Chapter 10 of The Grey Lady is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter 10 of The Grey Lady is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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.
Chapter 10 of The Grey Lady is here in full — 188 sentences across 38 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading “All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.”
relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
From this reading “Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.”
plural of “lash” — any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
From this reading “"Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.”
(New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel
From this reading “Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.”
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading “Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.”
the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments
From this reading “All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.”
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading “All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.”
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
From this reading “Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
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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.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
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."
past form of “answer” — react verbally
From this reading "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.
have
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.
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
From this reading "And you don't seem to care."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
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.
the side that is forward or prominent
From this reading Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
From this reading "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.
a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades
From this reading All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
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.
relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts
From this reading Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.
plural of “lash” — any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
From this reading "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.
plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking
From this reading Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.
(New Testament) the Apostle closely associated with St. Paul and traditionally assumed to be the author of the third Gospel
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.
give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading "And you don't seem to care."
put into a certain place or abstract location
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.
(used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy
From this reading "Don't I?" she answered, with a sidelong glance beneath her lashes.
change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.
past form of “smile” — change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
From this reading Agatha smiled a little inward smile of triumph.
past form of “stare” — look at with fixed eyes
From this reading Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.
successive (without a break)
From this reading Luke stared straight in front of him with set lips.
the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments
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.
any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)
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.
make physical contact with, come in contact with
From this reading All such things touch secret strings For heavy hearts to bear.
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
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."
Chapter 10 of The Grey Lady by Henry Seton Merriman holds 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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 10 holds 188 sentences of The Grey Lady, unabridged, divided into 38 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 10 of The Grey Lady by Henry Seton Merriman exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 188 sentences, grouped into 38 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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