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

Chapter XXXI · Chapter 31

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IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."
This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.
To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.
There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.
They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.
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The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance

Chapter XXXI · Chapter 31

Chapter 31 of The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance is here in full — 92 sentences across 19 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/18 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."
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This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.
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To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.
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There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.
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They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

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Illuminate verb US /ɪˈluː.mɪ.neɪt/

To light up or make clear; to decorate a manuscript with gold, silver, or brilliant colors.

From this reading “This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.”

Same adjective US /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading “This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.”

All words in this reading · 105

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a

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

AFFAIRS

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

all

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

an

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

and

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

are

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

as

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

at

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

BECOME

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

both

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

brightness

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

brings

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

but

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

by

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

call

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

coach

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

conclude

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

consolation

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

course

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

delivered

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

didn't

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

During

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

early

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

easy

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

every

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

excessive

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

faces

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

fallen

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

farewell

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

flowers

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

friends

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

from

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

further

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

good-nature

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

had

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

have

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

her

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

his

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

history

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

I

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

illuminateverbUS /ɪˈluː.mɪ.neɪt/

To light up or make clear; to decorate a manuscript with gold, silver, or brilliant colors.

From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

imagine

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

IN

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

is

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

it

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

joy

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

lecture

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

little

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

matrimonial

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

may

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

mine

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

MORE

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

morning

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

morrow

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

MY

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

night

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

note

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

OCCUPIED

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

of

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

off

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

offer

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

old

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

on

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

ONCE

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

opinion

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

Orlando

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

OWN

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

pause

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

power

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

promised

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

quite

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

rain

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

read

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

regret

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

Rosalind

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

saw

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

say

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

sister

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

situation

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

soft

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

sun

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

sweet

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

Sylvia

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

that

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

the

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

their

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

them

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

There

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

They

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

This

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

though

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

time

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

to

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

undertook

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

upon

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From this reading This I undertook to have delivered to her the same night, and promised to call upon her on the morrow, further to illuminate the situation, and to offer her every consolation in my power.

warm

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

was

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From this reading There was a soft brightness in their faces, as though rain had fallen in the night; but it was the warm sweet rain of joy that brings the flowers, and is but sister to the sun.

WHICH

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

wild

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

wisdom

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

with

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

writing

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From this reading They are, at the time of my writing, quite old friends of mine, and both have an excessive opinion of my wisdom and good-nature.

written

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From this reading IN WHICH ONCE MORE I BECOME OCCUPIED IN MY OWN AFFAIRS During a pause in my matrimonial lecture, Orlando had written a little farewell note to Sylvia,--a note which, of course, I didn't read, but which it is easy to imagine "wild with all regret."

Yellowsands

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From this reading To conclude the history of Orlando and his Rosalind, I may say that I saw them off from Yellowsands by the early morning coach.

Chapter 31 of The Quest of the Golden Girl: A Romance by Richard Le Gallienne holds 92 sentences, grouped into 19 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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