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

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 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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The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.
But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.
On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.
The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.
So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.
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The Well at the World's End: A Tale

Chapter X · Chapter 10

Chapter 10 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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The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.
Line 2
But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.
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On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.
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The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.
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So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

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a

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

about

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

abroad

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

and

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

as

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

ask

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

be

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

been

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

befall

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

befell

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

before

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

began

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

being

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

beset

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

bigger

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

blossoming

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

burden

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

But

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

came

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

could

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

cruelly

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

day

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

deeds

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

Deliverance

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

dell

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

ever

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

exceeding

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

fair

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

fairest

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

fallen

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

far

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

fared

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

fear

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

fears

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

felt

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

flowery

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

friend

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

from

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

further

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

goats

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

good

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

great

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

grow

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

had

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

harder

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

have

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

Her

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

house

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

I

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

if

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

in

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

it

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

kinder

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

Lady

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

like

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

little

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

May-tide

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

me

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

mistress

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

more

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

much

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

my

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

no

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

not

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

Now

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

of

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

ofttimes

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

old

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

On

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

out

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

outgrown

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

place

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

quicken

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

rejoiced

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

running

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

save

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

seemed

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

shalt

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

So

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

some

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

somewhat

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

stream

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

tell

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

Tells

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

than

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

that

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

The

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

thee

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

them

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

there

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

this

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

thou

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

through

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

till

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

time

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

to

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

used

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From this reading But about this time my mistress, from being kinder to me than before, began to grow harder, and ofttimes used me cruelly: but of her deeds to me, my friend, thou shalt ask me no more than I tell thee.

was

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From this reading The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance "Now I had outgrown my old fear, and not much befell to quicken it: and ever I was as much out of the house as I could be.

went

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

were

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

whitethorns

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From this reading So I went till I came to a little flowery dell, beset with blossoming whitethorns and with a fair stream running through it; a place somewhat like to this, save that the stream there was bigger.

with

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

year

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From this reading The day was the fairest of the year, and I rejoiced in it, and felt as if some exceeding great good were about to befall me; and the burden of fears seemed to have fallen from me.

yet

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From this reading On a day of May-tide I fared abroad with my goats, and went far with them, further from the house than I had been as yet.

Chapter 10 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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How do I study chapter 10 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale?

Work through the 36 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 36 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 10 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 10 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading The Well at the World's End: A Tale

Common questions about reading The Well at the World's End: A Tale by William Morris on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of The Well at the World's End: A Tale?

Yes. All 6743 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #169 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of The Well at the World's End: A Tale is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #169, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does The Well at the World's End: A Tale take to read?

About 561 minutes of reading across 1349 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read The Well at the World's End: A Tale section by section

How to work through The Well at the World's End: A Tale section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 40 chapters of The Well at the World's End: A Tale to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in The Well at the World's End: A Tale

Words and structures a reader meets early in The Well at the World's End: A Tale, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Little
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Well at the World's End: A Tale; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Ruled
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Well at the World's End: A Tale; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Regulus
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Well at the World's End: A Tale; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Kinglet
A word that appears in the opening chapter of The Well at the World's End: A Tale; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.