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Chapter XVIII
The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer? He was waiting in the next room. There was nothing but a wall between him and the others. He was coming in. They would see him.
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in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “There was nothing but a wall between him and the others.”
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading “The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He was waiting in the next room.”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “There was nothing but a wall between him and the others.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?”
for that reason; as a result
From this reading “The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “He was waiting in the next room.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “They would see him.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There was nothing but a wall between him and the others.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading There was nothing but a wall between him and the others.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was nothing but a wall between him and the others.
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From this reading He was coming in.
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From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
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From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was waiting in the next room.
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was nothing but a wall between him and the others.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was waiting in the next room.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
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From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was waiting in the next room.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was nothing but a wall between him and the others.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
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From this reading There was nothing but a wall between him and the others.
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From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
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From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
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From this reading He was waiting in the next room.
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From this reading They would see him.
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From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
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From this reading There was nothing but a wall between him and the others.
for that reason; as a result
From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They would see him.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
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From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
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From this reading He was waiting in the next room.
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From this reading There was nothing but a wall between him and the others.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
which person or people
From this reading The last question still remained: who was this unknown person, the possible heir, and therefore the five or six fold murderer?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading They would see him.
