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Wild Justice

Chapter XXVII · Chapter 27

Chapter 27 of Wild Justice is here in full — 17 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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It is the first of July.
The committee has met two times since the hearing ended.
The first time, the split was three to two.
The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.
They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.
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Wild Justice

Chapter XXVII · Chapter 27

Chapter 27 of Wild Justice is here in full — 17 sentences across 4 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/3 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
It is the first of July.
Line 2
The committee has met two times since the hearing ended.
Line 3
The first time, the split was three to two.
Line 4
The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.
Line 5
They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.

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and

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From this reading They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.

believe

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From this reading The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.

committee

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From this reading The committee has met two times since the hearing ended.

credence

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From this reading They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.

Diana

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From this reading The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.

did

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From this reading They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.

didn't

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From this reading They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.

document

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From this reading They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.

documents

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From this reading The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.

ended

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From this reading The committee has met two times since the hearing ended.

enough

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From this reading The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.

evidence

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From this reading The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.

examiner

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From this reading They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.

first

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From this reading It is the first of July.

had

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From this reading The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.

has

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From this reading The committee has met two times since the hearing ended.

hearing

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From this reading The committee has met two times since the hearing ended.

into

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From this reading They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.

is

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From this reading It is the first of July.

It

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From this reading It is the first of July.

July

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From this reading It is the first of July.

Lyle

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From this reading They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.

met

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From this reading The committee has met two times since the hearing ended.

much

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From this reading They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.

not

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From this reading The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.

of

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From this reading It is the first of July.

put

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From this reading They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.

report

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From this reading They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.

resolute

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From this reading The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.

since

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From this reading The committee has met two times since the hearing ended.

split

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From this reading The first time, the split was three to two.

that

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From this reading The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.

the

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From this reading It is the first of July.

there

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From this reading The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.

They

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From this reading They did not put much credence into the report of the document examiner and they didn't believe Lyle.

three

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From this reading The first time, the split was three to two.

time

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From this reading The first time, the split was three to two.

times

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From this reading The committee has met two times since the hearing ended.

to

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From this reading The first time, the split was three to two.

two

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From this reading The committee has met two times since the hearing ended.

was

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From this reading The first time, the split was three to two.

were

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From this reading The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.

women

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From this reading The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.

written

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From this reading The three women were resolute that there was not enough evidence to believe that Diana had written the documents.

Chapter 27 of Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague holds 17 sentences, grouped into 4 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 27 of Wild Justice contain?

Chapter 27 holds 17 sentences of Wild Justice, unabridged, divided into 4 reading sections.

This page carries chapter 27 of Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague exactly as it stands in the public-domain source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 17 sentences, grouped into 4 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 27 of Wild Justice?

Work through the 4 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 4 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.

Can chapter 27 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 27 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Wild Justice

Common questions about reading Wild Justice by Ruth M. Sprague on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Wild Justice?

Yes. All 4201 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #152 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Wild Justice is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #152, a public-domain edition. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Wild Justice take to read?

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

How to read Wild Justice section by section

How to work through Wild Justice section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 40 chapters of Wild Justice to begin.

  2. Read one section

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  3. Listen and tap

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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
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Perfect
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Already
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Cloudless
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