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The House Behind the Cedars
The House Behind the Cedars

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of The House Behind the Cedars is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Meanwhile Tryon had reached his hotel and opened his mail.
The letter from Rena was read first, with profound disappointment.
He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.
Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.
It was annoying, to say the least.
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The House Behind the Cedars

Chapter VIII · Chapter 8

Chapter 8 of The House Behind the Cedars is here in full — 159 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/31 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Meanwhile Tryon had reached his hotel and opened his mail.
Line 2
The letter from Rena was read first, with profound disappointment.
Line 3
He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.
Line 4
Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.
Line 5
It was annoying, to say the least.

All words in this reading · 57

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

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and

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From this reading Meanwhile Tryon had reached his hotel and opened his mail.

annoying

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From this reading It was annoying, to say the least.

at

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From this reading Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.

back

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From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

before

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From this reading Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.

concessions

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From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

cool

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From this reading Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.

days

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From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

disappointment

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From this reading The letter from Rena was read first, with profound disappointment.

dollars

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From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

dues

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From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

earlier

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From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

first

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From this reading The letter from Rena was read first, with profound disappointment.

for

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From this reading Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.

from

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From this reading The letter from Rena was read first, with profound disappointment.

get

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From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

had

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From this reading Meanwhile Tryon had reached his hotel and opened his mail.

He

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From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

heels

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From this reading Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.

his

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From this reading Meanwhile Tryon had reached his hotel and opened his mail.

hotel

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From this reading Meanwhile Tryon had reached his hotel and opened his mail.

hundred

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From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

idleness

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From this reading Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.

in

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From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

It

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From this reading It was annoying, to say the least.

just

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From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

lawsuit

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From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

least

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From this reading Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.

letter

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From this reading The letter from Rena was read first, with profound disappointment.

made

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From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

mail

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From this reading Meanwhile Tryon had reached his hotel and opened his mail.

Meanwhile

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From this reading Meanwhile Tryon had reached his hotel and opened his mail.

might

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

From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

must

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

From this reading Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.

Now

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

From this reading Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.

of

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

From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

opened

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

From this reading Meanwhile Tryon had reached his hotel and opened his mail.

order

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

From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

profound

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

From this reading The letter from Rena was read first, with profound disappointment.

reached

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

From this reading Meanwhile Tryon had reached his hotel and opened his mail.

read

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

From this reading The letter from Rena was read first, with profound disappointment.

really

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

From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

Rena

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

From this reading The letter from Rena was read first, with profound disappointment.

return

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From this reading Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.

say

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

From this reading It was annoying, to say the least.

settlement

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

From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

several

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

From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

she

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

From this reading Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.

that

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

From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

The

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

From this reading The letter from Rena was read first, with profound disappointment.

three

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

From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

to

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

From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

Tryon

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

From this reading Meanwhile Tryon had reached his hotel and opened his mail.

was

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

From this reading The letter from Rena was read first, with profound disappointment.

with

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

From this reading The letter from Rena was read first, with profound disappointment.

would

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

From this reading Now he must cool his heels in idleness for at least three days before she would return.

yielded

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

From this reading He had really made concessions in the settlement of that lawsuit--had yielded several hundred dollars of his just dues, in order that he might get back to Rena three days earlier.

Chapter 8 of The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt holds 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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 8 of The House Behind the Cedars contain?

Chapter 8 holds 159 sentences of The House Behind the Cedars, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 8 of The House Behind the Cedars by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 159 sentences, grouped into 32 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 8 of The House Behind the Cedars?

Work through the 32 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 32 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.

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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 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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About 280 minutes of reading across 673 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The House Behind the Cedars

Words and structures a reader meets early in The House Behind the Cedars, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Touches
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The House Behind the Cedars; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Things
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The House Behind the Cedars; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Destroying
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The House Behind the Cedars; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Bestow
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The House Behind the Cedars; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.