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Vailima Letters Being Correspondence

Chapter XXXVII · Chapter 37

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By Robert Louis Stevenson • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Being Correspondence

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_Vailima_, June 18th, 94.

MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

You and Baxter are having all the trouble of this Edition, and I simply put myself in your hands for you to do what you like with me, and I am sure that will be the best, at any rate.

Hence you are to conceive me withdrawing all objections to your printing anything you please.

After all it is a sort of family affair.

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Vailima Letters Being Correspondence

Chapter XXXVII · Chapter 37

Chapter 37 of Vailima Letters Being Correspondence is here in full — 70 sentences across 14 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/14 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

_Vailima_, June 18th, 94.

Line 2

MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

Line 3

You and Baxter are having all the trouble of this Edition, and I simply put myself in your hands for you to do what you like with me, and I am sure that will be the best, at any rate.

Line 4

Hence you are to conceive me withdrawing all objections to your printing anything you please.

Line 5

After all it is a sort of family affair.

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18th

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From this reading _Vailima_, June 18th, 94.

94

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From this reading _Vailima_, June 18th, 94.

a

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From this reading After all it is a sort of family affair.

affair

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From this reading After all it is a sort of family affair.

After

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From this reading After all it is a sort of family affair.

all

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am

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and

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any

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anything

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From this reading Hence you are to conceive me withdrawing all objections to your printing anything you please.

are

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

at

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Baxter

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be

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best

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COLVIN

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

conceive

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From this reading Hence you are to conceive me withdrawing all objections to your printing anything you please.

DEAR

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

do

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Edition

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family

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From this reading After all it is a sort of family affair.

for

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hands

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having

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Hence

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I

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in

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is

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

it

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From this reading After all it is a sort of family affair.

June

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From this reading _Vailima_, June 18th, 94.

last

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

letter

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

like

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me

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MY

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

myself

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objections

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From this reading Hence you are to conceive me withdrawing all objections to your printing anything you please.

of

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please

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

printing

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put

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rate

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simply

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From this reading You and Baxter are having all the trouble of this Edition, and I simply put myself in your hands for you to do what you like with me, and I am sure that will be the best, at any rate.

sort

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From this reading After all it is a sort of family affair.

sure

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From this reading You and Baxter are having all the trouble of this Edition, and I simply put myself in your hands for you to do what you like with me, and I am sure that will be the best, at any rate.

that

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

the

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From this reading You and Baxter are having all the trouble of this Edition, and I simply put myself in your hands for you to do what you like with me, and I am sure that will be the best, at any rate.

this

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From this reading You and Baxter are having all the trouble of this Edition, and I simply put myself in your hands for you to do what you like with me, and I am sure that will be the best, at any rate.

to

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

trouble

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From this reading You and Baxter are having all the trouble of this Edition, and I simply put myself in your hands for you to do what you like with me, and I am sure that will be the best, at any rate.

unconditionally

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

understand

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

Vailima

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From this reading _Vailima_, June 18th, 94.

what

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will

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with

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From this reading You and Baxter are having all the trouble of this Edition, and I simply put myself in your hands for you to do what you like with me, and I am sure that will be the best, at any rate.

withdrawing

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From this reading Hence you are to conceive me withdrawing all objections to your printing anything you please.

withdrawn

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

You

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From this reading MY DEAR COLVIN,—You are to please understand that my last letter is withdrawn unconditionally.

your

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From this reading You and Baxter are having all the trouble of this Edition, and I simply put myself in your hands for you to do what you like with me, and I am sure that will be the best, at any rate.

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