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The Dynamiter

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

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Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
In one hand she held a packet.
Will you try,’ she said, some of my father’s tobaccofrom dear Cuba?
There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.
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The Dynamiter

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of The Dynamiter is here in full — 156 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
Line 2
On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
Line 3
In one hand she held a packet.
Line 4
Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobaccofrom dear Cuba?
Line 5
There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.

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a

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

ajar

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

all

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

and

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

appeared

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

as

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

Cuba

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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?

day

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

dear

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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?

delicately

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

disorder

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

enjoyed

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

father's

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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?

foreign

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

forth

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

from

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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?

gentlemen

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From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.

had

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

hand

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From this reading In one hand she held a packet.

he

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

held

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From this reading In one hand she held a packet.

his

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

I

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From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.

in

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

into

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

know

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From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.

ladies

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From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.

lady's

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

little

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

morning

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

my

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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?

neat

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

Next

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

of

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

On

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

one

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From this reading In one hand she held a packet.

opened

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

packet

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From this reading In one hand she held a packet.

patiently

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

presence

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

returned

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

said

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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?

sat

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

scarce

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

sewing

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

Señorita

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

she

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

shoulder

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

smoke

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From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.

some

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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?

somehow

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

strange

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

sunlight

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

suppose

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From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.

terrace

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

the

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

There

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From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.

to

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

tobacco

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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?

tripped

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

tropical

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

try

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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?

unconscious

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

view

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

was

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

well

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From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.

when

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

Will

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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?

window

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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.

yet

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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.

you

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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?

Chapter 15 of The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson holds 156 sentences, grouped into 32 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 15 of The Dynamiter contain?

Chapter 15 holds 156 sentences of The Dynamiter, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 15 of The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 156 sentences, grouped into 32 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 15 of The Dynamiter?

Work through the 32 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 32 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.

Can chapter 15 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 15 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.

Questions about reading The Dynamiter

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Is this the complete text of The Dynamiter?

Yes. All 3426 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #647 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Dynamiter is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #647, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Dynamiter take to read?

About 285 minutes of reading across 686 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Dynamiter

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Dynamiter, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Silver
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Library
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Edition
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January
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