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The Price She Paid

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of The Price She Paid is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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"Do let me sing for you," said Mildred.
"I think it will help me."
Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.
"I wish to listen," said she, "and I can't if I play."
Mildred was surprised at her own freedom from nervousness.
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The Price She Paid

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of The Price She Paid is here in full — 211 sentences across 43 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1
"Do let me sing for you," said Mildred.
Line 2
"I think it will help me."
Line 3
Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.
Line 4
"I wish to listen," said she, "and I can't if I play."
Line 5
Mildred was surprised at her own freedom from nervousness.

All words in this reading · 45

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a

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

From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

accompaniment

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

and

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

at

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

From this reading Mildred was surprised at her own freedom from nervousness.

Between

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

Brindley

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

can't

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

From this reading "I wish to listen," said she, "and I can't if I play."

Chanson

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

chose

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

d'Antonine

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

Do

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From this reading "Do let me sing for you," said Mildred.

for

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From this reading "Do let me sing for you," said Mildred.

freedom

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From this reading Mildred was surprised at her own freedom from nervousness.

French

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

from

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From this reading Mildred was surprised at her own freedom from nervousness.

help

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From this reading "I think it will help me."

her

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

I

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

From this reading "I think it will help me."

if

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

From this reading "I wish to listen," said she, "and I can't if I play."

insisted

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

From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

it

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

From this reading "I think it will help me."

let

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

From this reading "Do let me sing for you," said Mildred.

listen

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

From this reading "I wish to listen," said she, "and I can't if I play."

little

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

me

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From this reading "Do let me sing for you," said Mildred.

Mildred

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From this reading "Do let me sing for you," said Mildred.

Mrs

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

nervousness

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From this reading Mildred was surprised at her own freedom from nervousness.

on

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

own

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

From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

play

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

From this reading "I wish to listen," said she, "and I can't if I play."

playing

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

said

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From this reading "Do let me sing for you," said Mildred.

she

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From this reading "I wish to listen," said she, "and I can't if I play."

sing

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

From this reading "Do let me sing for you," said Mildred.

song

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

From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

surprised

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From this reading Mildred was surprised at her own freedom from nervousness.

them

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

they

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From this reading Between them they chose a little French song--"Chanson d'Antonine"--and Mrs. Brindley insisted on her playing her own accompaniment.

think

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

From this reading "I think it will help me."

to

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From this reading "I wish to listen," said she, "and I can't if I play."

was

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

From this reading Mildred was surprised at her own freedom from nervousness.

will

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

From this reading "I think it will help me."

wish

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

From this reading "I wish to listen," said she, "and I can't if I play."

you

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

From this reading "Do let me sing for you," said Mildred.

Chapter 15 of The Price She Paid by David Graham Phillips holds 211 sentences, grouped into 43 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 15 of The Price She Paid contain?

Chapter 15 holds 211 sentences of The Price She Paid, unabridged, divided into 43 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 15 of The Price She Paid by David Graham Phillips exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 211 sentences, grouped into 43 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 15 of The Price She Paid?

Work through the 43 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 43 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 15 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 15 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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Is this the complete text of The Price She Paid?

Yes. All 7349 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #457 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

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Project Gutenberg eBook #457, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Price She Paid take to read?

About 600 minutes of reading across 1470 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Price She Paid

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Price She Paid, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Henry
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Price She Paid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Gower
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Price She Paid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sixty-one--the
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Price She Paid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Lifelong
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Price She Paid; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.