A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXI
HE SPEAKS AT LAST Was it really the last day of Visitation? Punishment or Consequence, would there be no more? Punishment or Consequence, it matters little which. One thing more happened on this eventful day. It came in a telegram from the ancestral housekeeper.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HE SPEAKS AT LAST Was it really the last day of Visitation?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Punishment or Consequence, it matters little which.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One thing more happened on this eventful day.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One thing more happened on this eventful day.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Punishment or Consequence, would there be no more?”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It came in a telegram from the ancestral housekeeper.
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From this reading It came in a telegram from the ancestral housekeeper.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading HE SPEAKS AT LAST Was it really the last day of Visitation?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Punishment or Consequence, would there be no more?
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From this reading It came in a telegram from the ancestral housekeeper.
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From this reading Punishment or Consequence, would there be no more?
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From this reading HE SPEAKS AT LAST Was it really the last day of Visitation?
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From this reading One thing more happened on this eventful day.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It came in a telegram from the ancestral housekeeper.
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From this reading One thing more happened on this eventful day.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HE SPEAKS AT LAST Was it really the last day of Visitation?
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From this reading It came in a telegram from the ancestral housekeeper.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It came in a telegram from the ancestral housekeeper.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading HE SPEAKS AT LAST Was it really the last day of Visitation?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HE SPEAKS AT LAST Was it really the last day of Visitation?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Punishment or Consequence, it matters little which.
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From this reading Punishment or Consequence, it matters little which.
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From this reading Punishment or Consequence, would there be no more?
not any; not one
From this reading Punishment or Consequence, would there be no more?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HE SPEAKS AT LAST Was it really the last day of Visitation?
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One thing more happened on this eventful day.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One thing more happened on this eventful day.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Punishment or Consequence, would there be no more?
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From this reading Punishment or Consequence, would there be no more?
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From this reading HE SPEAKS AT LAST Was it really the last day of Visitation?
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From this reading HE SPEAKS AT LAST Was it really the last day of Visitation?
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From this reading It came in a telegram from the ancestral housekeeper.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HE SPEAKS AT LAST Was it really the last day of Visitation?
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From this reading Punishment or Consequence, would there be no more?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One thing more happened on this eventful day.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading One thing more happened on this eventful day.
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From this reading HE SPEAKS AT LAST Was it really the last day of Visitation?
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HE SPEAKS AT LAST Was it really the last day of Visitation?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Punishment or Consequence, it matters little which.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Punishment or Consequence, would there be no more?
