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The Woman in White
The Woman in White

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of The Woman in White is here in full — 308 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.
He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.
When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.
Percival!” he said, in a whisper.
Percival! come here.”
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Woman in White

Chapter XV · Chapter 15

Chapter 15 of The Woman in White is here in full — 308 sentences across 62 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/61 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.
Line 2
He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.
Line 3
When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.
Line 4
Percival!” he said, in a whisper.
Line 5
Percival! come here.”

Learner Dictionary

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Beneath preposition US /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading “He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.”

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a

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

again

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

all

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

and

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

animal

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

aside

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

at

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

back

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

been

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

Before

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

bench

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/

Directly under; in or to a lower position than.

From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

cage

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

come

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From this reading “Percival! come here.”

could

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

Count's

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

discovered

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

eye

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

face

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

faint

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

feet

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

ground

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

had

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

hand

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

hardly

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

He

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

here

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From this reading “Percival! come here.”

him

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

his

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

hue

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

in

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

intently

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

just

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

knees

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

little

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

livid

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

looking

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

lost

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

mouse

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

occupying

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

of

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

on

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

over

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

particular

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

Percival

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From this reading “Percival!” he said, in a whisper.

place

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

pulled

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

put

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

quick

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

rose

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

said

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From this reading “Percival!” he said, in a whisper.

seat

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

shook

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

so

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

steps

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

stopped

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

suddenly

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

taken

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

that

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

the

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

then

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

three

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

to

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

took

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

under

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

up

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From this reading He pulled aside the bench, took the little animal up in his hand, and then suddenly stopped, on his knees, looking intently at a particular place on the ground just beneath him.

was

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

we

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From this reading Before we had taken three steps, the Count’s quick eye discovered the lost mouse under the seat that we had been occupying.

When

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

whisper

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From this reading “Percival!” he said, in a whisper.

yellow

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From this reading When he rose to his feet again, his hand shook so that he could hardly put the mouse back in the cage, and his face was of a faint livid yellow hue all over.

Chapter 15 of The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins holds 308 sentences, grouped into 62 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.

What does chapter 15 of The Woman in White contain?

Chapter 15 holds 308 sentences of The Woman in White, unabridged, divided into 62 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 15 of The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 308 sentences, grouped into 62 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 15 of The Woman in White?

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Vocabulary met early in The Woman in White

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Third
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Epoch
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Clement
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Teacher
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