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The Moon Pool

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of The Moon Pool is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.
Now, lying gazing upward at the high-vaulted ceiling, I heard Larry's voice:
"They look like birds."
Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!
And it's _none_ of them they are either, so what--what the--what the sainted St. Bridget are they?"
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Moon Pool

Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

Chapter 26 of The Moon Pool is here in full — 246 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/49 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.
Line 2
Now, lying gazing upward at the high-vaulted ceiling, I heard Larry's voice:
Line 3
"They look like birds."
Line 4
Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!
Line 5
And it's _none_ of them they are either, so what--what the--what the sainted St. Bridget are they?"

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

Silence noun US /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading “Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!”

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a

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

after

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

all

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

am

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

and

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

another

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

are

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From this reading And it's _none_ of them they are either, so what--what the--what the sainted St. Bridget are they?"

at

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From this reading Now, lying gazing upward at the high-vaulted ceiling, I heard Larry's voice:

birds

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From this reading "They look like birds."

Boru

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

Brian

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

Bridget

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From this reading And it's _none_ of them they are either, so what--what the--what the sainted St. Bridget are they?"

by

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

ceiling

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From this reading Now, lying gazing upward at the high-vaulted ceiling, I heard Larry's voice:

chamber

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

crowded

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

culminating

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

disrespect

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

dreamlessly

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

either

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From this reading And it's _none_ of them they are either, so what--what the--what the sainted St. Bridget are they?"

Evidently

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

experience

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

facing

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

gazing

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From this reading Now, lying gazing upward at the high-vaulted ceiling, I heard Larry's voice:

gods

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

good

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

great

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

had

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

he

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

heard

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From this reading Now, lying gazing upward at the high-vaulted ceiling, I heard Larry's voice:

high-vaulted

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From this reading Now, lying gazing upward at the high-vaulted ceiling, I heard Larry's voice:

hours

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

human

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

I

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

in

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

into

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

it's

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

Lakla

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

Larry's

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From this reading Now, lying gazing upward at the high-vaulted ceiling, I heard Larry's voice:

like

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From this reading "They look like birds."

lizards

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

look

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From this reading "They look like birds."

lying

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From this reading Now, lying gazing upward at the high-vaulted ceiling, I heard Larry's voice:

meaning

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

myself

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

nerve-racking

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

no

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

none

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From this reading And it's _none_ of them they are either, so what--what the--what the sainted St. Bridget are they?"

Now

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From this reading Now, lying gazing upward at the high-vaulted ceiling, I heard Larry's voice:

O'Keefe

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

of

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

quietly

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

Rador

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

sainted

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From this reading And it's _none_ of them they are either, so what--what the--what the sainted St. Bridget are they?"

silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

slept

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

so

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From this reading And it's _none_ of them they are either, so what--what the--what the sainted St. Bridget are they?"

some

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

sort

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

soundly

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

St

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From this reading And it's _none_ of them they are either, so what--what the--what the sainted St. Bridget are they?"

sword-arm

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

that

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

The

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

them

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

then

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

They

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From this reading "They look like birds."

thinking

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

Three

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

to

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

too

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

upward

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From this reading Now, lying gazing upward at the high-vaulted ceiling, I heard Larry's voice:

ushered

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

voice

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From this reading Now, lying gazing upward at the high-vaulted ceiling, I heard Larry's voice:

wakened

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

was

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

what

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From this reading And it's _none_ of them they are either, so what--what the--what the sainted St. Bridget are they?"

which

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

Wooing

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From this reading The Wooing of Lakla I had slept soundly and dreamlessly; I wakened quietly in the great chamber into which Rador had ushered O'Keefe and myself after that culminating experience of crowded, nerve-racking hours--the facing of the Three.

Yes

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From this reading Evidently he was thinking of the Three; a silence--then: "Yes, they look like _birds_--and they look, and it's meaning no disrespect to them I am at all, they look like _lizards_"--and another silence--"they look like some sort of gods, and, by the good sword-arm of Brian Boru, they look human, too!

Chapter 26 of The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt holds 246 sentences, grouped into 50 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 26 of The Moon Pool contain?

Chapter 26 holds 246 sentences of The Moon Pool, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 26 of The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 246 sentences, grouped into 50 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 26 of The Moon Pool?

Work through the 50 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 50 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 26 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 26 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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Common questions about reading The Moon Pool by Abraham Merritt on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Moon Pool?

Yes. All 6269 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #765 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Moon Pool is used?

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How long does The Moon Pool take to read?

About 522 minutes of reading across 1254 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Moon Pool section by section

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Vocabulary met early in The Moon Pool

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

Thing
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Moon Pool; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Months
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Moon Pool; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
D'entrecasteaux
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Moon Pool; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Islands
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Moon Pool; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.