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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

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SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.
Helena Landless has left the Nuns House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.
Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.
A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.
The Cloisterham gardens blush with ripening fruit.
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of The Mystery of Edwin Drood is here in full — 162 sentences across 33 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.
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Helena Landless has left the NunsHouse to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.
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Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.
Line 4
A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.
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The Cloisterham gardens blush with ripening fruit.

Learner Dictionary

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Alone adjective US /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading “Helena Landless has left the Nuns’ House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.”

SHADOW noun US /ˈʃæd.oʊ/

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

From this reading “SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.”

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A

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

accompaniments

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

address

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

Again

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/

Having no one else present.

From this reading Helena Landless has left the Nuns’ House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.

among

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

and

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

as

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

attend

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From this reading Helena Landless has left the Nuns’ House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.

blush

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From this reading The Cloisterham gardens blush with ripening fruit.

bright

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

brother's

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From this reading Helena Landless has left the Nuns’ House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.

Cathedral

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

Cloisterham

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

corn-fields

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

days

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

delivered

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

departed

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

distantly

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

forth

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

fortunes

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From this reading Helena Landless has left the Nuns’ House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.

from

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

fruit

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From this reading The Cloisterham gardens blush with ripening fruit.

gardens

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From this reading The Cloisterham gardens blush with ripening fruit.

glow

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

has

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

have

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

Helena

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From this reading Helena Landless has left the Nuns’ House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.

her

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

homes

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

hot

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

House

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From this reading Helena Landless has left the Nuns’ House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.

if

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

in

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

is

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From this reading Helena Landless has left the Nuns’ House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.

ladies

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

Landless

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From this reading Helena Landless has left the Nuns’ House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.

left

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From this reading Helena Landless has left the Nuns’ House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.

look

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

mellowness

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

Miss

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

monastery-ruin

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

From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

Nuns

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From this reading Helena Landless has left the Nuns’ House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.

of

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

ON

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

pound-cake

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

pretty

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From this reading Helena Landless has left the Nuns’ House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.

rather

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

ripening

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From this reading The Cloisterham gardens blush with ripening fruit.

roads

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

Rosa

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From this reading Helena Landless has left the Nuns’ House to attend her brother’s fortunes, and pretty Rosa is alone.

seems

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

several

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

SHADOWnounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/

A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.

From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

shine

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

show

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

smoking

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

so

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

soft

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

strong

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

such

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

summer

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

SUN-DIAL

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

sunny

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

than

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

that

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

THE

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

their

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

them

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

these

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

they

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

to

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

transparent

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

Twinkleton

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

upon

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

valedictory

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

walls

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

were

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From this reading Cloisterham is so bright and sunny in these summer days, that the Cathedral and the monastery-ruin show as if their strong walls were transparent.

white-wine

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

wind

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

with

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

within

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

without

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From this reading A soft glow seems to shine from within them, rather than upon them from without, such is their mellowness as they look forth on the hot corn-fields and the smoking roads that distantly wind among them.

young

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From this reading SHADOW ON THE SUN-DIAL Again Miss Twinkleton has delivered her valedictory address, with the accompaniments of white-wine and pound-cake, and again the young ladies have departed to their several homes.

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Ancient
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Tower
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