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Chapter XVIII
After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude. “Monsieur, permit me to persuade you to come away. Poor little child! she is free from pain now. Her fancy that you were her father was a fortunate delusion for her. It made her last moments happy.
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later than; following
From this reading “After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Monsieur, permit me to persuade you to come away.”
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “Poor little child! she is free from pain now.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It made her last moments happy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Poor little child! she is free from pain now.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Her fancy that you were her father was a fortunate delusion for her.
later than; following
From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
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From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
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From this reading “Monsieur, permit me to persuade you to come away.
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From this reading Poor little child! she is free from pain now.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Monsieur, permit me to persuade you to come away.
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From this reading Her fancy that you were her father was a fortunate delusion for her.
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From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
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From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
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From this reading Her fancy that you were her father was a fortunate delusion for her.
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From this reading Her fancy that you were her father was a fortunate delusion for her.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her fancy that you were her father was a fortunate delusion for her.
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From this reading Her fancy that you were her father was a fortunate delusion for her.
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Poor little child! she is free from pain now.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
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From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
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From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
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From this reading It made her last moments happy.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her fancy that you were her father was a fortunate delusion for her.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Poor little child! she is free from pain now.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It made her last moments happy.
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From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It made her last moments happy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
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From this reading It made her last moments happy.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
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From this reading It made her last moments happy.
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From this reading “Monsieur, permit me to persuade you to come away.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
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From this reading Poor little child! she is free from pain now.
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From this reading Poor little child! she is free from pain now.
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From this reading “Monsieur, permit me to persuade you to come away.
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From this reading “Monsieur, permit me to persuade you to come away.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor little child! she is free from pain now.
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From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Poor little child! she is free from pain now.
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From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
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From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Her fancy that you were her father was a fortunate delusion for her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Monsieur, permit me to persuade you to come away.
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From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
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From this reading After some little time the doctor’s genial voice, slightly tremulous from kindly emotion, roused me from my grief-stricken attitude.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her fancy that you were her father was a fortunate delusion for her.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her fancy that you were her father was a fortunate delusion for her.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Monsieur, permit me to persuade you to come away.
