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Chapter XXXV · Chapter 35

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By Robert Louis Stevenson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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_March_ 1894.

MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

But you’ll see in the _Times_.

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Chapter XXXV

Chapter 35

Chapter 35 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

_March_ 1894. MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing. But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_. It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest. But you’ll see in the _Times_.

Vailima Letters Being Correspondence

Chapter XXXV · Chapter 35

Chapter 35 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 47 sentences across 10 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Line 1

_March_ 1894.

Line 2

MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

Line 3

But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

Line 4

It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

Line 5

But you’ll see in the _Times_.

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1894

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From this reading _March_ 1894.

about

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

all

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

and

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

as

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

at

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

blacks

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

blest

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

blow

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

But

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

chocolates

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

COLVIN

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

day

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

DEAR

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

Foreign

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

goes

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

had

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

have

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

her

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

honey

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

I

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

in

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

is

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

it

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

just

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

mail

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

Majesty

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

March

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From this reading _March_ 1894.

means

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

milk

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

MY

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

nothing

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

of

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

Office

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

officials

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

one

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

From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

quarrelled

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

Queen

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

read

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

relation

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

Samoa

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

see

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

some

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

suppose

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

that

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

From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

the

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

This

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

Times

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

to

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

very

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

was

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

well

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

what

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

whites

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

will

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From this reading But it was just as well—as it was all about my ‘blacks and chocolates,’ and what of it had relation to whites you will read some of in the _Times_.

with

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From this reading It means, as you will see, that I have at one blow quarrelled with all the officials of Samoa, the Foreign Office, and I suppose her Majesty the Queen with milk and honey blest.

written

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

yet

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

you

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—This is the very day the mail goes, and I have as yet written you nothing.

you'll

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From this reading But you’ll see in the _Times_.

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