a
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
abruptness
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added
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
again
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
all
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among
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and
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
appeared
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at
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
Because
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From this reading Because it isn’t the sort of secret we suppose.”
Before
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
brighter
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Brown
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
But
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From this reading “But,” he ended, “he does really conceal his toilet.”
came
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
changed
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
coming
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
company
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
completed
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composedly
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
conceal
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From this reading “But,” he ended, “he does really conceal his toilet.”
corner
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does
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From this reading “But,” he ended, “he does really conceal his toilet.”
Duke
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
earshot
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
ended
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From this reading “But,” he ended, “he does really conceal his toilet.”
explosion
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
eyes
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
fanciful
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
Father
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
foot
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
glimmering
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
grew
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
had
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hair
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
hand
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he
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hide
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
his
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
house
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in
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
instant
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
isn't
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From this reading Because it isn’t the sort of secret we suppose.”
it
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
librarian
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
like
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
little
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
man's
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my
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
nerves
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
of
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on
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owl's
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
purple
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
quite
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
rapidly
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
really
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From this reading “But,” he ended, “he does really conceal his toilet.”
round
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
rounder
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
sharply
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
shut
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silently
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
small
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
so
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
soft
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
somehow
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
sort
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From this reading Because it isn’t the sort of secret we suppose.”
suddenly
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
sunset-hued
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
suppose
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From this reading Because it isn’t the sort of secret we suppose.”
table
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
that
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The
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
thrill
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
toilet
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From this reading “But,” he ended, “he does really conceal his toilet.”
trees
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
voice
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From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
wakingadjectiveUS /ˈweɪ.kɪŋ/
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading The little man’s voice changed so suddenly, he shut his hand so sharply, and his eyes so rapidly grew rounder and brighter like a waking owl’s, that it had all the abruptness of a small explosion on the table.
we
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From this reading Because it isn’t the sort of secret we suppose.”
what
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
Why
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
wig
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
with
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From this reading It somehow completed the thrill of my fanciful nerves that at that instant the Duke appeared again silently among the glimmering trees, with his soft foot and sunset-hued hair, coming round the corner of the house in company with his librarian.
within
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From this reading Before he came within earshot, Father Brown had added quite composedly, “Why does he really hide the secret of what he does with the purple wig?
