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The Damnation of Theron Ware

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

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Theron Ware looked about him with frankly undisguised astonishment.

The room in which he found himself was so dark at first that it yielded little to the eye, and that little seemed altogether beyond his comprehension.

His gaze helplessly followed Celia and her candle about as she busied herself in the work of illumination.

When she had finished, and pinched out the taper, there were seven lights in the apartment--lights beaming softly through half-opaque alternating rectangles of blue and yellow glass.

They must be set in some sort of lanterns around against the wall, he thought, but the shape of these he could hardly make out.

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Chapter XIX Reading 1/48

The Damnation of Theron Ware Harold Frederic

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Chapter XIX

Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of The Damnation of Theron Ware is here in full — 244 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Theron Ware looked about him with frankly undisguised astonishment. The room in which he found himself was so dark at first that it yielded little to the eye, and that little seemed altogether beyond his comprehension. His gaze helplessly followed Celia and her candle about as she busied herself in the work of illumination. When she had finished, and pinched out the taper, there were seven lights in the apartment--lights beaming softly through half-opaque alternating rectangles of blue and yellow glass. They must be set in some sort of lanterns around against the wall, he thought, but the shape of these he could hardly make out.

The Damnation of Theron Ware

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of The Damnation of Theron Ware is here in full — 244 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/48 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Theron Ware looked about him with frankly undisguised astonishment.

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The room in which he found himself was so dark at first that it yielded little to the eye, and that little seemed altogether beyond his comprehension.

Line 3

His gaze helplessly followed Celia and her candle about as she busied herself in the work of illumination.

Line 4

When she had finished, and pinched out the taper, there were seven lights in the apartment--lights beaming softly through half-opaque alternating rectangles of blue and yellow glass.

Line 5

They must be set in some sort of lanterns around against the wall, he thought, but the shape of these he could hardly make out.

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about

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against

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alternating

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altogether

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and

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apartment

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around

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as

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astonishment

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at

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be

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beaming

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beyond

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blue

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busied

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but

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candle

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Celia

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comprehension

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could

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dark

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eye

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finished

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first

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followed

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found

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frankly

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gaze

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glass

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had

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half-opaque

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hardly

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he

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helplessly

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her

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herself

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him

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himself

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his

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illumination

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in

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it

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lanterns

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lights

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little

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From this reading The room in which he found himself was so dark at first that it yielded little to the eye, and that little seemed altogether beyond his comprehension.

looked

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make

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must

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of

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out

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pinched

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rectangles

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room

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seemed

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set

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seven

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shape

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she

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so

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softly

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some

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sort

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taper

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that

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The

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there

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Theron

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these

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They

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thought

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through

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to

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undisguised

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wall

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Ware

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was

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were

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When

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which

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with

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work

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yellow

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yielded

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