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Wild Justice

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Wild Justice is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Ruth M. Sprague • Curated US English Learning Edition

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Lunch was again catered to the upstairs witnesses' waiting room.

A rather pensive panel gathered around the table to help themselves to sandwiches, fruit, cookies and a beverage.

Henry had the floor and continued to speak while they were getting their food.

"There is a limit as to how much of this insignificant twaddle we should allow."

"I agree," Frank Anuse said, firmly.

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Chapter XVIII Reading 1/48

Wild Justice

Chapter XVIII · Chapter 18

Chapter 18 of Wild Justice is here in full — 240 sentences across 48 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/48 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1

Lunch was again catered to the upstairs witnesses' waiting room.

Line 2

A rather pensive panel gathered around the table to help themselves to sandwiches, fruit, cookies and a beverage.

Line 3

Henry had the floor and continued to speak while they were getting their food.

Line 4

"There is a limit as to how much of this insignificant twaddle we should allow."

Line 5

"I agree," Frank Anuse said, firmly.

All words in this reading · 54

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A

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again

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agree

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allow

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and

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Anuse

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around

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as

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beverage

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catered

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From this reading Lunch was again catered to the upstairs witnesses' waiting room.

continued

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cookies

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firmly

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floor

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food

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Frank

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fruit

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gathered

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getting

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had

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help

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Henry

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how

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I

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insignificant

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is

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limit

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Lunch

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much

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of

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panel

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pensive

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rather

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room

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said

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sandwiches

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should

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speak

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table

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the

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From this reading Lunch was again catered to the upstairs witnesses' waiting room.

their

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themselves

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There

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they

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From this reading Henry had the floor and continued to speak while they were getting their food.

this

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to

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twaddle

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upstairs

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waiting

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was

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we

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From this reading "There is a limit as to how much of this insignificant twaddle we should allow."

were

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From this reading Henry had the floor and continued to speak while they were getting their food.

while

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witnesses

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Chapter 18 of Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague holds 240 sentences, grouped into 48 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

What does chapter 18 of Wild Justice contain?

Chapter 18 holds 240 sentences of Wild Justice, unabridged, divided into 48 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 18 of Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 240 sentences, grouped into 48 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.

How do I study chapter 18 of Wild Justice?

Work through the 48 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 48 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

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About 350 minutes of reading across 841 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

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Vocabulary met early in Wild Justice

Words and structures a reader meets early in Wild Justice, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Going: A word that appears in the opening chapter of Wild Justice; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
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