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The Damnation of Theron Ware

Chapter XXVIII · Chapter 28

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It was early afternoon when Theron walked out of his yard, bestowing no glance upon the withered and tarnished show of the garden, and started with a definite step down the street.

The tendency to ruminative loitering, which those who saw him abroad always associated with his tall, spare figure, was not suggested today.

He moved forward like a man with a purpose.

All the forenoon in the seclusion of the sitting-room, with a book opened before him, he had been thinking hard.

It was not the talk with Alice that occupied his thoughts.

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Chapter XXVIII Reading 1/49

The Damnation of Theron Ware Harold Frederic

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Chapter XXVIII

Chapter 28

Chapter 28 of The Damnation of Theron Ware is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

It was early afternoon when Theron walked out of his yard, bestowing no glance upon the withered and tarnished show of the garden, and started with a definite step down the street. The tendency to ruminative loitering, which those who saw him abroad always associated with his tall, spare figure, was not suggested today. He moved forward like a man with a purpose. All the forenoon in the seclusion of the sitting-room, with a book opened before him, he had been thinking hard. It was not the talk with Alice that occupied his thoughts.

The Damnation of Theron Ware

Chapter XXVIII · Chapter 28

Chapter 28 of The Damnation of Theron Ware is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Line 1

It was early afternoon when Theron walked out of his yard, bestowing no glance upon the withered and tarnished show of the garden, and started with a definite step down the street.

Line 2

The tendency to ruminative loitering, which those who saw him abroad always associated with his tall, spare figure, was not suggested today.

Line 3

He moved forward like a man with a purpose.

Line 4

All the forenoon in the seclusion of the sitting-room, with a book opened before him, he had been thinking hard.

Line 5

It was not the talk with Alice that occupied his thoughts.

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a

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abroad

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afternoon

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Alice

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All

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always

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and

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associated

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been

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From this reading All the forenoon in the seclusion of the sitting-room, with a book opened before him, he had been thinking hard.

before

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bestowing

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book

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definite

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down

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early

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figure

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forenoon

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forward

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garden

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glance

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had

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hard

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He

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him

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his

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in

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It

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like

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From this reading He moved forward like a man with a purpose.

loitering

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man

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moved

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From this reading He moved forward like a man with a purpose.

no

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not

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From this reading The tendency to ruminative loitering, which those who saw him abroad always associated with his tall, spare figure, was not suggested today.

occupied

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of

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opened

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out

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purpose

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ruminative

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saw

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seclusion

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show

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From this reading It was early afternoon when Theron walked out of his yard, bestowing no glance upon the withered and tarnished show of the garden, and started with a definite step down the street.

sitting-room

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spare

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From this reading The tendency to ruminative loitering, which those who saw him abroad always associated with his tall, spare figure, was not suggested today.

started

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step

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street

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suggested

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talk

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From this reading It was not the talk with Alice that occupied his thoughts.

tall

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From this reading The tendency to ruminative loitering, which those who saw him abroad always associated with his tall, spare figure, was not suggested today.

tarnished

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tendency

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that

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the

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Theron

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thinking

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From this reading All the forenoon in the seclusion of the sitting-room, with a book opened before him, he had been thinking hard.

those

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thoughts

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to

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From this reading The tendency to ruminative loitering, which those who saw him abroad always associated with his tall, spare figure, was not suggested today.

today

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upon

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From this reading It was early afternoon when Theron walked out of his yard, bestowing no glance upon the withered and tarnished show of the garden, and started with a definite step down the street.

walked

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was

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when

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which

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From this reading The tendency to ruminative loitering, which those who saw him abroad always associated with his tall, spare figure, was not suggested today.

who

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with

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withered

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yard

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