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Twice-Told Tales

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of Twice-Told Tales is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Nathaniel Hawthorne • Curated US English Learning Edition

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"Never, never!" said the pertinacious old dame.

"Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

"Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

"She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

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Twice-Told Tales

Chapter XXI · Chapter 21

Chapter 21 of Twice-Told Tales is here in full — 126 sentences across 26 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

"Never, never!" said the pertinacious old dame.

Line 2

"Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

Line 3

"Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

Line 4

"She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

Line 5

Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

All words in this reading · 67

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abide

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and

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

ashamed

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

been

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

Beshrew

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

betrayed

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

but

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From this reading "She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

charge

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From this reading Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

could

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From this reading "She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

dame

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From this reading "Never, never!" said the pertinacious old dame.

disloyal

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

Dudley

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From this reading Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

edifice

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From this reading "She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

emotion

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

exist

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From this reading "She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

fool

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

George

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

give

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From this reading Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

growing

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

had

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

have

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

he

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

her

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

Here

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

his

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

House

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From this reading Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

Howe

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

I

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

impatient

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

in

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

into

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

is

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From this reading "She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

King

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

Mistress

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From this reading Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

moral

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musty

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From this reading "She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

muttered

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

needs

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From this reading Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

Never

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From this reading "Never, never!" said the pertinacious old dame.

nowhere

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From this reading "She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

obstinacy

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

of

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

old

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From this reading "Never, never!" said the pertinacious old dame.

old-fashioned

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From this reading "She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

one

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

pertinacious

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From this reading "Never, never!" said the pertinacious old dame.

prejudice

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From this reading "She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

Province

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

said

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From this reading "Never, never!" said the pertinacious old dame.

shall

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

She

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From this reading "She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

since

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From this reading Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

Sir

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

still

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

subject

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

tarry

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From this reading Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

the

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From this reading "Never, never!" said the pertinacious old dame.

then

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From this reading Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

this

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From this reading "She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

to

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From this reading Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

true

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

very

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From this reading "She is the very moral of old-fashioned prejudice, and could exist nowhere but in this musty edifice.

Well

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From this reading Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

which

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

will

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From this reading "Here will I abide; and King George shall still have one true subject in his disloyal Province."

William

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From this reading "Beshrew the old fool!" muttered Sir William Howe, growing impatient of her obstinacy, and ashamed of the emotion into which he had been betrayed.

you

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From this reading Well, then, Mistress Dudley, since you will needs tarry, I give the Province House in charge to you.

Chapter 21 of Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne holds 126 sentences, grouped into 26 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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Chapter 21 holds 126 sentences of Twice-Told Tales, unabridged, divided into 26 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 21 of Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 126 sentences, grouped into 26 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.

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Champion: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Twice-Told Tales; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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