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2,492 | 3207_chapter_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Alek takes over the viewport as the dreadnaught continues its attack, while Klopp takes the controls. Then Alek has to try to get the archducal flag off the antenna, which really begs the question: Why did they leave it up there in the first place? Doesn't seem too bright. Alek finishes closing the viewport, just as th... | [
"CHAPTER VI. OF THE INTERIOUR BEGINNINGS OF VOLUNTARY MOTIONS COMMONLY CALLED THE PASSIONS. AND THE SPEECHES BY WHICH THEY ARE EXPRESSED.",
"Motion Vitall And Animal",
"There be in Animals, two sorts of Motions peculiar to them: One called\nVitall; begun in generation, and continued without interruption through... |
2,493 | 3207_chapter_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Hold on to your hydrogen breathers, Shmoopsters, because we're back in Deryn Sharp's world now. The men on the ground finally notice the storm front and start to bring her down. It's too late, of course, and she's five hundred feet in the air when the rain starts. The ground men really struggle to get her down, and she... | [
"CHAPTER VII. OF THE ENDS OR RESOLUTIONS OF DISCOURSE",
"Of all Discourse, governed by desire of Knowledge, there is at last\nan End, either by attaining, or by giving over. And in the chain of\nDiscourse, wheresoever it be interrupted, there is an End for that time.",
"Judgement, or Sentence Final; Doubt",
"... |
2,494 | 3207_chapter_8 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Deryn is adrift in the storm, and she knows the flickers of lightning in the distance are no good--because the Huxley breathes hydrogen, which holds it aloft, it can go up in flames like that. As Deryn drifts over London, she distracts herself by thinking of what London was like before Darwin discovered how to create f... | [
"CHAPTER VIII. OF THE VERTUES COMMONLY CALLED INTELLECTUAL; AND THEIR CONTRARY DEFECTS",
"Intellectuall Vertue Defined",
"Vertue generally, in all sorts of subjects, is somewhat that is valued\nfor eminence; and consisteth in comparison. For if all things\nwere equally in all men, nothing would be prized. And b... |
2,495 | 3207_chapter_9 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Two weeks after he fled the palace in the night, Alek wakes up in a barn. So that's a bit of a comedown. Alek tries to sneak up on Volger, who is listening to Morse code over the wireless. Nobody sneaks up on Volger, though. Volger tells Alek that the army is preparing for war--or so he thinks, due to increased traffic... | [
"CHAPTER IX. OF THE SEVERALL SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE",
"There are of KNOWLEDGE two kinds; whereof one is Knowledge Of Fact: the\nother Knowledge Of The Consequence Of One Affirmation To Another. The\nformer is nothing else, but Sense and Memory, and is Absolute Knowledge;\nas when we see a Fact doing, or remember i... |
2,496 | 3207_chapter_10 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Still in the barn, Alek maneuvers the walker's viewport so that he can see through a gap in the wall. They get an all clear from Bauer once the last of some farming equipment and farmers make their way out of sight. Alek reflects that Bauer and Hoffman both gave up promising careers--and a lot of other elements of a ha... | [
"CHAPTER X. OF POWER, WORTH, DIGNITY, HONOUR AND WORTHINESS",
"Power",
"The POWER of a Man, (to take it Universally,) is his present means,\nto obtain some future apparent Good. And is either Originall, or\nInstrumentall.",
"Naturall Power, is the eminence of the Faculties of Body, or Mind: as\nextraordinary ... |
2,497 | 3207_chapter_11 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Clinging to the ratlines on the Leviathan's flank, Deryn Sharp looks down a thousand feet to the sea below. Mr. Rigby, the bosun, yells at her to keep going. There's no navel gazing in combat drills--only naval gazing. Turns out Deryn has already passed the middy's test to become a midshipman while on board the Leviath... | [
"CHAPTER XI. OF THE DIFFERENCE OF MANNERS",
"What Is Here Meant By Manners",
"By MANNERS, I mean not here, Decency of behaviour; as how one man should\nsalute another, or how a man should wash his mouth, or pick his teeth\nbefore company, and such other points of the Small Morals; But those\nqualities of man-ki... |
