Chapter 12 of The Grain of Dust: A Novel is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Grain of Dust: A Novel is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
"There _is_ something wrong with you," said Ursula. "Did you ask me out for confidences, or for advice--or for both?" "None of them," replied he. "Only for company. I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Chapter 12 of The Grain of Dust: A Novel is here in full — 229 sentences across 46 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Having no one else present.
From this reading “I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."”
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From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Did you ask me out for confidences, or for advice--or for both?"
Having no one else present.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Did you ask me out for confidences, or for advice--or for both?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Did you ask me out for confidences, or for advice--or for both?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Only for company.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Did you ask me out for confidences, or for advice--or for both?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Did you ask me out for confidences, or for advice--or for both?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Did you ask me out for confidences, or for advice--or for both?"
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From this reading "None of them," replied he.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There _is_ something wrong with you," said Ursula.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Did you ask me out for confidences, or for advice--or for both?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "None of them," replied he.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "None of them," replied he.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Only for company.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Did you ask me out for confidences, or for advice--or for both?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Did you ask me out for confidences, or for advice--or for both?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "None of them," replied he.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There _is_ something wrong with you," said Ursula.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There _is_ something wrong with you," said Ursula.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "None of them," replied he.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There _is_ something wrong with you," said Ursula.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There _is_ something wrong with you," said Ursula.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I knew I'd not be able to sleep for hours, and I wanted to put off the time when I'd be alone."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There _is_ something wrong with you," said Ursula.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There _is_ something wrong with you," said Ursula.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "There _is_ something wrong with you," said Ursula.
Chapter 12 of The Grain of Dust: A Novel by David Graham Phillips holds 229 sentences, grouped into 46 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.
Chapter 12 holds 229 sentences of The Grain of Dust: A Novel, unabridged, divided into 46 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 of The Grain of Dust: A Novel by David Graham Phillips exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 229 sentences, grouped into 46 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
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