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The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu

Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

Chapter 25 of The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Sax Rohmer • Curated US English Learning Edition

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I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

A deadly nausea held me, but the rough handling had served to restore me to consciousness.

My hands and feet were closely lashed.

I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

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Chapter XXV Reading 1/22

The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu

Chapter XXV · Chapter 25

Chapter 25 of The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/22 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

Line 2

He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

Line 3

A deadly nausea held me, but the rough handling had served to restore me to consciousness.

Line 4

My hands and feet were closely lashed.

Line 5

I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

All words in this reading · 67

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a

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

across

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

along

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

and

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From this reading My hands and feet were closely lashed.

apparent

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From this reading He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

as

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

become

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

being

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

big

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From this reading He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

Burman

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

but

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From this reading He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

carried

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

closely

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From this reading My hands and feet were closely lashed.

consciousness

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From this reading A deadly nausea held me, but the rough handling had served to restore me to consciousness.

considerable

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From this reading He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

deadly

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From this reading A deadly nausea held me, but the rough handling had served to restore me to consciousness.

dimly

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

ease

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From this reading He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

ere

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

extinguished

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feet

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From this reading My hands and feet were closely lashed.

felt

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finally

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flickered

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had

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From this reading A deadly nausea held me, but the rough handling had served to restore me to consciousness.

handling

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From this reading A deadly nausea held me, but the rough handling had served to restore me to consciousness.

hands

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From this reading My hands and feet were closely lashed.

He

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From this reading He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

held

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From this reading A deadly nausea held me, but the rough handling had served to restore me to consciousness.

hung

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I

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

in

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

lashed

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From this reading My hands and feet were closely lashed.

life

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

lighted

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

limply

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

long

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

man

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From this reading He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

me

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From this reading A deadly nausea held me, but the rough handling had served to restore me to consciousness.

must

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

my

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From this reading He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

nausea

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From this reading A deadly nausea held me, but the rough handling had served to restore me to consciousness.

not

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From this reading He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

of

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

place

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

restore

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From this reading A deadly nausea held me, but the rough handling had served to restore me to consciousness.

rough

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From this reading A deadly nausea held me, but the rough handling had served to restore me to consciousness.

sackwise

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

served

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From this reading A deadly nausea held me, but the rough handling had served to restore me to consciousness.

shoulder

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

slung

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

spark

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

supported

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From this reading He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

that

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

the

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

this

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

to

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From this reading A deadly nausea held me, but the rough handling had served to restore me to consciousness.

tortured

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

towel

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

tunnel-like

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

up

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

WAS

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From this reading I WAS being carried along a dimly lighted, tunnel-like place, slung, sackwise, across the shoulder of a Burman.

weight

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From this reading He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

were

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From this reading My hands and feet were closely lashed.

wet

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

which

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From this reading I hung limply as a wet towel: I felt that this spark of tortured life which had flickered up in me must ere long finally become extinguished.

with

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From this reading He was not a big man, but he supported my considerable weight with apparent ease.

Chapter 25 of The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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 Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu contain?

Chapter 25 holds 112 sentences of The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 25 of The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Sax Rohmer exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 112 sentences, grouped into 23 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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