2,498 | 3207_chapter_12 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As Deryn and Newkirk near the bow, they hear the sound of bats. The other middies catch up, in a hurry to feed the bats just before the flechette. Newkirk gets spooked by a flock of strafing hawks, and Mr. Rigby blows a whistle to make the glowworms under the airbeast's skin light up. The middies throw the bats' food t... | [
"CHAPTER XII. OF RELIGION",
"Religion, In Man Onely",
"Seeing there are no signes, nor fruit of Religion, but in Man onely;\nthere is no cause to doubt, but that the seed of Religion, is also onely\nin Man; and consisteth in some peculiar quality, or at least in some\neminent degree thereof, not to be found in ... |
2,499 | 3207_chapter_13 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Alek is walking through Lienz with Klopp and Volger, thinking about how gross common people are and how he wishes he were in his nice carriage. Again with the first-world problems. He also thinks it's kind of weird that no one's worried about the war, until Volger tells him that they probably can't read newspapers. Klo... | [
"CHAPTER XIII. OF THE NATURALL CONDITION OF MANKIND, AS CONCERNING THEIR FELICITY, AND MISERY",
"Nature hath made men so equall, in the faculties of body, and mind; as\nthat though there bee found one man sometimes manifestly stronger\nin body, or of quicker mind then another; yet when all is reckoned\ntogether, ... |
2,500 | 3207_chapter_14 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Volger, Klopp, and Alek head back to the walker, which is parked in a streambed a ways out of town. They hear the ominous sound of something heavy moving over the ground again, and this time, it's hoofbeats. Volger tells Alek to run for the walker while he and Klopp hold off the enemy. Alek runs, trying to get to the w... | [
"CHAPTER XIV. OF THE FIRST AND SECOND NATURALL LAWES, AND OF CONTRACTS",
"Right Of Nature What",
"The RIGHT OF NATURE, which Writers commonly call Jus Naturale, is the\nLiberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himselfe, for\nthe preservation of his own Nature; that is to say, of his own Life;\nan... |
2,501 | 3207_chapter_15 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Deryn is at breakfast with the other middies when all of them rush to the window to see London come into view. Because she's already seen London from the air in her wild Huxley ride, she's pretty chill about it. Deryn and Midshipman Fitzroy, who's kind of a jerk, get into it, until Mr. Rigby comes in with Captain Hobbe... | [
"CHAPTER XV. OF OTHER LAWES OF NATURE",
"The Third Law Of Nature, Justice",
"From that law of Nature, by which we are obliged to transferre to\nanother, such Rights, as being retained, hinder the peace of Mankind,\nthere followeth a Third; which is this, That Men Performe Their\nCovenants Made: without which, C... |
2,502 | 3207_chapter_16 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Deryn runs through the front of the London Zoo, where all the animals are upset because of the Leviathan's presence. A woman stops her and asks if Deryn is an airman. Deryn realizes that the scientist is a woman. It's kind of funny that Deryn is so shocked, right? The woman introduces herself as Dr. Barlow. Deryn sees ... | [
"CHAPTER XVI. OF PERSONS, AUTHORS, AND THINGS PERSONATED",
"A Person What",
"A PERSON, is he \"whose words or actions are considered, either as his\nown, or as representing the words or actions of an other man, or of any\nother thing to whom they are attributed, whether Truly or by Fiction.\"",
"Person Natura... |
2,503 | 3207_chapter_17 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Alek and his companions are at the Swiss border in their walker, but a German land frigate is waiting for them. Uh-oh... They decide the only way to get past it is to try to sneak by at night--because everyone thinks piloting a walker at night is too dangerous. The land frigate sends out searchlights at random interval... | [
"PART II. OF COMMON-WEALTH. CHAPTER XVII. OF THE CAUSES, GENERATION, AND DEFINITION OF A COMMON-WEALTH",
"The End Of Common-wealth, Particular Security",
