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The Scarlet Pimpernel

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of The Scarlet Pimpernel is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.
In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.
It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.
It was for Percy that this semblance of supper was being got ready.
Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel

Chapter XXIV · Chapter 24

Chapter 24 of The Scarlet Pimpernel is here in full — 115 sentences across 23 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/23 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.
Line 2
In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.
Line 3
It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.
Line 4
It was for Percy that this semblance of supper was being got ready.
Line 5
Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

All words in this reading · 71

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a

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

amount

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

an

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From this reading THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.

and

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From this reading THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.

another

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

as

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

because

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From this reading It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.

before

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

being

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From this reading It was for Percy that this semblance of supper was being got ready.

Brogard

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

busied

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

by

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From this reading THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.

certain

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

clearing

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

DEATH-TRAP

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From this reading THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.

done

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

downstairs

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

Englishman

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

Evidently

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

for

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

found

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From this reading It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.

got

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From this reading It was for Percy that this semblance of supper was being got ready.

guest

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

had

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

he

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

himself

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

hour

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From this reading THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.

In

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

it

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

less

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

look

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

making

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

Marguerite

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From this reading It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.

more

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From this reading It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.

next

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From this reading THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.

noiselessly

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From this reading THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.

of

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From this reading THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.

Percy

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From this reading It was for Percy that this semblance of supper was being got ready.

place

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

pleasantly

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From this reading It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.

preparations

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From this reading It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.

quarter

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From this reading THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.

re-arranging

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

ready

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From this reading It was for Percy that this semblance of supper was being got ready.

respect

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

room

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

seemed

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

semblance

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From this reading It was for Percy that this semblance of supper was being got ready.

she

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From this reading It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.

slipping

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From this reading It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.

some

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

supper

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From this reading It was for Percy that this semblance of supper was being got ready.

swiftly

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From this reading THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.

table

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

take

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

tall

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

than

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

that

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From this reading It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.

THE

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From this reading THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.

these

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From this reading It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.

this

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From this reading It was for Percy that this semblance of supper was being got ready.

time

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From this reading It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.

to

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

trifle

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

trouble

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

uninviting

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From this reading Evidently Brogard had a certain amount of respect for the tall Englishman, as he seemed to take some trouble in making the place look a trifle less uninviting than it had done before.

was

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From this reading It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.

watched

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From this reading It was because she watched these preparations that Marguerite found the time slipping by more pleasantly.

went

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From this reading THE DEATH-TRAP The next quarter of an hour went by swiftly and noiselessly.

while

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

with

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From this reading In the room downstairs, Brogard had for a while busied himself with clearing the table, and re-arranging it for another guest.

Chapter 24 of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy holds 115 sentences, grouped into 23 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.

What does chapter 24 of The Scarlet Pimpernel contain?

Chapter 24 holds 115 sentences of The Scarlet Pimpernel, unabridged, divided into 23 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 24 of The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 115 sentences, grouped into 23 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.

How do I study chapter 24 of The Scarlet Pimpernel?

Work through the 23 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 23 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 24 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 24 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Which edition of The Scarlet Pimpernel is used?

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How long does The Scarlet Pimpernel take to read?

About 423 minutes of reading across 1018 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in The Scarlet Pimpernel

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Scarlet Pimpernel, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Surging
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Scarlet Pimpernel; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Seething
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Murmuring
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Crowd
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