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The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

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By Robert Louis Stevenson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

Narrator

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Archivist

/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/

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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

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The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale Robert Louis Stevenson

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Chapter VI

Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757. On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day. If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all. But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery. For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale

Chapter VI · Chapter 6

Chapter 6 of The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale is here in full — 451 sentences across 91 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

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On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

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If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

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But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

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For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

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1757

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From this reading ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

27

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From this reading ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

27th

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

a

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

abroad

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

ACCOUNT

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From this reading ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

ALL

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From this reading ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

also

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

and

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

any

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

appeared

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

as

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

ask

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

be

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

birth

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

but

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

by

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

chance

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

changed

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

come

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From this reading For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

concerned

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

dark

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From this reading For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

day

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

deal

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

did

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

discovered

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

discovery

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

done

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

engage

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From this reading For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

evening

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

fatal

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

FEBRUARY

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From this reading ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

for

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

found

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

great

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

had

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

have

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

he

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

I

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

If

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

ignorance

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

in

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

indulgence

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From this reading For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

interview

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

it

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

its

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

judged

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

Master

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

might

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

moment

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

must

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From this reading For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

my

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From this reading For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

narrate

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

narrative

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From this reading For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

never

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

next

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

NIGHT

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From this reading ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

now

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From this reading For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

OF

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From this reading ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

ON

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From this reading ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

one

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From this reading For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

or

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

ourselves

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

out

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

parts

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From this reading For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

passages

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

PASSED

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From this reading ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

patron

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From this reading For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

reader's

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From this reading For I have now come to one of the dark parts of my narrative, and must engage the reader’s indulgence for my patron.

referred

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

reserve

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

shall

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

should

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

since

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

so

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From this reading If we had done so, and by any chance found out, it might have changed all.

TH

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From this reading ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

THAT

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From this reading ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

THE

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From this reading ACCOUNT OF ALL THAT PASSED ON THE NIGHT ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 1757.

their

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

these

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

they

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

time

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

to

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

until

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

us

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From this reading But as all we did was done in ignorance, and should be so judged, I shall so narrate these passages as they appeared to us in the moment of their birth, and reserve all that I since discovered for the time of its discovery.

was

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

we

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

went

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

what

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

where

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From this reading On the evening of the interview referred to, the Master went abroad; he was abroad a great deal of the next day also, that fatal 27th; but where he went, or what he did, we never concerned ourselves to ask until next day.

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