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The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance
The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"
No doubt it is, but what am I to do?
I am no less discontented.
Is it not even more to my interest than to the reader's for something to happen?
Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.
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The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance is here in full — 37 sentences across 8 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/7 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"
Line 2
No doubt it is, but what am I to do?
Line 3
I am no less discontented.
Line 4
Is it not even more to my interest than to the reader's for something to happen?
Line 5
Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

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a

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

afternoon

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

along

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

am

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From this reading No doubt it is, but what am I to do?

and

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

angel's

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

ANTICIPATES

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

AUTHOR

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

been

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

breakfast-time

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

But

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

come

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

complaining

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

DISCONTENT

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

discontented

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From this reading I am no less discontented.

do

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From this reading No doubt it is, but what am I to do?

doubt

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From this reading No doubt it is, but what am I to do?

dove's

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

even

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From this reading Is it not even more to my interest than to the reader's for something to happen?

feather

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

flutter

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

for

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

happen

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

have

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

her

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

Here

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

high

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

HIS

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

I

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

imagine

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

IN

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

interest

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From this reading Is it not even more to my interest than to the reader's for something to happen?

is

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From this reading No doubt it is, but what am I to do?

isn't

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

it

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

late

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

less

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From this reading I am no less discontented.

more

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From this reading Is it not even more to my interest than to the reader's for something to happen?

my

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From this reading Is it not even more to my interest than to the reader's for something to happen?

never

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

No

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From this reading No doubt it is, but what am I to do?

not

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From this reading Is it not even more to my interest than to the reader's for something to happen?

now

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

OF

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

ON

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

PART

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

READER

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

reader's

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From this reading Is it not even more to my interest than to the reader's for something to happen?

robes

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

seen

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

since

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

some

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

something

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

than

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From this reading Is it not even more to my interest than to the reader's for something to happen?

THE

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

time

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

to

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

tramping

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

what

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From this reading No doubt it is, but what am I to do?

WHICH

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From this reading IN WHICH THE AUTHOR ANTICIPATES DISCONTENT ON THE PART OF HIS READER "But come," I imagine some reader complaining, "isn't it high time for something to happen?"

wings

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From this reading Here have I been tramping along since breakfast-time, and now it is late in the afternoon, but never a feather of her dove's wings, never a flutter of her angel's robes have I seen.

Chapter 5 of The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance by Richard Le Gallienne holds 37 sentences, grouped into 8 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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Chapter 5 holds 37 sentences of The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance, unabridged, divided into 8 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 5 of The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance by Richard Le Gallienne exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 37 sentences, grouped into 8 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.

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House
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Bachelor
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Knell
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Thirtieth
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