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The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot.

To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

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Chapter I Reading 1/34

The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson

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Chapter I

Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken. She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot. To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed. If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night. There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories

Chapter I · Chapter 1

Chapter 1 of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories is here in full — 173 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

Line 2

She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot.

Line 3

To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

Line 4

If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

Line 5

There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

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a

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about

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

and

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

arched

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From this reading She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot.

around

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

as

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

bayous

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

be

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

been

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

before

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

being

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

boarded

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

boys

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

casting

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

chattering

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

comes

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From this reading She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot.

could

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

Creole

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

crowd

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

dark

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

day

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

discoloured

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

down

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

dummy-train

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

easy

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From this reading She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot.

Elysian

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

ever

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

eyes

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

feared

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

Fields

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

followed

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

foot

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From this reading She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot.

form

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

from

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From this reading She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot.

giddy

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

girls

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

glance

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

graceful

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

had

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

have

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

heavy

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

her

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

here

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

if

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

its

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

knew

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

known

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

lids

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

lily-covered

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

lithe

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

Manuela

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

Manuela's

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

Marais

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

merry

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

Milneburg-on-the-Lake

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

mistaken

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

never

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

night

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

of

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

once

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

out

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

peered

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

perfectly

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From this reading She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot.

picnic

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

puffed

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

quick

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

ramshackle

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

see

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

seen

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

She

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From this reading She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot.

sleepless

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

slender

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

spring

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From this reading She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot.

Street

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

swept

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

swiftly

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

swollen

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

tall

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

tearful

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

that

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From this reading She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot.

the

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

there

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

they

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

though

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

to

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

To-day

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

under

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

veil

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From this reading To-day she swept swiftly down Marais Street, casting a quick glance here and there from under her heavy veil as if she feared she was being followed.

walked

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From this reading She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot.

was

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

way

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

were

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

wheezily

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

wide

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From this reading There had been a picnic the day before, and as merry a crowd of giddy, chattering Creole girls and boys as ever you could see boarded the ramshackle dummy-train that puffed its way wheezily out wide Elysian Fields Street, around the lily-covered bayous, to Milneburg-on-the-Lake.

with

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From this reading She walked with the easy spring that comes from a perfectly arched foot.

would

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From this reading If you had peered under the veil, you would have seen that Manuela's dark eyes were swollen and discoloured about the lids, as though they had known a sleepless, tearful night.

you

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From this reading Manuela was tall and slender and graceful, and once you knew her the lithe form could never be mistaken.

Chapter 1 of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson holds 173 sentences, grouped into 35 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.

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Questions about reading The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories

Common questions about reading The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories?

Yes. All 1432 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #688 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #688, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories take to read?

About 119 minutes of reading across 287 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories section by section

How to work through The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

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Vocabulary met early in The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Manuela: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Slender: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Graceful: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Lithe: A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.