Chapter I

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Mavis had washed and ironed all the dolls’ clothes at least a fortnight before The Day.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

collection of records especially about an institution

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

weapons considered collectively

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Mavis had washed and ironed all the dolls’ clothes at least a fortnight before The Day.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The children had been counting the days to The Day.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Mavis had washed and ironed all the dolls’ clothes at least a fortnight before The Day.

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878)

From this reading Bernard indeed had made a calendar on a piece of cardboard that had once been the bottom of the box in which his new white sandshoes came home.

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

the lower side of anything

From this reading Bernard indeed had made a calendar on a piece of cardboard that had once been the bottom of the box in which his new white sandshoes came home.

a (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid

From this reading Bernard indeed had made a calendar on a piece of cardboard that had once been the bottom of the box in which his new white sandshoes came home.

army unit smaller than a division

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

plural of “bush” — a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year

From this reading Bernard indeed had made a calendar on a piece of cardboard that had once been the bottom of the box in which his new white sandshoes came home.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

the state of being imprisoned

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

a stiff moderately thick paper

From this reading Bernard indeed had made a calendar on a piece of cardboard that had once been the bottom of the box in which his new white sandshoes came home.

inflected form of “catch” — discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

A soft white limestone used for marking doors, stone walls, and slate.

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

plural of “charger” — formerly a strong swift horse ridden into battle

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading The children had been counting the days to The Day.

clothing in general

From this reading Mavis had washed and ironed all the dolls’ clothes at least a fortnight before The Day.

plural of “consequence” — a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

From this reading The children had been counting the days to The Day.

placed crosswise

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

an official prosecutor for a judicial district

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading The children had been counting the days to The Day.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading The children had been counting the days to The Day.

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

past form of “disappear” — get lost, as without warning or explanation

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

plural of “division” — an army unit large enough to sustain combat

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

plural of “doll” — a small replica of a person; used as a toy

From this reading Mavis had washed and ironed all the dolls’ clothes at least a fortnight before The Day.

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

plural of “down” — soft fine feathers

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

all things; all of a situation

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

decreasing in amount or degree

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

people in general (often used in the plural)

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

a period of fourteen consecutive days

From this reading Mavis had washed and ironed all the dolls’ clothes at least a fortnight before The Day.

an ornamental facade

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

the act of departing

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

shoot down, of birds

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading The children had been counting the days to The Day.

an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

past form of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

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

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

plural of “heroine” — the main good female character in a work of fiction

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Bernard indeed had made a calendar on a piece of cardboard that had once been the bottom of the box in which his new white sandshoes came home.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

plural of “illustration” — artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

(of linens or clothes) smoothed with a hot iron

From this reading Mavis had washed and ironed all the dolls’ clothes at least a fortnight before The Day.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

and nothing more

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree

From this reading Mavis had washed and ironed all the dolls’ clothes at least a fortnight before The Day.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Bernard indeed had made a calendar on a piece of cardboard that had once been the bottom of the box in which his new white sandshoes came home.

an amphibious division of the United States Navy

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

strongly marked; easily noticeable

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

common Old World thrush noted for its song

From this reading Mavis had washed and ironed all the dolls’ clothes at least a fortnight before The Day.

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

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

with neatness

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading Bernard indeed had made a calendar on a piece of cardboard that had once been the bottom of the box in which his new white sandshoes came home.

past form of “number” — add up in number or quantity

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

on one occasion

From this reading Bernard indeed had made a calendar on a piece of cardboard that had once been the bottom of the box in which his new white sandshoes came home.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

and nothing more

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

plural of “path” — a course of conduct

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

someone who tries to bring peace

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

a separate part of a whole

From this reading Bernard indeed had made a calendar on a piece of cardboard that had once been the bottom of the box in which his new white sandshoes came home.

the force of policemen and officers

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

flowing profusely

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

people in general considered as a whole

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

plural of “rabbit” — any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

a partly sheltered anchorage

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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

From this reading Bernard indeed had made a calendar on a piece of cardboard that had once been the bottom of the box in which his new white sandshoes came home.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

plural of “sky” — the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

a county in southern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that was captured by Wessex in the 9th century

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

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

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

plural of “track” — a line or route along which something travels or moves

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

allowing light to pass through diffusely

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

precisely as stated

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

clean by virtue of having been washed in water

From this reading Mavis had washed and ironed all the dolls’ clothes at least a fortnight before The Day.

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

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.

a Caucasian

From this reading Bernard indeed had made a calendar on a piece of cardboard that had once been the bottom of the box in which his new white sandshoes came home.

in the company of; together with

From this reading He marked the divisions of the weeks quite neatly in red ink, and the days were numbered in blue ink, and every day he crossed off one of those numbers with a piece of green chalk he happened to have left out of a penny box.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading _To Dr. E. N. da C. Andrade_, CONSEQUENCES 61 THE MERMAID’S HOME 69 THE SKIES ARE FALLING 84 THE WATER-WAR 101 THE BOOK PEOPLE 116 THE UNDER FOLK 135 THE PEACEMAKER 154 THE END 167 _Illustrations_ _The sea came pouring in._ _Frontispiece_ “_We die in captivity._” _26_ “_‘Translucent wave,’ indeed!_” _42_ “_The police._” _54_ _And disappeared entirely._ _59_ _She caught Kathleen in her arms._ _79_ _The golden door._ _82_ _The Swordfish Brigade._ _103_ _The First Dipsys._ _110_ _Book Hatefuls._ _122_ _Book Heroines._ _130_ _In the net._ _137_ _The Hall of Public Archives._ _149_ _The chargers of the Horse Marines._ _152_ CHAPTER ONE _Sabrina Fair_ THAT GOING TO THE SEASIDE was the very beginning of everything—only it seemed as though it were going to be a beginning without an end, like the roads on the Sussex downs which look like roads and then look like paths, and then turn into sheep tracks, and then are just grass and furze bushes and tottergrass and harebells and rabbits and chalk.