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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
advent
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Affairs
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From this reading Affairs went on in Carlingford with the usual commonplace pertinacity of human affairs.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
all
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
amazed
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
anybody's
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
back
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
became
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From this reading The winter went on calmly day by day, and Nettie and her dependants became legitimate portions of Carlingford society.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The winter went on calmly day by day, and Nettie and her dependants became legitimate portions of Carlingford society.
calmly
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
Carlingford
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From this reading Affairs went on in Carlingford with the usual commonplace pertinacity of human affairs.
collapse
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common
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commonplace
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From this reading Affairs went on in Carlingford with the usual commonplace pertinacity of human affairs.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
course
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
crisis
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day
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From this reading The winter went on calmly day by day, and Nettie and her dependants became legitimate portions of Carlingford society.
dependants
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From this reading The winter went on calmly day by day, and Nettie and her dependants became legitimate portions of Carlingford society.
down
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
ensue
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establishment
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
events
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
exceptional
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
excited
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
expectation
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
experiment
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
extraordinary
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
failure
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
found
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
framework
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half-miraculous
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
happened
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
household
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
how
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
human
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From this reading Affairs went on in Carlingford with the usual commonplace pertinacity of human affairs.
humanity
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Affairs went on in Carlingford with the usual commonplace pertinacity of human affairs.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
last
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
legitimate
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From this reading The winter went on calmly day by day, and Nettie and her dependants became legitimate portions of Carlingford society.
life
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
little
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Lookers-on
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matters
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
moralists
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
nature
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
Nettie
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
never
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new
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
Notable
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Affairs went on in Carlingford with the usual commonplace pertinacity of human affairs.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Affairs went on in Carlingford with the usual commonplace pertinacity of human affairs.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
ordinary
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
pertinacity
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From this reading Affairs went on in Carlingford with the usual commonplace pertinacity of human affairs.
picture
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
portions
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From this reading The winter went on calmly day by day, and Nettie and her dependants became legitimate portions of Carlingford society.
prevailed
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
prophecies
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
prophesied
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
prove
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
quiet
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rolled
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
routine
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
see
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
seldom
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From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
setting-out
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
settled
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
society
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From this reading The winter went on calmly day by day, and Nettie and her dependants became legitimate portions of Carlingford society.
some
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
steady
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
strange
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
sudden
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Affairs went on in Carlingford with the usual commonplace pertinacity of human affairs.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Notable events happened but seldom in anybody's life, and matters rolled back into their ordinary routine, or found a new routine for themselves after the ordinary course of humanity.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
things
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time
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
took
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
usual
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From this reading Affairs went on in Carlingford with the usual commonplace pertinacity of human affairs.
vain
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
very
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From this reading Lookers-on prophesied that it never could last--that in the very nature of things some sudden crisis or collapse must ensue, and the vain experiment prove a failure; but quiet nature and steady time prevailed over these moralists and their prophecies.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
went
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From this reading Affairs went on in Carlingford with the usual commonplace pertinacity of human affairs.
winter
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From this reading The winter went on calmly day by day, and Nettie and her dependants became legitimate portions of Carlingford society.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Affairs went on in Carlingford with the usual commonplace pertinacity of human affairs.
wonderful
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From this reading After the extraordinary advent of Nettie and her strange household--after the setting-out of that wonderful little establishment, with all the amazed expectation it excited--it was strange to see how everything settled down, and how calmly the framework of common life took in that exceptional and half-miraculous picture.
