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Chapter X
All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear. "And you don't seem to care." Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph. "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes. Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “"Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.”
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “"Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.”
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading “All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.”
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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 Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.
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From this reading Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.
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From this reading All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And you don't seem to care."
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.
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From this reading All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.
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From this reading "And you don't seem to care."
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From this reading "And you don't seem to care."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.
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From this reading Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.
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From this reading "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.
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From this reading All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.
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From this reading All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.
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From this reading Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.
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From this reading "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.
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From this reading Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.
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From this reading Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.
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From this reading "And you don't seem to care."
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From this reading Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.
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From this reading "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.
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From this reading Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.
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From this reading Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.
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From this reading Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.
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From this reading Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.
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From this reading All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.
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From this reading All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.
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From this reading All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.
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From this reading Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And you don't seem to care."
