiously: "Back to New York--to keep house for my brother--perhaps."

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reply

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From this reading She did not reply for some time.

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saw

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From this reading Studying her face, he saw an expression of lonesomeness gather and strengthen and deepen until she looked so forlorn that he felt as if he must take her in his arms.

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say

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From this reading When she spoke it was to say dubiously: "Back to New York--to keep house for my brother--perhaps."

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She

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From this reading She did not reply for some time.

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so

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From this reading Studying her face, he saw an expression of lonesomeness gather and strengthen and deepen until she looked so forlorn that he felt as if he must take her in his arms.

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some

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From this reading She did not reply for some time.

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spoke

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From this reading When she spoke it was to say dubiously: "Back to New York--to keep house for my brother--perhaps."

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strengthen

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From this reading Studying her face, he saw an expression of lonesomeness gather and strengthen and deepen until she looked so forlorn that he felt as if he must take her in his arms.

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Studying

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From this reading Studying her face, he saw an expression of lonesomeness gather and strengthen and deepen until she looked so forlorn that he felt as if he must take her in his arms.

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take

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From this reading Studying her face, he saw an expression of lonesomeness gather and strengthen and deepen until she looked so forlorn that he felt as if he must take her in his arms.

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that

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From this reading Studying her face, he saw an expression of lonesomeness gather and strengthen and deepen until she looked so forlorn that he felt as if he must take her in his arms.

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then

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From this reading "And then--where?"

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time

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From this reading She did not reply for some time.

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to

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From this reading When she spoke it was to say dubiously: "Back to New York--to keep house for my brother--perhaps."

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until

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From this reading Studying her face, he saw an expression of lonesomeness gather and strengthen and deepen until she looked so forlorn that he felt as if he must take her in his arms.

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was

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From this reading When she spoke it was to say dubiously: "Back to New York--to keep house for my brother--perhaps."

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When

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From this reading When she spoke it was to say dubiously: "Back to New York--to keep house for my brother--perhaps."

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where

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From this reading "And then--where?"

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wife

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will

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York

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you

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From this reading "And when his wife frees herself and he marries again--where will you go?"

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