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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous
The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous

Chapter III · Chapter 3

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But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.
It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.
Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”
What’s that?” says his second sister.
Nay, sister,” says he very gravely, if you can’t spare Mrs. Betty to-day, any other time will do.”
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The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous is here in full — 104 sentences across 21 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.
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It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.
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Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, “Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”
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What’s that?” says his second sister.
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Nay, sister,” says he very gravely, “if you can’t spare Mrs. Betty to-day, any other time will do.”

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a

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

Accordingly

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From this reading Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, “Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”

after

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From this reading Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, “Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”

all

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

an

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

and

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

any

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From this reading “Nay, sister,” says he very gravely, “if you can’t spare Mrs. Betty to-day, any other time will do.”

as

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

ask

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From this reading Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, “Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”

being

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From this reading Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, “Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”

Betty

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From this reading Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, “Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”

But

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

by

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

can't

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From this reading “Nay, sister,” says he very gravely, “if you can’t spare Mrs. Betty to-day, any other time will do.”

convey

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

desire

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

devil

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

dinner

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From this reading Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, “Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”

directed

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

do

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From this reading “Nay, sister,” says he very gravely, “if you can’t spare Mrs. Betty to-day, any other time will do.”

errand

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

evening

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

fails

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

favour

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From this reading Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, “Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”

find

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

for

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

found

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

garden

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

go

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

gravely

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From this reading Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, “Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”

hand

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

he

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

him

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

himself

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

his

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

I

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

if

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From this reading “Nay, sister,” says he very gravely, “if you can’t spare Mrs. Betty to-day, any other time will do.”

in

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

innocently

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

into

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

invites

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

is

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

It

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

me

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

means

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

merry

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

Mrs

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From this reading Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, “Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”

must

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From this reading Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, “Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”

my

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

Nay

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From this reading “Nay, sister,” says he very gravely, “if you can’t spare Mrs. Betty to-day, any other time will do.”

never

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

note

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

of

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

one

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

opportunity

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

other

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From this reading “Nay, sister,” says he very gravely, “if you can’t spare Mrs. Betty to-day, any other time will do.”

publicly

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

says

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From this reading Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, “Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”

second

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From this reading “What’s that?” says his second sister.

see

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

should

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

sister

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From this reading “What’s that?” says his second sister.

sisters

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

so

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

somewhere

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

spare

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From this reading “Nay, sister,” says he very gravely, “if you can’t spare Mrs. Betty to-day, any other time will do.”

tempter

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

that

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

the

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

time

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From this reading “Nay, sister,” says he very gravely, “if you can’t spare Mrs. Betty to-day, any other time will do.”

to

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

to-day

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From this reading “Nay, sister,” says he very gravely, “if you can’t spare Mrs. Betty to-day, any other time will do.”

to-morrow

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

town

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

two

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

understand

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

unwearied

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

very

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

was

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

way

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

What's

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From this reading “What’s that?” says his second sister.

when

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

which

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

wickedness

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From this reading But as the devil is an unwearied tempter, so he never fails to find opportunity for that wickedness he invites to.

will

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From this reading “Nay, sister,” says he very gravely, “if you can’t spare Mrs. Betty to-day, any other time will do.”

with

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

would

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

you

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From this reading Accordingly, after dinner, he very gravely says to me, his sisters being all by, “Mrs. Betty, I must ask a favour of you.”

younger

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From this reading It was one evening that I was in the garden, with his two younger sisters and himself, and all very innocently merry, when he found means to convey a note into my hand, by which he directed me to understand that he would to-morrow desire me publicly to go of an errand for him into the town, and that I should see him somewhere by the way.

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Fortunes
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