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Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Twilight Stories is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Margaret [Contributor] Sidney • Curated US English Learning Edition

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She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

"They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

Uncle John was keeping watch of the advancing troops from an upper window.

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Chapter II Reading 1/30

Twilight Stories Margaret [Contributor] Sidney

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Chapter II

Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Twilight Stories is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying. Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book." "They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought. Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events. Uncle John was keeping watch of the advancing troops from an upper window.

Twilight Stories

Chapter II · Chapter 2

Chapter 2 of Twilight Stories is here in full — 154 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

Line 2

Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

Line 3

"They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

Line 4

Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

Line 5

Uncle John was keeping watch of the advancing troops from an upper window.

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a

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

advancing

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From this reading Uncle John was keeping watch of the advancing troops from an upper window.

also

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

always

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

an

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From this reading Uncle John was keeping watch of the advancing troops from an upper window.

and

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

away

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

belonged

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

Bible

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

British

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

Church

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

coming

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

command

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

could

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

drawn

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

drew

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

embers

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

England

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

events

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

family

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

fetch

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

few

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

find

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From this reading "They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

for

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

from

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From this reading Uncle John was keeping watch of the advancing troops from an upper window.

have

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From this reading "They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

Having

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

hickory-wood

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

hurried

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

I

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From this reading "They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

if

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From this reading "They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

John

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From this reading Uncle John was keeping watch of the advancing troops from an upper window.

John's

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

keeping

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From this reading Uncle John was keeping watch of the advancing troops from an upper window.

know

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From this reading "They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

little

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

lying

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

me

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From this reading "They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

of

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

on

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

out

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

prayer-book

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

probably

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

reading

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From this reading "They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

Recollecting

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

respect

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From this reading "They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

round

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

sat

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

She

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

sight

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

soldiers

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

staircase

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

stand

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

sticks

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

that

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

the

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

then

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

they

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From this reading "They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

They'll

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From this reading "They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

thought

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From this reading "They'll have respect to me, if they find me reading that, I know," she thought.

threw

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

to

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

troops

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From this reading Uncle John was keeping watch of the advancing troops from an upper window.

Uncle

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From this reading Recollecting that the British soldiers probably belonged to the Church of England, she hurried away to fetch Uncle John's "prayer-book."

upper

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From this reading Uncle John was keeping watch of the advancing troops from an upper window.

view

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

waited

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

was

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

watch

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From this reading Uncle John was keeping watch of the advancing troops from an upper window.

well

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

where

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

which

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From this reading She threw a few sticks of hickory-wood on the embers, and then drew out the little round stand, on which the family Bible was always lying.

window

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From this reading Uncle John was keeping watch of the advancing troops from an upper window.

within

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From this reading Having drawn the round stand within sight of the well, and where she could also command a view of the staircase, she sat and waited for coming events.

Chapter 2 of Twilight Stories by Margaret [Contributor] Sidney holds 154 sentences, grouped into 31 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 2 of Twilight Stories contain?

Chapter 2 holds 154 sentences of Twilight Stories, unabridged, divided into 31 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 2 of Twilight Stories by Margaret [Contributor] Sidney exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 154 sentences, grouped into 31 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 2 of Twilight Stories?

Work through the 31 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 31 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 2 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 2 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

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Is this the complete text of Twilight Stories?

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Project Gutenberg eBook #594, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Twilight Stories take to read?

About 145 minutes of reading across 349 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Twilight Stories

Words and structures a reader meets early in Twilight Stories, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Margaret: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Twilight Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Sydney: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Twilight Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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Coolidge: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Twilight Stories; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.