"The finall Cause, End, or Designe of men, (who naturally love Liberty,\nand Dominion over others,) in the introduction of that restraint upon\nthemselves, (i... |
2,504 | 3207_chapter_18 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Phosphorus flares come streaking overhead as the Germans begin pursuit. Six small single-man walkers chase after Alek, shooting phosphorus flares. Alek's crew doesn't understand what's going on until one of the phosphorus flares sticks to the walker--the flare sends constant smoke into the air, making them very easy to... | [
"CHAPTER XVIII. OF THE RIGHTS OF SOVERAIGNES BY INSTITUTION",
"The Act Of Instituting A Common-wealth, What",
"A Common-wealth is said to be Instituted, when a Multitude of men do\nAgree, and Covenant, Every One With Every One, that to whatsoever Man,\nor Assembly Of Men, shall be given by the major part, the R... |
2,505 | 3207_chapter_19 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | On board the Leviathan, Dr. Barlow surprises Deryn while she's shaving--er, pretending to shave--and asks to see Leviathan's bee colonies. Deryn and Newkirk are now the only two middies on board, due to Dr. Barlow and all the extra weight she brought, so Deryn now spends a ton of time showing Dr. Barlow around and gene... | [
"CHAPTER XIX. OF THE SEVERALL KINDS OF COMMON-WEALTH BY INSTITUTION, AND OF SUCCESSION TO THE SOVERAIGNE POWER",
"The Different Formes Of Common-wealths But Three",
"The difference of Common-wealths, consisteth in the difference of the\nSoveraign, or the Person representative of all and every one of the\nMultit... |
2,506 | 3207_chapter_20 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Germany doesn't waste any time: the alarm starts ringing for an aerial attack, which means Deryn has to get to her battle station. She tries to get Dr. Barlow to return to her cabin, but Dr. Barlow refuses, saying she's going to the machine room to protect her cargo--whatever it is. As Deryn hurries to her battle stati... | [
"CHAPTER XX. OF DOMINION PATERNALL AND DESPOTICALL",
"A Common-wealth by Acquisition, is that, where the Soveraign Power is\nacquired by Force; And it is acquired by force, when men singly, or\nmany together by plurality of voyces, for fear of death, or bonds, do\nauthorise all the actions of that Man, or Assembl... |
2,507 | 3207_chapter_21 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Alek and crew arrive at an isolated old castle in the Swiss Alps, which Volger tells him he and Alek's father outfitted as a hiding place in case Alek ever needed it. Inside they find enough supplies to last years, and Volger says they will hide out until the end of the war--which could actually take years. As the othe... | [
"CHAPTER XXI. OF THE LIBERTY OF SUBJECTS",
"Liberty What",
"Liberty, or FREEDOME, signifieth (properly) the absence of Opposition;\n(by Opposition, I mean externall Impediments of motion;) and may\nbe applyed no lesse to Irrational, and Inanimate creatures, than to\nRationall. For whatsoever is so tyed, or envi... |
2,508 | 3207_chapter_22 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At first, Alek thinks it's a German zeppelin, but Volger disagrees--and then they both realize it's a Darwinist airship. The airship glides overhead, clearly wounded and crashing; Alek watches the slow crash. Volger starts thinking of how to remain hidden, and Alek starts thinking of how to help the wounded airship--wh... | [
"CHAPTER XXII. OF SYSTEMES SUBJECT, POLITICALL, AND PRIVATE",
"The Divers Sorts Of Systemes Of People",
"Having spoken of the Generation, Forme, and Power of a Common-wealth, I\nam in order to speak next of the parts thereof. And first of Systemes,\nwhich resemble the similar parts, or Muscles of a Body natural... |
2,509 | 3207_chapter_23 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This is the first chapter in which Deryn and Alek are both present, but the narrator continues to view the world through Deryn's eyes for two chapters and then through Alek's eyes for two chapters. Note that Alek doesn't know Deryn is a girl, so in Alek's chapters, Deryn becomes Dylan. That's one way to tell who's narr... | [
"CHAPTER XXIII. OF THE PUBLIQUE MINISTERS OF SOVERAIGN POWER",
"In the last Chapter I have spoken of the Similar parts of a\nCommon-wealth; In this I shall speak of the parts Organicall, which are\nPublique Ministers.",
