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The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance

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By Richard Le Gallienne • Curated US English Learning Edition

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IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE Though I have this bad habit of soliloquising, and indeed am absurd enough to attempt conversation with a house, yet the reader must realise from the beginning that I am still quite a young man.

I talked a little just now as though I were an octogenarian.

Actually, as I said, I am but just gone thirty, and I may reasonably regard life, as the saying is, all before me.

I was a little down-hearted when I wrote yesterday.

Besides, I wrote at the end of the afternoon, a melancholy time.

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Chapter II

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance is here in full — 45 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE Though I have this bad habit of soliloquising, and indeed am absurd enough to attempt conversation with a house, yet the reader must realise from the beginning that I am still quite a young man. I talked a little just now as though I were an octogenarian. Actually, as I said, I am but just gone thirty, and I may reasonably regard life, as the saying is, all before me. I was a little down-hearted when I wrote yesterday. Besides, I wrote at the end of the afternoon, a melancholy time.

The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance is here in full — 45 sentences across 9 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE Though I have this bad habit of soliloquising, and indeed am absurd enough to attempt conversation with a house, yet the reader must realise from the beginning that I am still quite a young man.

Line 2

I talked a little just now as though I were an octogenarian.

Line 3

Actually, as I said, I am but just gone thirty, and I may reasonably regard life, as the saying is, all before me.

Line 4

I was a little down-hearted when I wrote yesterday.

Line 5

Besides, I wrote at the end of the afternoon, a melancholy time.

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a

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From this reading IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE Though I have this bad habit of soliloquising, and indeed am absurd enough to attempt conversation with a house, yet the reader must realise from the beginning that I am still quite a young man.

absurd

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Actually

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afternoon

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all

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am

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an

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and

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as

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at

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From this reading Besides, I wrote at the end of the afternoon, a melancholy time.

attempt

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bad

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before

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beginning

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From this reading IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE Though I have this bad habit of soliloquising, and indeed am absurd enough to attempt conversation with a house, yet the reader must realise from the beginning that I am still quite a young man.

Besides

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but

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From this reading Actually, as I said, I am but just gone thirty, and I may reasonably regard life, as the saying is, all before me.

conversation

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From this reading IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE Though I have this bad habit of soliloquising, and indeed am absurd enough to attempt conversation with a house, yet the reader must realise from the beginning that I am still quite a young man.

DECIDE

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down-hearted

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end

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enough

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from

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GO

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gone

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habit

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have

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house

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I

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IN

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indeed

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is

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From this reading Actually, as I said, I am but just gone thirty, and I may reasonably regard life, as the saying is, all before me.

just

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From this reading I talked a little just now as though I were an octogenarian.

life

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From this reading Actually, as I said, I am but just gone thirty, and I may reasonably regard life, as the saying is, all before me.

little

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From this reading I talked a little just now as though I were an octogenarian.

man

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may

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From this reading Actually, as I said, I am but just gone thirty, and I may reasonably regard life, as the saying is, all before me.

me

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From this reading Actually, as I said, I am but just gone thirty, and I may reasonably regard life, as the saying is, all before me.

melancholy

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From this reading Besides, I wrote at the end of the afternoon, a melancholy time.

must

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From this reading IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE Though I have this bad habit of soliloquising, and indeed am absurd enough to attempt conversation with a house, yet the reader must realise from the beginning that I am still quite a young man.

now

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From this reading I talked a little just now as though I were an octogenarian.

octogenarian

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From this reading I talked a little just now as though I were an octogenarian.

of

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From this reading IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE Though I have this bad habit of soliloquising, and indeed am absurd enough to attempt conversation with a house, yet the reader must realise from the beginning that I am still quite a young man.

ON

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From this reading IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE Though I have this bad habit of soliloquising, and indeed am absurd enough to attempt conversation with a house, yet the reader must realise from the beginning that I am still quite a young man.

PILGRIMAGE

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quite

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reader

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realise

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reasonably

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From this reading Actually, as I said, I am but just gone thirty, and I may reasonably regard life, as the saying is, all before me.

regard

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From this reading Actually, as I said, I am but just gone thirty, and I may reasonably regard life, as the saying is, all before me.

said

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From this reading Actually, as I said, I am but just gone thirty, and I may reasonably regard life, as the saying is, all before me.

saying

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From this reading Actually, as I said, I am but just gone thirty, and I may reasonably regard life, as the saying is, all before me.

soliloquising

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From this reading IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE Though I have this bad habit of soliloquising, and indeed am absurd enough to attempt conversation with a house, yet the reader must realise from the beginning that I am still quite a young man.

still

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talked

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From this reading I talked a little just now as though I were an octogenarian.

that

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the

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thirty

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From this reading Actually, as I said, I am but just gone thirty, and I may reasonably regard life, as the saying is, all before me.

this

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Though

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time

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From this reading Besides, I wrote at the end of the afternoon, a melancholy time.

TO

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was

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From this reading I was a little down-hearted when I wrote yesterday.

were

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From this reading I talked a little just now as though I were an octogenarian.

when

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From this reading I was a little down-hearted when I wrote yesterday.

WHICH

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From this reading IN WHICH I DECIDE TO GO ON PILGRIMAGE Though I have this bad habit of soliloquising, and indeed am absurd enough to attempt conversation with a house, yet the reader must realise from the beginning that I am still quite a young man.

with

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wrote

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yesterday

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yet

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young

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Chapter 2 of The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance by Richard Le Gallienne holds 45 sentences, grouped into 9 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.

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