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Chapter VIII
It was Mary Hall, she that had been Mary Lascelles. The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought. But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions. The Lady Mary looked up over her book without stirring her body. Her eyes were awakened and sardonic.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “It was Mary Hall, she that had been Mary Lascelles.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Lady Mary looked up over her book without stirring her body.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Lady Mary looked up over her book without stirring her body.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought.”
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading “The Lady Mary looked up over her book without stirring her body.”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought.
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From this reading The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought.
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From this reading Her eyes were awakened and sardonic.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was Mary Hall, she that had been Mary Lascelles.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Lady Mary looked up over her book without stirring her body.
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From this reading The Lady Mary looked up over her book without stirring her body.
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From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
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From this reading The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought.
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From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
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From this reading Her eyes were awakened and sardonic.
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From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was Mary Hall, she that had been Mary Lascelles.
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From this reading It was Mary Hall, she that had been Mary Lascelles.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought.
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From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Mary Hall, she that had been Mary Lascelles.
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From this reading The Lady Mary looked up over her book without stirring her body.
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From this reading It was Mary Hall, she that had been Mary Lascelles.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Lady Mary looked up over her book without stirring her body.
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From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
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From this reading It was Mary Hall, she that had been Mary Lascelles.
not any; not one
From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
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From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
above and across; more than
From this reading The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought.
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From this reading The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought.
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From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
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From this reading The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought.
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From this reading Her eyes were awakened and sardonic.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was Mary Hall, she that had been Mary Lascelles.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
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From this reading The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought.
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From this reading The Lady Mary looked up over her book without stirring her body.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was Mary Hall, she that had been Mary Lascelles.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought.
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From this reading The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was Mary Hall, she that had been Mary Lascelles.
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From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her eyes were awakened and sardonic.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The Queen came over to raise her up, and to ask what it was she sought.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The Lady Mary looked up over her book without stirring her body.
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From this reading But the woman wept so loud, and so continually cried out that her brother was the fiend incarnate, that the Queen could ask no questions.