"Publique Minister Who",
"A PUBLIQUE MINISTER, is he, that by the Soveraign, (whether a Mo... |
2,510 | 3207_chapter_24 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Deryn climbs over the spine and sees the wrecked gondola. She's worried about Newkirk and Mr. Rigby, but she puts the thought out of her mind so she can go after Dr. Barlow. She finds Dr. Barlow in the cargo room, trying to salvage her secret cargo: large eggs. Most are broken from the crash. Dr. Barlow is very concern... | [
"CHAPTER XXIV. OF THE NUTRITION, AND PROCREATION OF A COMMON-WEALTH",
"The Nourishment Of A Common-wealth Consisteth In The Commodities",
"Of Sea And Land",
"The NUTRITION of a Common-wealth consisteth, in the Plenty, and\nDistribution of Materials conducing to Life: In Concoction, or\nPreparation; and (when ... |
2,511 | 3207_chapter_25 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Alek is locked in a cabin after his interrogation, a bit sulky about the whole situation and thinking about how mad Volger is going to be. In walk Dylan, Dr. Barlow, and Tazza--Tazza freaks Alek out, and of course, so does Dr. Barlow. Dr. Barlow asks a series of uncomfortable questions about Alek's family, and then sug... | [
"CHAPTER XXV. OF COUNSELL",
"Counsell What",
"How fallacious it is to judge of the nature of things, by the ordinary\nand inconstant use of words, appeareth in nothing more, than in the\nconfusion of Counsels, and Commands, arising from the Imperative manner\nof speaking in them both, and in many other occasion... |
2,512 | 3207_chapter_26 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | According to Dr. Barlow's instructions, Dylan leads Alek to the machine rooms to check on the secret cargo. Dylan and Alek get into a tiff, but then they make up and Dylan explains a lot about the airship. Then they get into another tiff about which is better: machines or fabricated beasts. The two of them check the te... | [
"CHAPTER XXVI. OF CIVILL LAWES",
"Civill Law what",
"By CIVILL LAWES, I understand the Lawes, that men are therefore bound to\nobserve, because they are Members, not of this, or that Common-wealth\nin particular, but of a Common-wealth. For the knowledge of particular\nLawes belongeth to them, that professe the... |
2,513 | 3207_chapter_27 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Deryn is on the spine of the ship, getting ready to ascend in a Huxley; she's already checked on Mr. Rigby, who is recovering quickly, and now she sees an uninjured Newkirk. Deryn reflects on how close of a call she had: if she'd been injured, the surgeons might have undressed her. Captain Hobbes blows his whistle for ... | [
"CHAPTER XXVII. OF CRIMES, EXCUSES, AND EXTENUATIONS",
"Sinne What",
"A Sinne, is not onely a Transgression of a Law, but also any Contempt of\nthe Legislator. For such Contempt, is a breach of all his Lawes at once. And therefore may consist, not onely in the Commission of a Fact, or in\nthe Speaking of Words ... |
2,514 | 3207_chapter_28 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Deryn's sliding escape sounds really fun, we have to say--kind of like zip-lining, but way more dangerous. She lands on the airbeast, and it cushions her fall; warning the men around of the approaching walker, she runs to find Alek. When she finds him in the machine room with Dr. Barlow, she tells him what's happening,... | [
"CHAPTER XXVIII. OF PUNISHMENTS, AND REWARDS",
"The Definition Of Punishment",
"\"A PUNISHMENT, is an Evill inflicted by publique Authority, on him that\nhath done, or omitted that which is Judged by the same Authority to be\na Transgression of the Law; to the end that the will of men may thereby\nthe better be... |
2,515 | 3207_chapter_29 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Volger approaches Alek and Dylan, and he and Alek speak in German to each other--Alek tells Volger the Darwinists can be bargained with. Volger decides to pretend he doesn't know English in order to try to pick up valuable information. Classic Volger. Alek tells Dylan that Volger would like to meet with the captain. He... | [
"CHAPTER XXIX. OF THOSE THINGS THAT WEAKEN, OR TEND TO THE DISSOLUTION OF A COMMON-WEALTH",
"Dissolution Of Common-wealths Proceedeth From Imperfect Institution",
