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The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Wilkie Collins • Curated US English Learning Edition

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In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

The old nurse was not separated from her mistress.

A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

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Chapter XIII

Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry. The old nurse was not separated from her mistress. A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household. She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children. Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice is here in full — 141 sentences across 29 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

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The old nurse was not separated from her mistress.

Line 3

A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

Line 4

She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

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Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

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1861

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

A

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From this reading A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

Agnes

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

also

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From this reading Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

and

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

at

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

be

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

been

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From this reading A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

characteristic

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

children

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

circumstances

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From this reading Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

Company

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

country-seat

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

death

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

Directors

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From this reading Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

dividend

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

Early

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From this reading Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

established

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

first

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

for

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From this reading A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

found

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From this reading A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

friends

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

from

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From this reading The old nurse was not separated from her mistress.

had

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From this reading A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

half-year's

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

happy

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

her

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

Hotel

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

household

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From this reading A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

In

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

insurance

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From this reading Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

Irish

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From this reading A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

Lady

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

life

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From this reading A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

lord

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

mistress

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From this reading The old nurse was not separated from her mistress.

Montbarry

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

new

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

not

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From this reading The old nurse was not separated from her mistress.

now

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

nurse

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From this reading The old nurse was not separated from her mistress.

of

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

offices

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From this reading Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

offspring

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

old

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From this reading The old nurse was not separated from her mistress.

on

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

paid

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From this reading Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

perfectly

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

place

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From this reading A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

pleasant

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From this reading A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

pounds

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From this reading Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

presents

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

prodigality

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

promoted

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

separated

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From this reading The old nurse was not separated from her mistress.

She

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

spent

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

sphere

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

spring

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

submitted

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From this reading Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

suited

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From this reading A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

ten

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From this reading Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

the

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

thousand

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From this reading Early in the year, also, the Directors of the life insurance offices submitted to circumstances, and paid the ten thousand pounds.

time

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From this reading A place, suited to her time of life, had been found for her in the pleasant Irish household.

to

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

two

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

Venice

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

was

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

with

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From this reading She was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and she spent her first half-year’s dividend from the Venice Hotel Company, with characteristic prodigality, in presents for the children.

without

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

year

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From this reading In the spring of the year 1861, Agnes was established at the country-seat of her two friends—now promoted (on the death of the first lord, without offspring) to be the new Lord and Lady Montbarry.

Chapter 13 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice by Wilkie Collins holds 141 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.

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