Chapter 12 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Chapter XII
Chapter 12 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
“Do you think she is mad?” Agnes asked. “I think she is simply wicked. False, superstitious, inveterately cruel—but not mad. I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
Chapter 12 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice is here in full — 236 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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From this reading Agnes asked.
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From this reading Agnes asked.
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From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
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From this reading False, superstitious, inveterately cruel—but not mad.
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From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
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From this reading False, superstitious, inveterately cruel—but not mad.
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From this reading “Do you think she is mad?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading False, superstitious, inveterately cruel—but not mad.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I think she is simply wicked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading False, superstitious, inveterately cruel—but not mad.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you think she is mad?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you think she is mad?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading False, superstitious, inveterately cruel—but not mad.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you think she is mad?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I think she is simply wicked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading False, superstitious, inveterately cruel—but not mad.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you think she is mad?”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I believe her main motive in coming here was to enjoy the luxury of frightening you.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “I think she is simply wicked.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Do you think she is mad?”
Chapter 12 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice by Wilkie Collins holds 236 sentences, grouped into 48 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 236 sentences of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 12 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 236 sentences, grouped into 48 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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