Chapter 21 of The Crimson Blind is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXI
Chapter 21 of The Crimson Blind is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
GONE! It was the very moment that Henson had been waiting for. All his listlessness had vanished. He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn. Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
Chapter 21 of The Crimson Blind is here in full — 129 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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move gently or carefully
From this reading “Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.”
United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990)
From this reading “It was the very moment that Henson had been waiting for.”
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading “He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn.”
a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
From this reading “Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.”
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading “He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn.”
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading “Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.”
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading “He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn.”
having passed out of existence
From this reading “All his listlessness had vanished.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading All his listlessness had vanished.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was the very moment that Henson had been waiting for.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
move gently or carefully
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
well known or easily recognized
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
plural of “foot” — the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint
From this reading He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was the very moment that Henson had been waiting for.
destroyed or killed
From this reading GONE!
the solid part of the earth's surface
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was the very moment that Henson had been waiting for.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn.
United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990)
From this reading It was the very moment that Henson had been waiting for.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading All his listlessness had vanished.
in a hurried or hasty manner
From this reading He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn.
a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the very moment that Henson had been waiting for.
a field of cultivated and mowed grass
From this reading He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn.
a feeling of lack of interest or energy
From this reading All his listlessness had vanished.
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn.
a particular point in time
From this reading It was the very moment that Henson had been waiting for.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
inflected form of “slip” — move stealthily
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
inflected form of “spring” — move forward by leaps and bounds
From this reading He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was the very moment that Henson had been waiting for.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the very moment that Henson had been waiting for.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn.
having passed out of existence
From this reading All his listlessness had vanished.
precisely as stated
From this reading It was the very moment that Henson had been waiting for.
the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)
From this reading It was the very moment that Henson had been waiting for.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the very moment that Henson had been waiting for.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading He sprang to his feet and made his way hurriedly across the lawn.
which person or people
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dark as it was, he slipped along with the ease of one who is familiar with every inch of the ground.
Chapter 21 of The Crimson Blind by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White holds 129 sentences, grouped into 26 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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 21 holds 129 sentences of The Crimson Blind, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 21 of The Crimson Blind by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 129 sentences, grouped into 26 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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