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The Errand Boy

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Errand Boy is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Horatio, Jr. Alger • Curated US English Learning Edition

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MR.

LIONEL LAKE.

Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chapter IV Reading 1/23

The Errand Boy

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Errand Boy is here in full — 118 sentences across 24 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

MR.

Line 2

LIONEL LAKE.

Line 3

Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

Line 4

Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

Line 5

Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

All words in this reading · 56

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a

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From this reading Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

affections

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

and

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

as

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

aught

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

before

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From this reading Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

boy

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

Brent

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

but

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

cost

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From this reading Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

did

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

disliked

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

Even

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

father

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

from

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

had

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

have

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From this reading Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

he

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

him

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

himself

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

his

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

home

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From this reading Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

in

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

it

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From this reading Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

kindness

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

LAKE

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From this reading LIONEL LAKE.

leave

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From this reading Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

liked

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

LIONEL

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From this reading LIONEL LAKE.

living

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

might

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From this reading Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

months

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From this reading Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

MR

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From this reading MR.

Mrs

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

never

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

not

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

of

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

or

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

pang

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From this reading Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

Philip

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From this reading Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

received

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

secretly

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

secure

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

she

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

show

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

Six

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From this reading Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

step-mother

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

supposed

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

the

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

Then

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

though

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

to

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From this reading Six months before it might have cost Philip a pang to leave home.

trouble

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

venture

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

was

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From this reading Then his father was living, and from him the boy had never received aught but kindness.

whether

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From this reading Even his step-mother, though she secretly disliked him, did not venture to show it, and secure in the affections of his supposed father, he did not trouble himself as to whether Mrs. Brent liked him or not.

Chapter 4 of The Errand Boy by Horatio, Jr. Alger holds 118 sentences, grouped into 24 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 4 of The Errand Boy contain?

Chapter 4 holds 118 sentences of The Errand Boy, unabridged, divided into 24 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 4 of The Errand Boy by Horatio, Jr. Alger exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 118 sentences, grouped into 24 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 4 of The Errand Boy?

Work through the 24 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 4 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.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #462, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Errand Boy take to read?

About 372 minutes of reading across 894 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Errand Boy

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

Little: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Errand Boy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Difficulty: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Errand Boy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Brent: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Errand Boy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Plodding: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Errand Boy; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.