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The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice
The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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On the 14th the Directors and their legal advisers met for the reading of the report, with closed doors.
These were the terms in which the Commissioners related the results of their inquiry: “_Private and confidential_.
We have the honour to inform our Directors that we arrived in Venice on December 6, 1860.
On the same day we proceeded to the palace inhabited by Lord Montbarry at the time of his last illness and death.
We were received with all possible courtesy by Lady Montbarry’s brother, Baron Rivar.
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The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice is here in full — 177 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

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On the 14th the Directors and their legal advisers met for the reading of the report, with closed doors.
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These were the terms in which the Commissioners related the results of their inquiry: “_Private and confidential_.
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We have the honour to inform our Directors that we arrived in Venice on December 6, 1860.
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On the same day we proceeded to the palace inhabited by Lord Montbarry at the time of his last illness and death.
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We were received with all possible courtesy by Lady Montbarry’s brother, Baron Rivar.

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Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “On the same day we proceeded to the palace inhabited by Lord Montbarry at the time of his last illness and death.”

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14th

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1860

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6

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advisers

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all

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and

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arrived

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at

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Baron

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brother

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by

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closed

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Commissioners

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confidential

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courtesy

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day

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death

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December

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Directors

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doors

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for

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have

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his

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honour

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illness

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in

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inform

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inhabited

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inquiry

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Lady

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last

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legal

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Lord

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met

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Montbarry

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Montbarry's

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of

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On

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our

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palace

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possible

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Private

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proceeded

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reading

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received

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related

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report

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results

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From this reading These were the terms in which the Commissioners related the results of their inquiry: “_Private and confidential_.

Rivar

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sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading On the same day we proceeded to the palace inhabited by Lord Montbarry at the time of his last illness and death.

terms

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From this reading These were the terms in which the Commissioners related the results of their inquiry: “_Private and confidential_.

that

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From this reading “We have the honour to inform our Directors that we arrived in Venice on December 6, 1860.

the

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their

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From this reading On the 14th the Directors and their legal advisers met for the reading of the report, with closed doors.

These

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time

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to

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Venice

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We

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were

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which

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with

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From this reading On the 14th the Directors and their legal advisers met for the reading of the report, with closed doors.

Chapter 8 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice by Wilkie Collins holds 177 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 8 holds 177 sentences of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 8 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice by Wilkie Collins exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 177 sentences, grouped into 36 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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Reputation
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Doctor
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Wybrow
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London
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