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Chapter XXII
STARS AND MOON, AND GOD BEHIND. During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence. As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke. "Find out immediately if your mother is in. If she is tell her I wish to see her.
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “STARS AND MOON, AND GOD BEHIND.”
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.”
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading “During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If she is tell her I wish to see her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.”
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From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading STARS AND MOON, AND GOD BEHIND.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.
at or toward the back of something
From this reading STARS AND MOON, AND GOD BEHIND.
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From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
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From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
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From this reading As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.
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From this reading "Find out immediately if your mother is in.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.
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From this reading STARS AND MOON, AND GOD BEHIND.
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From this reading As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading If she is tell her I wish to see her.
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From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
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From this reading As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If she is tell her I wish to see her.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Find out immediately if your mother is in.
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From this reading "Find out immediately if your mother is in.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Find out immediately if your mother is in.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Find out immediately if your mother is in.
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From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
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From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
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From this reading STARS AND MOON, AND GOD BEHIND.
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From this reading "Find out immediately if your mother is in.
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From this reading As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.
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From this reading "Find out immediately if your mother is in.
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From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
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From this reading If she is tell her I wish to see her.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If she is tell her I wish to see her.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
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From this reading As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.
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From this reading As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.
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From this reading STARS AND MOON, AND GOD BEHIND.
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From this reading As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If she is tell her I wish to see her.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
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From this reading As soon as they got to the house Mrs. Steward turned to Elma for the first time and spoke.
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From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
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From this reading If she is tell her I wish to see her.
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From this reading During the long walk home to Constantine Road the elder and the younger lady maintained an absolute silence.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Find out immediately if your mother is in.
