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Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

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SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.
As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.
Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.
Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.
Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.
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The Shuttle

Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

Chapter 33 of The Shuttle is here in full — 249 sentences across 50 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/49 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.
Line 2
As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.
Line 3
Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.
Line 4
Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.
Line 5
Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

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a

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

and

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

Anstruthers

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any

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

appeared

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

As

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

assumed

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

at

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

be

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

been

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

Betty

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

but

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

butler

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

casual

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

curt

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

denoting

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

did

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dinner

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

DO

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

each

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

evening

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

expression

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

face

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

footmen

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furtively

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

glanced

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

good

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

had

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

he

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

her

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

his

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

household

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

in

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

its

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

Lady

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

learned

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making

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

man

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

merely

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

moment

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

more

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

movement

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

Nigel

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

Nigel's

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

no

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

not

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

once

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

or

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

other

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

out

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

please

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

propitiatory

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

quickly

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

remark

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

removed

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

replies

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

scarcely

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

seat

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

see

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

service

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

SHE

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

sideboard

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

signal

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

Sir

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

sister

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

so

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

SOMETHING

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

soup

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

spoke

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

table

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

than

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

that

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

the

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

thing

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

thrust

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

to

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

took

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

two

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From this reading As he took his seat the two footmen glanced quickly at each other, and the butler at the sideboard furtively thrust out his underlip.

unaware

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

unconsciously

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From this reading Lady Anstruthers' face unconsciously assumed its propitiatory expression, and she glanced at her sister more than once when Betty was unaware that she did so.

underlip

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unobjectionable

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

Until

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From this reading Until the soup had been removed, Sir Nigel scarcely spoke, merely making curt replies to any casual remark.

was

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

when

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

woman

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

word

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From this reading Not a man or woman in the household but had learned the signal denoting the moment when no service would please, no word or movement be unobjectionable.

WOULD

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From this reading SHE WOULD DO SOMETHING Sir Nigel's face was not a good thing to see when he appeared at the dinner table in the evening.

Chapter 33 of The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett holds 249 sentences, grouped into 50 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 33 of The Shuttle contain?

Chapter 33 holds 249 sentences of The Shuttle, unabridged, divided into 50 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 33 of The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 249 sentences, grouped into 50 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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How long does The Shuttle take to read?

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Shuttle
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Began
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Heavy
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Weaving
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