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

Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

Chapter 25 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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The day had advanced to evening.
Lord Montbarry and the bridal party had gone to the Opera.
Agnes alone, pleading the excuse of fatigue, remained at the hotel.
Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.
Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.
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The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice

Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

Chapter 25 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

Line 1
The day had advanced to evening.
Line 2
Lord Montbarry and the bridal party had gone to the Opera.
Line 3
Agnes alone, pleading the excuse of fatigue, remained at the hotel.
Line 4
Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.
Line 5
Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

Learner Dictionary

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Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “Agnes alone, pleading the excuse of fatigue, remained at the hotel.”

All words in this reading · 55

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a

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From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

accompanying

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

act

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

advanced

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From this reading The day had advanced to evening.

after

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

Agnes

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From this reading Agnes alone, pleading the excuse of fatigue, remained at the hotel.

aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading Agnes alone, pleading the excuse of fatigue, remained at the hotel.

and

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From this reading Lord Montbarry and the bridal party had gone to the Opera.

appearances

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

asked

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From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

at

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From this reading Agnes alone, pleading the excuse of fatigue, remained at the hotel.

away

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

bridal

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From this reading Lord Montbarry and the bridal party had gone to the Opera.

by

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

chair

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From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

day

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From this reading The day had advanced to evening.

drawing-room

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

earlier

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From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

evening

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From this reading The day had advanced to evening.

excuse

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From this reading Agnes alone, pleading the excuse of fatigue, remained at the hotel.

fatigue

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From this reading Agnes alone, pleading the excuse of fatigue, remained at the hotel.

first

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

friends

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

gone

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

From this reading Lord Montbarry and the bridal party had gone to the Opera.

had

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

From this reading The day had advanced to evening.

Have

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From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

Having

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

From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

he

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

From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

Henry

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

From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

her

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

From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

his

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

From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

hotel

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

From this reading Agnes alone, pleading the excuse of fatigue, remained at the hotel.

I

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

From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

in

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

joined

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

kept

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

Lord

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

From this reading Lord Montbarry and the bridal party had gone to the Opera.

Montbarry

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From this reading Lord Montbarry and the bridal party had gone to the Opera.

of

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

From this reading Agnes alone, pleading the excuse of fatigue, remained at the hotel.

Opera

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

From this reading Lord Montbarry and the bridal party had gone to the Opera.

party

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From this reading Lord Montbarry and the bridal party had gone to the Opera.

pleading

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

From this reading Agnes alone, pleading the excuse of fatigue, remained at the hotel.

remained

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From this reading Agnes alone, pleading the excuse of fatigue, remained at the hotel.

said

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

From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

side

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

From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

slipped

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

From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

taking

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

From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

The

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From this reading The day had advanced to evening.

theatre

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

From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

thought

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

From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

to

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

From this reading The day had advanced to evening.

up

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

Westwick

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From this reading Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.

what

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

From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

you

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From this reading “Have you thought of what I said to you earlier in the day?” he asked, taking a chair at her side.

Chapter 25 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.

What does chapter 25 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice contain?

Chapter 25 holds 177 sentences of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 25 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.

How do I study chapter 25 of The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice?

Work through the 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

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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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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
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Wybrow
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London
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