Chapter XVI of The Purple Flame: A Mystery Story for Girls, “The Barrier,” is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVI of The Purple Flame: A Mystery Story for Girls, “The Barrier,” is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode. Who was this man? Why did he live here all by himself? How had he brought his pipe organ to this remote spot? Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?
Chapter XVI of The Purple Flame: A Mystery Story for Girls, “The Barrier,” is here in full — 112 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
From this reading “The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.”
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
From this reading “The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.”
past form of “gleam” — be shiny, as if wet
From this reading “Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?”
past form of “near” — move towards
From this reading “The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.”
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
From this reading “How had he brought his pipe organ to this remote spot?”
located far away spatially
From this reading “How had he brought his pipe organ to this remote spot?”
plural of “skylight” — a window in a roof to admit daylight
From this reading “Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?”
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading “Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?”
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In this reading “Why did he live here all by himself?”
In this reading “The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.”
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any address at which you dwell more than temporarily
From this reading The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Why did he live here all by himself?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
From this reading The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.
inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
From this reading How had he brought his pipe organ to this remote spot?
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Why did he live here all by himself?
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?
a state in which you want to learn more about something
From this reading The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Why did he live here all by himself?
plural of “girl” — a young female
From this reading The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.
past form of “gleam” — be shiny, as if wet
From this reading Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading How had he brought his pipe organ to this remote spot?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Why did he live here all by himself?
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading Why did he live here all by himself?
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Why did he live here all by himself?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading How had he brought his pipe organ to this remote spot?
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From this reading How had he brought his pipe organ to this remote spot?
inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.
of comparatively little physical weight or density
From this reading Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?
be an inhabitant of or reside in
From this reading Why did he live here all by himself?
an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
From this reading Who was this man?
past form of “near” — move towards
From this reading The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.
not any; not one
From this reading The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.
a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function
From this reading How had he brought his pipe organ to this remote spot?
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?
a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
From this reading How had he brought his pipe organ to this remote spot?
located far away spatially
From this reading How had he brought his pipe organ to this remote spot?
plural of “skylight” — a window in a roof to admit daylight
From this reading Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading How had he brought his pipe organ to this remote spot?
being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
From this reading The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Who was this man?
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading How had he brought his pipe organ to this remote spot?
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading The curiosity of the two girls knew no bounds as they neared the strange abode.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Who was this man?
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?
which person or people
From this reading Who was this man?
the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”
From this reading Why did he live here all by himself?
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
From this reading Whence had come those peculiar skylights through which the yellow light gleamed?
Chapter 16 of The Purple Flame: A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell holds 112 sentences, grouped into 23 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, 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.
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