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The wisdom of Father Brown

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of The wisdom of Father Brown is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.
I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.
A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.
He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.
I was prepared, I think, for shrouded priests or naked fakirs.
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The wisdom of Father Brown

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of The wisdom of Father Brown is here in full — 172 sentences across 35 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/34 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.
Line 2
I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.
Line 3
A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.
Line 4
He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.
Line 5
I was prepared, I think, for shrouded priests or naked fakirs.

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a

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

about

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

and

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

at

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

back

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

begun

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From this reading I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.

behind

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

black

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

brown

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

but

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

by

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

came

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

carved

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

centre

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

coat

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

copper

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

dim

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From this reading I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.

door

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

dress

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

European

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

extra

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

face

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

fakirs

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From this reading I was prepared, I think, for shrouded priests or naked fakirs.

finger

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

flesh

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

for

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From this reading I was prepared, I think, for shrouded priests or naked fakirs.

graven

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

guess

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From this reading I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.

guessed

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

had

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From this reading I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.

half

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

happened

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From this reading I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.

hardly

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

hateful

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

He

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

head

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

hieroglyphic

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From this reading I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.

him

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

his

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

horrible

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From this reading I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.

horror

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From this reading I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.

human

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

I

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

in

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

It

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

ivory

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

judge

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

large

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

light

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From this reading I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.

like

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

limb

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

loathsome

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

man

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

me

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

more

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

most

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

naked

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From this reading I was prepared, I think, for shrouded priests or naked fakirs.

not

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From this reading I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.

of

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

on

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

opened

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

or

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

out

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

pointing

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

prepared

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From this reading I was prepared, I think, for shrouded priests or naked fakirs.

priests

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From this reading I was prepared, I think, for shrouded priests or naked fakirs.

shrouded

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From this reading I was prepared, I think, for shrouded priests or naked fakirs.

silently

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

small

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

smile

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

some

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

squat

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

still

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

stone

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

symbol

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

tail

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

teeth

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

temple

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

that

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

the

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

thing

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

think

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From this reading He had a carved smile on his face, of copper flesh and ivory teeth; but I think the most hateful thing about him was that he was in European dress.

to

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

turned

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

up

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

vast

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

wall

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

was

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From this reading “It was hardly half human, I guessed; to judge by the small squat head, and still more by a thing like a tail or extra limb turned up behind and pointing, like a loathsome large finger, at some symbol graven in the centre of the vast stone back.

when

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From this reading I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.

with

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From this reading A door opened silently in the temple wall behind me and a man came out, with a brown face and a black coat.

without

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From this reading I had begun, in the dim light, to guess at the hieroglyphic, not without horror, when a more horrible thing happened.

Chapter 18 of The wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton holds 172 sentences, grouped into 35 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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Absence
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Glass
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