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The Lost Prince

Chapter XXIX · Chapter 29

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The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.
Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.
But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.
The Rat went hot and cold; he gnawed his fingers as he went.
He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!
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The Lost Prince

Chapter XXIX · Chapter 29

Chapter 29 of The Lost Prince is here in full — 210 sentences across 42 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/42 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.
Line 2
Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.
Line 3
But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.
Line 4
The Rat went hot and cold; he gnawed his fingers as he went.
Line 5
He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!

All words in this reading · 69

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a

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From this reading But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.

almost

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From this reading He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!

aloud

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From this reading He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!

and

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From this reading The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.

as

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From this reading The Rat went hot and cold; he gnawed his fingers as he went.

be

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

Bearers

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From this reading But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.

before

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From this reading He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!

being

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From this reading But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.

big

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From this reading He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!

black

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From this reading He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!

boy-imaginings

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

breathless

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

breathlessly

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From this reading The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.

bringing

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From this reading The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.

But

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From this reading But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.

cold

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From this reading The Rat went hot and cold; he gnawed his fingers as he went.

could

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

door

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From this reading He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!

eagerness

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

enough

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

excitement

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From this reading He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!

fierce

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

fingers

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From this reading The Rat went hot and cold; he gnawed his fingers as he went.

flaming

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

fond

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

full

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

full-grown

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

gnawed

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From this reading The Rat went hot and cold; he gnawed his fingers as he went.

have

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From this reading He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!

he

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From this reading The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.

his

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From this reading The Rat went hot and cold; he gnawed his fingers as he went.

hot

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From this reading The Rat went hot and cold; he gnawed his fingers as he went.

how

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From this reading The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.

in

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

intensity

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From this reading He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!

knew

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From this reading The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.

know

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

knowing

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From this reading But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.

led

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From this reading But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.

Marco

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

men

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

From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

not

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

From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

of

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

From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

old

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

From this reading The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.

priest

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From this reading The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.

quite

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

From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

Rat

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

From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

savage

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

From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

shrieked

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

From this reading He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!

Sign

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

From this reading But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.

spite

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

stopped

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From this reading He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!

tense-strung

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From this reading But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.

that

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From this reading But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.

The

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

From this reading The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.

their

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

From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

them

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

From this reading The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.

there

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From this reading But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.

they

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From this reading But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.

thrill

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From this reading But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.

to

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

waiting

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

From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

was

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From this reading The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.

went

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From this reading The Rat went hot and cold; he gnawed his fingers as he went.

were

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From this reading Marco and The Rat, in spite of their fond boy-imaginings, were not quite old enough to know how fierce and full of flaming eagerness the breathless waiting of savage full-grown men could be.

what

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From this reading The old priest knew how breathlessly, and he knew what he was bringing them.

when

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From this reading He could almost have shrieked aloud, in the intensity of his excitement, when the old priest stopped before a big black door!

who

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From this reading But there was a tense-strung thrill in knowing that they who were being led to them were the Bearers of the Sign.

Chapter 29 of The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett holds 210 sentences, grouped into 42 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 29 of The Lost Prince contain?

Chapter 29 holds 210 sentences of The Lost Prince, unabridged, divided into 42 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 29 of The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 210 sentences, grouped into 42 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 29 of The Lost Prince?

Work through the 42 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 42 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.

Can chapter 29 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 29 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.

Questions about reading The Lost Prince

Common questions about reading The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Lost Prince?

Yes. All 6848 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #384 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Lost Prince is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #384, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Lost Prince take to read?

About 570 minutes of reading across 1370 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Lost Prince section by section

How to work through The Lost Prince section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

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  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

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Vocabulary met early in The Lost Prince

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Lost Prince, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Dreary
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Lost Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Dingy
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Lost Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Houses
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Lost Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Certain
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Lost Prince; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.