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The Moon Pool
The Moon Pool

Chapter XXIX · Chapter 29

Chapter 29 of The Moon Pool is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Thing
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Months
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D'entrecasteaux
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Islands
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The Shaping of the Shining One
We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.
Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.
One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.
To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Moon Pool

Chapter XXIX · Chapter 29

Chapter 29 of The Moon Pool is here in full — 99 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/20 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The Shaping of the Shining One
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We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.
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Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.
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One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.
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To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

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Cavern noun US /ˈkæv.ərn/

A large, vast underground cave, often filled with forgotten ancient treasures.

From this reading “One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.”

All words in this reading · 100

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a

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

afterward

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

Akka

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

almost

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

and

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

any

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

articles

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

artisans

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

at

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

base

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

be

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

beckoned

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

been

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

beside

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

boudoir

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

bridge

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

but

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

by

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

call

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

castle

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

cavernnounUS /ˈkæv.ərn/

A large, vast underground cave, often filled with forgotten ancient treasures.

From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

chambers

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

close

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

comfortably

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

commanding

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

cushioned

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

domed

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

down

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

drew

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

dropped

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

faint

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

feminine

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

floor

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

fragrance

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

had

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

handmaiden

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

her

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

here

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

high

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

him

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

I

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

if

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

in

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

intimacy

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

it

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

its

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

knew

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

Lakla's

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

Larry

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

lay

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

ledge

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

may

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

me

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

mean

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

metal

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

mirrors

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

motioned

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

no

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

not

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

oddly

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

of

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From this reading The Shaping of the Shining One

One

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From this reading The Shaping of the Shining One

only

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

other

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

own

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

polished

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

reached

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

revealed

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

sank

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

seat

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

Shaping

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From this reading The Shaping of the Shining One

Shining

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From this reading The Shaping of the Shining One

silver

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

sit

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

slits

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

Smaller

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

so

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

than

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

that

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

The

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From this reading The Shaping of the Shining One

there

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

they

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

things

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

this

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

to

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

toilet

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

upon

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

us

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From this reading To this the handmaiden beckoned us; sank upon it, drew Larry down beside her and motioned me to sit close to him.

various

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

view

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

was

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

We

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

were

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

what

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From this reading We reached what I knew to be Lakla's own boudoir, if I may so call it.

which

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

wide

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

window

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From this reading One of the window slits dropped almost to the floor, and at its base was a wide, comfortably cushioned seat commanding a view of the bridge and of the cavern ledge.

work

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

workers

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.

wrought

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From this reading Smaller than any of the other chambers of the domed castle in which we had been, its intimacy was revealed not only by its faint fragrance but by its high mirrors of polished silver and various oddly wrought articles of the feminine toilet that lay here and there; things I afterward knew to be the work of the artisans of the _Akka_--and no mean metal workers were they.