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Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Robert Louis Stevenson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Being Correspondence

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_Sunday_, _Sept._ 5 (?), 1891.

MY DEAR COLVIN,—Yours from Lochinver has just come.

You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

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Chapter IX Reading 1/30

Vailima Letters Being Correspondence

Chapter IX · Chapter 9

Chapter 9 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 152 sentences across 31 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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

Line 1

_Sunday_, _Sept._ 5 (?), 1891.

Line 2

MY DEAR COLVIN,—Yours from Lochinver has just come.

Line 3

You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

Line 4

Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

Line 5

I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

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1786

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From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

1850

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From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

1891

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From this reading _Sunday_, _Sept._ 5 (?), 1891.

5

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From this reading _Sunday_, _Sept._ 5 (?), 1891.

a

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

advance

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

am

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From this reading You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

and

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From this reading You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

ask

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From this reading You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

been

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From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

between

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From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

chapter

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

COLVIN

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Yours from Lochinver has just come.

come

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Yours from Lochinver has just come.

Conceive

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From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

DEAR

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Yours from Lochinver has just come.

diaries

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From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

drafted

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

ever

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From this reading You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

for

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From this reading You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

from

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Yours from Lochinver has just come.

grandfather's

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From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

great

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

had

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

has

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Yours from Lochinver has just come.

have

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From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

Highlands

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From this reading You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

homesick

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From this reading You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

I

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From this reading You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

if

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From this reading You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

in

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From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

Isles

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From this reading You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

just

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Yours from Lochinver has just come.

last

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From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

letters

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From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

Lives

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

living

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From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

Lochinver

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Yours from Lochinver has just come.

me

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From this reading You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

month

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From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

MY

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Yours from Lochinver has just come.

no

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

of

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

one

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

over

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

part

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

pleasure

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

profit

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

put

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

rest

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

Sept

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From this reading _Sunday_, _Sept._ 5 (?), 1891.

so

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

some

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

Stevensons

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

Sunday

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From this reading _Sunday_, _Sept._ 5 (?), 1891.

take

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

talking

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

that

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

the

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From this reading You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

there

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Conceive that for the last month I have been living there between 1786 and 1850, in my grandfather’s diaries and letters.

to

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

use

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

with

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From this reading I _had_ to take a rest; no use talking; so I put in a month over my _Lives of the Stevensons_ with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted.

You

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From this reading You ask me if I am ever homesick for the Highlands and the Isles.

Yours

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—Yours from Lochinver has just come.

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