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The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

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You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.
It was like a spring-cleaning in the winter-time.
All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.
So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.
H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the is here in full — 160 sentences across 32 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/32 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.
Line 2
It was like a spring-cleaning in the winter-time.
Line 3
All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.
Line 4
So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.
Line 5
H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

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a

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From this reading It was like a spring-cleaning in the winter-time.

about

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

All

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

and

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

as

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

bad

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

be

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

because

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

big

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

brooms

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

brushes

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

bump

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

business

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

carpets

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

charwoman

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

coming

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

day

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

decent

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

dinner

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

divining-rod

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

Eliza

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

Father

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

for

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

gentleman

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

gold

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

got

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

H

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

had

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

have

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

he

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

he'd

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

head

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

his

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

house

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

how

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

idea

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

in

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From this reading It was like a spring-cleaning in the winter-time.

It

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From this reading It was like a spring-cleaning in the winter-time.

keep

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

left

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

like

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From this reading It was like a spring-cleaning in the winter-time.

make

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

next

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

no

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

not

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

nursery

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

O

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

on

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

over

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

people

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

place

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

said

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

she

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

should

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

slopped

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

So

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

sought

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

spring-cleaning

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From this reading It was like a spring-cleaning in the winter-time.

stairs

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

that

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

the

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

then

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

there

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

they

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

to

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

told

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

too

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

tumble

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

uncomfortable

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

up

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

was

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

water

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From this reading So she got in a charwoman, and they slopped water about, and left brooms and brushes on the stairs for people to tumble over.

way

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

we

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

were

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From this reading All the carpets were up, because Father had told Eliza to make the place decent as there was a gentleman coming to dinner the next day.

when

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

where

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From this reading H. O. got a big bump on his head in that way, and when he said it was too bad, Eliza said he should keep in the nursery then, and not be where he’d no business.

winter-time

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From this reading It was like a spring-cleaning in the winter-time.

with

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

You

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From this reading You have no idea how uncomfortable the house was on the day when we sought for gold with the divining-rod.

Chapter 15 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the by E. (Edith) Nesbit holds 160 sentences, grouped into 32 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 15 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the contain?

Chapter 15 holds 160 sentences of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the, unabridged, divided into 32 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 15 of The Story of the Treasure Seekers Being the by E. (Edith) Nesbit exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 160 sentences, grouped into 32 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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Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 15 can be played aloud in United States English.

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Story
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Different
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Looked
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Treasure
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