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The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

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Courcey left the room and returned with the instrument.

"M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

BY THE BAYOU ST.

JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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

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Chapter IV

Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Courcey left the room and returned with the instrument. "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you. And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days." BY THE BAYOU ST. JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories

Chapter IV · Chapter 4

Chapter 4 of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories is here in full — 178 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/35 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Courcey left the room and returned with the instrument.

Line 2

"M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

Line 3

And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

Line 4

BY THE BAYOU ST.

Line 5

JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

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a

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

an

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

and

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From this reading Courcey left the room and returned with the instrument.

as

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

banks

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

BAYOU

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From this reading BY THE BAYOU ST.

bosom

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

bowing

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

BY

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From this reading BY THE BAYOU ST.

case

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

casts

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

Courcey

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From this reading Courcey left the room and returned with the instrument.

dark-hued

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

days

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

dollars

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

even

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

flat

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

for

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

Fortier

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

handed

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

have

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

he

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

high

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

hundred

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

instrument

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From this reading Courcey left the room and returned with the instrument.

into

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

it

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

its

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

itself

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

JOHN

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

keep

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

Lake

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

left

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From this reading Courcey left the room and returned with the instrument.

little

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

low

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

M'sieu

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

makes

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

man

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

me

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

money

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

of

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

passion

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

Pontchartrain

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

possessed

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

reeds

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

returned

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From this reading Courcey left the room and returned with the instrument.

room

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From this reading Courcey left the room and returned with the instrument.

rushes

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

said

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

six

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

slopes

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

slowly

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

ST

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From this reading BY THE BAYOU ST.

such

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

take

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

that

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

the

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From this reading Courcey left the room and returned with the instrument.

through

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

to

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

too

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

turbulent

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

until

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

violin

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

was

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

way

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From this reading JOHN The Bayou St. John slowly makes its dark-hued way through reeds and rushes, high banks and flat slopes, until it casts itself into the turbulent bosom of Lake Pontchartrain.

whim

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

why

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

with

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From this reading Courcey left the room and returned with the instrument.

worth

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From this reading And as for the money, why, keep that too; it was worth a hundred dollars to have possessed such an instrument even for six days."

you

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

your

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From this reading "M'sieu Fortier," he said, bowing low, as he handed the case to the little man, "take your violin; it was a whim with me, a passion with you.

Chapter 4 of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories by Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson holds 178 sentences, grouped into 36 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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Chapter 4 holds 178 sentences of The Goodness of St. Rocque, and Other Stories, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.

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