"Though nothing can be immortall, which mortals make; yet, if men had the\nuse of reason they pretend to, their Common-wealths might be secured, at\n... |
2,516 | 3207_chapter_30 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Leaving Volger behind, Alek and the rest of the walker's crew head back to the castle with Dr. Barlow, Dylan, and Tazza. Dr. Barlow begins selecting food for the beasts, making pointed comments to Alek all the while that indicate she totally knows who he is. They all load up the food on a huge sleigh that the walker wi... | [
"CHAPTER XXX. OF THE OFFICE OF THE SOVERAIGN REPRESENTATIVE",
"The Procuration Of The Good Of The People",
"The OFFICE of the Soveraign, (be it a Monarch, or an Assembly,)\nconsisteth in the end, for which he was trusted with the Soveraign\nPower, namely the procuration of the Safety Of The People; to which he\... |
2,517 | 3207_chapter_31 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Everyone in the walker debates what to do, but no one knows what to do except Deryn, who asks Alek for an axe. They have to move the walker fast, so Deryn runs back to the chain and tries to cut the sleigh free. She manages to free the sleigh, but the momentum starts the sleigh down the slope toward the walker. Riding ... | [
"CHAPTER XXXI. OF THE KINGDOME OF GOD BY NATURE",
"The Scope Of The Following Chapters",
"That the condition of meer Nature, that is to say, of absolute Liberty,\nsuch as is theirs, that neither are Soveraigns, nor Subjects, is\nAnarchy, and the condition of Warre: That the Praecepts, by which men\nare guided t... |
2,518 | 3207_chapter_32 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Aboard the walker once more, Deryn realizes Klopp is ready to help shoot down the zeppelins, who will both destroy the Leviathan and capture, kill, or report on Alek. The zeppelins start putting men down on the ground, and Dr. Barlow says their goal is to capture the ship. Alek puts Deryn on the machine guns to fire at... | [
"PART III. OF A CHRISTIAN COMMON-WEALTH. CHAPTER XXXII. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CHRISTIAN POLITIQUES",
"The Word Of God Delivered By Prophets Is The Main Principle",
"Of Christian Politiques",
"I have derived the Rights of Soveraigne Power, and the duty of Subjects\nhitherto, from the Principles of Nature onely;... |
2,519 | 3207_chapter_33 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Alek comes to in the walker--which he's finally managed to wreck completely. Everyone is okay, but Dylan has been knocked unconscious and has a cut over his eye. Against everyone's advice--it's raining flechettes and who knows what else out there--Alek climbs outside to see if there's anything he can do. This is a big ... | [
"CHAPTER XXXIII. OF THE NUMBER, ANTIQUITY, SCOPE, AUTHORITY, AND INTERPRETERS OF THE BOOKS OF HOLY SCRIPTURES",
"Of The Books Of Holy Scripture",
"By the Books of Holy SCRIPTURE, are understood those, which ought to be\nthe Canon, that is to say, the Rules of Christian life. And because all\nRules of life, whic... |
2,520 | 3207_chapter_34 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Alek finds Dylan in the machine room and asks to see Dr. Barlow, who isn't there. Alek and Dylan bicker about which is better: beasts or machines. When Dr. Barlow returns, she is furious about the whole landing-in-France plan because she wants to complete her mission to the Ottoman Empire. Alek tells Dr. Barlow and Dyl... | [
"CHAPTER XXXIV. OF THE SIGNIFICATION OF SPIRIT, ANGEL, AND INSPIRATION IN THE BOOKS OF HOLY SCRIPTURE",
"Body And Spirit How Taken In The Scripture",
"Seeing the foundation of all true Ratiocination, is the constant\nSignification of words; which in the Doctrine following, dependeth not\n(as in naturall science... |
2,521 | 3207_chapter_35 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Revealing the truth--although not in so many words--to Dr. Barlow really shakes Alek up, so Deryn comforts him as he cries and tells her about his parents. Deryn realizes who Alek must be, although he hasn't told her yet. As they talk, Deryn hints at--and Alek acknowledges--his true identity. Alek tells Deryn the whole... | [
"CHAPTER XXXV. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF KINGDOME OF GOD, OF HOLY, SACRED, AND SACRAMENT",
"Kingdom Of God Taken By Divines Metaphorically But In The Scriptures",
