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The Well at the World's End: A Tale

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

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By William Morris • Curated US English Learning Edition

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The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

Bull nodded his head, but frowned therewithal.

Said Ralph: "If I bid thee aught that is not beyond reason thou wilt do it, wilt thou not?"

"Yea," said Bull, surlily.

"Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

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

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Chapter XIX

Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall." Bull nodded his head, but frowned therewithal. Said Ralph: "If I bid thee aught that is not beyond reason thou wilt do it, wilt thou not?" "Yea," said Bull, surlily. "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

The Well at the World's End: A Tale

Chapter XIX · Chapter 19

Chapter 19 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale is here in full — 245 sentences across 49 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

Line 2

Bull nodded his head, but frowned therewithal.

Line 3

Said Ralph: "If I bid thee aught that is not beyond reason thou wilt do it, wilt thou not?"

Line 4

"Yea," said Bull, surlily.

Line 5

"Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

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a

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

am

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

and

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

arose

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

art

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

aught

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From this reading Said Ralph: "If I bid thee aught that is not beyond reason thou wilt do it, wilt thou not?"

Beginning

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

beyond

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From this reading Said Ralph: "If I bid thee aught that is not beyond reason thou wilt do it, wilt thou not?"

bid

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From this reading Said Ralph: "If I bid thee aught that is not beyond reason thou wilt do it, wilt thou not?"

Bull

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

but

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From this reading Bull nodded his head, but frowned therewithal.

called

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

do

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From this reading Said Ralph: "If I bid thee aught that is not beyond reason thou wilt do it, wilt thou not?"

Early

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

east-away

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

free

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

frowned

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From this reading Bull nodded his head, but frowned therewithal.

go

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

going

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

gold

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

goodwill

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

have

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

head

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From this reading Bull nodded his head, but frowned therewithal.

him

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

his

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From this reading Bull nodded his head, but frowned therewithal.

I

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From this reading Said Ralph: "If I bid thee aught that is not beyond reason thou wilt do it, wilt thou not?"

If

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From this reading Said Ralph: "If I bid thee aught that is not beyond reason thou wilt do it, wilt thou not?"

is

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

it

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

journey

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

may

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

me

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

morning

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

my

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

next

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

nodded

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From this reading Bull nodded his head, but frowned therewithal.

not

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From this reading Said Ralph: "If I bid thee aught that is not beyond reason thou wilt do it, wilt thou not?"

of

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

quoth

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

Ralph

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

reason

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From this reading Said Ralph: "If I bid thee aught that is not beyond reason thou wilt do it, wilt thou not?"

Road

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

said

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

Shockhead

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

So

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

surlily

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From this reading "Yea," said Bull, surlily.

take

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

that

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

The

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

thee

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From this reading Said Ralph: "If I bid thee aught that is not beyond reason thou wilt do it, wilt thou not?"

therefore

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

therewithal

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From this reading Bull nodded his head, but frowned therewithal.

this

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

thou

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

thrall

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

To

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

Utterbol

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

war-taken

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From this reading The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol Early next morning Ralph arose and called Bull Shockhead to him and said: "So it is, Bull, that thou art my war-taken thrall."

Well

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

wilt

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From this reading Said Ralph: "If I bid thee aught that is not beyond reason thou wilt do it, wilt thou not?"

with

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From this reading "Well," quoth Ralph, "I am going a journey east-away, and I may not have thee with me, therefore I bid thee take this gold and go free with my goodwill."

Yea

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From this reading "Yea," said Bull, surlily.

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