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

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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In the mean time, Mrs. Ferrari held to her resolution.
She went straight from Mr. Troy’s office to Newbury’s Hotel.
Lady Montbarry was at home, and alone.
But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.
Her ladyship’s new maid happened to cross the hall while the matter was still in debate.
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The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice is here in full — 142 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/28 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
In the mean time, Mrs. Ferrari held to her resolution.
Line 2
She went straight from Mr. Troy’s office to Newbury’s Hotel.
Line 3
Lady Montbarry was at home, and alone.
Line 4
But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.
Line 5
Her ladyship’s new maid happened to cross the hall while the matter was still in debate.

Learner Dictionary

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “Lady Montbarry was at home, and alone.”

All words in this reading · 49

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading Lady Montbarry was at home, and alone.

and

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From this reading Lady Montbarry was at home, and alone.

at

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From this reading Lady Montbarry was at home, and alone.

authorities

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From this reading But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.

But

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From this reading But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.

cross

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From this reading Her ladyship’s new maid happened to cross the hall while the matter was still in debate.

debate

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From this reading Her ladyship’s new maid happened to cross the hall while the matter was still in debate.

declined

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From this reading But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.

disturb

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From this reading But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.

Ferrari

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From this reading In the mean time, Mrs. Ferrari held to her resolution.

found

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From this reading But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.

from

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From this reading She went straight from Mr. Troy’s office to Newbury’s Hotel.

hall

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From this reading Her ladyship’s new maid happened to cross the hall while the matter was still in debate.

happened

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From this reading Her ladyship’s new maid happened to cross the hall while the matter was still in debate.

held

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From this reading In the mean time, Mrs. Ferrari held to her resolution.

her

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From this reading In the mean time, Mrs. Ferrari held to her resolution.

hesitated

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From this reading But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.

home

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Lady Montbarry was at home, and alone.

Hotel

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From this reading She went straight from Mr. Troy’s office to Newbury’s Hotel.

In

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From this reading In the mean time, Mrs. Ferrari held to her resolution.

Lady

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Lady Montbarry was at home, and alone.

ladyship's

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From this reading Her ladyship’s new maid happened to cross the hall while the matter was still in debate.

maid

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From this reading Her ladyship’s new maid happened to cross the hall while the matter was still in debate.

matter

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From this reading Her ladyship’s new maid happened to cross the hall while the matter was still in debate.

mean

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From this reading In the mean time, Mrs. Ferrari held to her resolution.

mention

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From this reading But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.

Montbarry

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From this reading Lady Montbarry was at home, and alone.

Mr

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She went straight from Mr. Troy’s office to Newbury’s Hotel.

Mrs

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the mean time, Mrs. Ferrari held to her resolution.

name

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.

new

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Her ladyship’s new maid happened to cross the hall while the matter was still in debate.

Newbury's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She went straight from Mr. Troy’s office to Newbury’s Hotel.

of

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.

office

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She went straight from Mr. Troy’s office to Newbury’s Hotel.

resolution

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the mean time, Mrs. Ferrari held to her resolution.

She

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She went straight from Mr. Troy’s office to Newbury’s Hotel.

still

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Her ladyship’s new maid happened to cross the hall while the matter was still in debate.

straight

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She went straight from Mr. Troy’s office to Newbury’s Hotel.

that

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.

the

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the mean time, Mrs. Ferrari held to her resolution.

they

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.

time

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the mean time, Mrs. Ferrari held to her resolution.

to

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading In the mean time, Mrs. Ferrari held to her resolution.

Troy's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She went straight from Mr. Troy’s office to Newbury’s Hotel.

visitor

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.

was

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Lady Montbarry was at home, and alone.

went

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading She went straight from Mr. Troy’s office to Newbury’s Hotel.

when

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading But the authorities of the hotel hesitated to disturb her when they found that the visitor declined to mention her name.

while

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Her ladyship’s new maid happened to cross the hall while the matter was still in debate.

Chapter 10 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice by Wilkie Collins holds 142 sentences, grouped into 29 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.

What does chapter 10 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice contain?

Chapter 10 holds 142 sentences of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice, unabridged, divided into 29 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 10 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 142 sentences, grouped into 29 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.

How do I study chapter 10 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice?

Work through the 29 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 29 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 10 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #170, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

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About 340 minutes of reading across 817 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Reputation
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Doctor
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Wybrow
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
London
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.