A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XV
Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers. “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?” “Never,” said the young girl innocently. “True,” murmured the professor again. “These are the classic ideal measurements.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““True,” murmured the professor again.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?””
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading “Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading ““These are the classic ideal measurements.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “True,” murmured the professor again.
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From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “These are the classic ideal measurements.
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From this reading “These are the classic ideal measurements.
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From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”
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From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”
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From this reading “Never,” said the young girl innocently.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.
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From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”
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From this reading “These are the classic ideal measurements.
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From this reading “Never,” said the young girl innocently.
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From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”
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From this reading “These are the classic ideal measurements.
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From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”
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From this reading “True,” murmured the professor again.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”
touching and supported by a surface
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From this reading “Never,” said the young girl innocently.
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From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”
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From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “These are the classic ideal measurements.
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From this reading “True,” murmured the professor again.
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From this reading Suddenly he stopped, and turned his eyes almost searchingly on hers.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You say you have never drawn from the human model, mademoiselle?”
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From this reading “Never,” said the young girl innocently.