"Properly",
"The Kingdome of God in the Writings of Divines, and specially in\nSermons, and Treatises of Devotion, is taken most commonl... |
2,522 | 3207_chapter_36 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next day, Deryn and Newkirk are on watch duty on the spine as pilots and engineers work on the new engines. Deryn watches Alek through her binoculars, knowing nothing is a bigger crush-kill than a girl disguised as a boy crushing on a prince who can't reveal his identity. Romance is driven from her mind by approach... | [
"CHAPTER XXXVI. OF THE WORD OF GOD, AND OF PROPHETS",
"Word What",
"When there is mention of the Word of God, or of Man, it doth not\nsignifie a part of Speech, such as Grammarians call a Nown, or a Verb,\nor any simple voice, without a contexture with other words to make it\nsignificative; but a perfect Speech... |
2,523 | 3207_chapter_37 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Alek, Hoffman, Bauer, and Hirst try to get the engines going very quickly. On the other side of the ship, Klopp starts his engine. These aren't the only engines going: the German ground attack has been joined by an aerial assault force they see rising over the mountains. Yikes. If this isn't suspense, we don't know wha... | [
"CHAPTER XXXVII. OF MIRACLES, AND THEIR USE",
"A Miracle Is A Work That Causeth Admiration",
"By Miracles are signified the Admirable works of God: & therefore they\nare also called Wonders. And because they are for the most part, done,\nfor a signification of his commandement, in such occasions, as\nwithout th... |
2,524 | 3207_chapter_38 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Alek runs through the airship, not sure where the gold bars would be hidden--then he realizes they must be near the bow, because the nose is tipping down. He finds Volger already jettisoning the gold bars. They argue as they pitch the gold overboard, because of course they do. But then comes a warm and fuzzy moment as ... | [
"CHAPTER XXXVIII. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF ETERNALL LIFE, HELL, SALVATION, THE WORLD TO COME, AND REDEMPTION",
"The maintenance of Civill Society, depending on Justice; and Justice on\nthe power of Life and Death, and other lesse Rewards and Punishments,\nresiding in them that have the Soveraignty of ... |
2,525 | 3207_chapter_39 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Deryn and Newkirk are back on the spine, working with the bats again; below, they see the German machines waiting for the Leviathan to come within range. Deryn realizes the whale is adapting to the new Clanker engines, using them to evolve. The all-hands-aft signal sounds, and everyone runs to the tail to try to pitch ... | [
"CHAPTER XXXIX. OF THE SIGNIFICATION IN SCRIPTURE OF THE WORD CHURCH",
"Church The Lords House",
"The word Church, (Ecclesia) signifieth in the Books of Holy Scripture\ndivers things. Sometimes (though not often) it is taken for Gods House,\nthat is to say, for a Temple, wherein Christians assemble to perform\n... |
2,526 | 3207_chapter_40 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | After three days fighting off starvation, cold, and Germans on the glacier, the Leviathan is headed for the Ottoman Empire, and Deryn is taking time out to sketch the new engines. Then she's summoned to the captain's quarters--this could be good or bad, folks. Turns out Captain Hobbes wants to pump her for information ... | [
"CHAPTER XL. OF THE RIGHTS OF THE KINGDOME OF GOD, IN ABRAHAM, MOSES, HIGH PRIESTS, AND THE KINGS OF JUDAH",
"The Soveraign Rights Of Abraham",
"The Father of the Faithfull, and first in the Kingdome of God by\nCovenant, was Abraham. For with him was the Covenant first made; wherein\nhe obliged himself, and his... |
2,527 | 3207_chapter_41 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Dr. Barlow is pretty upset about her eggs and about the way her mission is going in general; she tells Dylan and Alek that she'll handle the captain. Dylan reveals that the First Lord of the Admiralty is concerned about the Clankers aboard, and we learn that Dr. Barlow and Winston Churchill really don't get along, espe... | [
"CHAPTER XLI. OF THE OFFICE OF OUR BLESSED SAVIOUR",
"Three Parts Of The Office Of Christ",
