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The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Scarlet Pimpernel is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits end what to do.
For goodness sake, man,” admonished his lordship, try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, this is most unfortunate.”
Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of The Scarlet Pimpernel is here in full — 84 sentences across 17 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/16 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
Line 2
At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his witsend what to do.
Line 3
For goodnesssake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
Line 4
Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”
Line 5
Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

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a

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

about

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

added

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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”

adding

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

admonished

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

and

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

announcement

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

another

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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”

Antony

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

as

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

At

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

became

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

bewildered

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

Blakeney

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

boy

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

by

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

candles

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

coffee-room

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

confused

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

confusion

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

directions

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

discomfort

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

do

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

emphatic

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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”

end

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

everybody

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

fashionable

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

first

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

For

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

from

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

general

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

giving

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

goodness

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

had

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

he

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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”

his

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

hither

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

hopeless

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

hopping

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

In

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

inn

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

is

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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”

Jellyband

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

jumped

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

keep

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

ladies

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

Lady

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

leg

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

Lord

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

lordship

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

made

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

man

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

many

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

MARGUERITE

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

moment

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

more

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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”

most

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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”

now

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

oak-raftered

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

oath

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

of

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

one

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

outside

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

pleasant

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

poor

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

Quick

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

ran

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

sake

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

Sally

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

scene

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

seat

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

seemed

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

shouted

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

stable

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

talking

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

the

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From this reading MARGUERITE In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.

this

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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”

thither

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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.

to

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

try

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

unfortunate

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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”

up

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

was

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

what

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

while

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

who

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

with

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

withdraw

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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.

wits

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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.

Zounds

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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”

Chapter 5 of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy holds 84 sentences, grouped into 17 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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Vocabulary met early in The Scarlet Pimpernel

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Surging
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Seething
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Murmuring
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Crowd
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