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The Well at the World's End: A Tale
The Well at the World's End: A Tale

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.
So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."
So he stood up and was ready to go with her, his heart beating hard for joy and wonder.
"Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."
And she held his war-coat out for him to do on.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Well at the World's End: A Tale

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale is here in full — 180 sentences across 36 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/36 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.
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So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."
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So he stood up and was ready to go with her, his heart beating hard for joy and wonder.
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"Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."
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And she held his war-coat out for him to do on.

Learner Dictionary

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Stood verb US /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading “So he stood up and was ready to go with her, his heart beating hard for joy and wonder.”

All words in this reading · 105

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a

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

and

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

awakened

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

be

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

beating

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From this reading So he stood up and was ready to go with her, his heart beating hard for joy and wonder.

been

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

befall

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

bending

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

but

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

by

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

come

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

could

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

cry

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

dawn

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

do

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

ere

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

for

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

forebore

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

go

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From this reading So he stood up and was ready to go with her, his heart beating hard for joy and wonder.

good

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

had

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

hard

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From this reading So he stood up and was ready to go with her, his heart beating hard for joy and wonder.

hauberk

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

have

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

He

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

heart

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From this reading So he stood up and was ready to go with her, his heart beating hard for joy and wonder.

held

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From this reading And she held his war-coat out for him to do on.

her

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From this reading So he stood up and was ready to go with her, his heart beating hard for joy and wonder.

him

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

his

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From this reading So he stood up and was ready to go with her, his heart beating hard for joy and wonder.

hunter

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

I

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

ill

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

in

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

into

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

it

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

joy

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From this reading So he stood up and was ready to go with her, his heart beating hard for joy and wonder.

kind

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

knew

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

Lady

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

lest

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

like

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

little

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

Love

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

low

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

man

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

me

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

Meets

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

much

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

Nay

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

night

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

no

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

now

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

of

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

off

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

on

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

or

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

out

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

over

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

Ralph

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

ready

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From this reading So he stood up and was ready to go with her, his heart beating hard for joy and wonder.

Rise

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

run

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

said

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

saw

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

say

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

she

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

sleep

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

so

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

somewhat

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

squire

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

start

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

stoodverbUS /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading So he stood up and was ready to go with her, his heart beating hard for joy and wonder.

sword

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

take

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

tell

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

that

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

the

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

thee

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

thine

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

thy

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

till

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

to

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

touch

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

toward

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

up

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

very

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

voice

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

war-coat

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From this reading And she held his war-coat out for him to do on.

war-gear

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

warrior

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

was

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

way

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

what

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

while

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

whispered

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

Wilderness

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

will

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From this reading "Nay," she whispered, "take thy sword and war-gear lest ill befall: do on thine hauberk; I will be thy squire."

With

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

woke

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

wonder

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From this reading So he stood up and was ready to go with her, his heart beating hard for joy and wonder.

wood

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

word

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

yet

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From this reading Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness He woke up while it was yet night, and knew that he had been awakened by a touch; but, like a good hunter and warrior, he forebore to start up or cry out till sleep had so much run off him that he could tell somewhat of what was toward.

young

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From this reading So now he saw the Lady bending over him, and she said in a kind and very low voice: "Rise up, young man, rise up, Ralph, and say no word, but come with me a little way into the wood ere dawn come, for I have a word for thee."

Chapter 9 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale by William Morris holds 180 sentences, grouped into 36 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 9 holds 180 sentences of The Well at the World's End: A Tale, unabridged, divided into 36 reading sections.

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