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The Unbearable Bassington
The Unbearable Bassington

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of The Unbearable Bassington is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Chapter 15 of The Unbearable Bassington by Saki holds 135 sentences, grouped into 27 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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Chapter 15 holds 135 sentences of The Unbearable Bassington, unabridged, divided into 27 reading sections.

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Francesca
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Unbearable Bassington; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Bassington
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Unbearable Bassington; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Drawing-room
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House
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ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.
The double-headed eagle, with its K.u.K.”
legend, everywhere met the eye and announced the imperial favour in which the establishment basked.
Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.
Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.
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The Unbearable Bassington

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of The Unbearable Bassington is here in full — 135 sentences across 27 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.
Line 2
The double-headed eagle, with itsK.u.K.”
Line 3
legend, everywhere met the eye and announced the imperial favour in which the establishment basked.
Line 4
Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.
Line 5
Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.
All words in this reading · 77

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a

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

above

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

and

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From this reading legend, everywhere met the eye and announced the imperial favour in which the establishment basked.

announced

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From this reading legend, everywhere met the eye and announced the imperial favour in which the establishment basked.

another

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

at

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.

basked

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From this reading legend, everywhere met the eye and announced the imperial favour in which the establishment basked.

betrayed

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

blazonry

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

building

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

bunting

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

but

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

by

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

charged

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

citizenesses

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

citizens

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

concealed

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

costlier

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.

double-headed

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From this reading The double-headed eagle, with its “K.u.K.”

Duke

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

eagle

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From this reading The double-headed eagle, with its “K.u.K.”

ELAINE

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.

establishment

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From this reading legend, everywhere met the eye and announced the imperial favour in which the establishment basked.

everywhere

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From this reading legend, everywhere met the eye and announced the imperial favour in which the establishment basked.

eye

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From this reading legend, everywhere met the eye and announced the imperial favour in which the establishment basked.

fact

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

favour

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From this reading legend, everywhere met the eye and announced the imperial favour in which the establishment basked.

flag-staff

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

floating

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

from

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

Grand

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

great

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

heraldic

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

highest

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

hotels

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.

image

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

imperial

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From this reading legend, everywhere met the eye and announced the imperial favour in which the establishment basked.

in

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.

initiated

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

its

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From this reading The double-headed eagle, with its “K.u.K.”

K

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From this reading The double-headed eagle, with its “K.u.K.”

legend

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From this reading legend, everywhere met the eye and announced the imperial favour in which the establishment basked.

lunch

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.

met

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From this reading legend, everywhere met the eye and announced the imperial favour in which the establishment basked.

nature's

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

of

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.

on

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

one

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.

own

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

premises

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

reason

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

republic

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

Russian

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

Saal

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.

sat

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.

several

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

Some

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

somewhere

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

Speise

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.

square

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

symbolism

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

that

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

the

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.

to

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

u

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From this reading The double-headed eagle, with its “K.u.K.”

Unannounced

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

unconcealable

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

Vienna's

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.

was

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

were

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

Western

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

which

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From this reading legend, everywhere met the eye and announced the imperial favour in which the establishment basked.

with

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From this reading The double-headed eagle, with its “K.u.K.”

world

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From this reading Unannounced by heraldic symbolism but unconcealable by reason of nature’s own blazonry, were several citizens and citizenesses of the great republic of the Western world.

yards

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

yellow

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From this reading Some several square yards of yellow bunting, charged with the image of another double-headed eagle, floating from the highest flag-staff above the building, betrayed to the initiated the fact that a Russian Grand Duke was concealed somewhere on the premises.

YOUGHAL

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From this reading ELAINE YOUGHAL sat at lunch in the Speise Saal of one of Vienna’s costlier hotels.