"We find in Holy Scripture three parts of the Office of the Messiah: the\nfirst of a Redeemer, or Saviour: The second of a Pastor, Counsellour,\nor Teacher, that is, of a Prophet sent from God, to convert such as God\nha... |
2,528 | 14598_chapter_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | First up we meet Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, a real life princess of Kildenree--but we're just gonna call her Ani for short. When she was born, she didn't open her eyes for a few days, but luckily her aunt came to the rescue, rocking her little niece back and forth. This same aunt went on to teach little Ani how t... | [
"An old man, clothed in picturesque patches and tatters, paused and\nleaned on his stout oak staff. He was tired. He drew off his rusty felt\nhat, swept a sleeve across his forehead, and sighed. He had walked many\nmiles that day, and even now the journey's end, near as it really was,\nseemed far away. Ah, but he w... |
2,529 | 14598_chapter_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At Selia's mom's apartment, Ani and Selia drink tea and swap stories. Selia is Ani's servant companion now, and Ani is uncomfortable and wishes she could be out with the animals instead of pent up inside, talking about royal subjects she isn't all that interested in. Selia, on the other hand, seems to be more of a prin... | [
"The nights in Dreiberg during September are often chill. The heavy mists\nfrom the mountain slip down the granite clifts and spread over the city,\nmelting all sharp outlines, enfeebling the gas-lamps, and changing the\nmoon, if there happens to be one, into something less than a moon and\nsomething more than a pe... |
2,530 | 14598_chapter_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | As Ani prepares to leave her home country, she talks to Selia about what's happened. Selia is outraged, of course, but there isn't really anything Ani can do about it. Who knows? This might end up being a good thing--Ani can decide who she wants to be, and Selia will get to come with her too. One day Ani meets up with ... | [
"\"Count, must I tell you again not to broach that subject? There can be\nno alliance between Ehrenstein and Jugendheit.\"",
"\"Why?\" asked Count von Herbeck, chancellor, coolly returning the angry\nflash from the ducal eyes.",
"\"There are a thousand reasons why, but it is not my purpose to name\nthem.\"",
... |
2,531 | 14598_chapter_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It's been four weeks since Ani and crew left Kildenree, and by now everyone is a little homesick. Talone tells her that they've reached the halfway point, which he can tell by a mark he sees on a tree--of course, no one's ever travelled this journey though, except for Ungolad. Talone wasn't sure he wanted the old guard... | [
"The Black Eagle (_Zum Schwartzen Adler_) in the Adlergasse was a\nprosperous tavern of the second rate. The house was two hundred years\nold and had been in the Bauer family all that time.",
"Had Fraeu Bauer, or Fraeu-Wirtin, as she was familiarly called, been\nmasculine, she would have been lightly dubbed Bauer... |
2,532 | 14598_chapter_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ani keeps riding, but she's not sure if she's even going in a straight path--all the forest looks the same to her, and she's on a horse she doesn't know as well. Later she wakes up with fir needles all around her, unsure of where she is and what's happened. She realizes Falada's not with her, and longs for him. She als... | [
"Krumerweg was indeed a crooked way. It formed a dozen elbows and ragged\nhalf-circles as it slunk off from the Adlergasse. Streets have character\neven as humans, and the Krumerweg reminded one of a person who was\nafraid of being followed. The shadow of the towering bergs lay upon it,\nand the few stars that peer... |
2,533 | 14598_chapter_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The morning Ani is to leave for the market, she gives Gilsa her gold ring as a thank-you for letting her stay, but Gilsa doesn't take it, and instead she tells Ani to hang on to it in case she needs it later on. She says good-bye to Gilsa. Ani and Finn meet up with some other market sellers from the forest along the wa... | [
"The day promised to be mild. There was not a cloud anywhere, and the\nmorning mists had risen from the valleys. It was good to stand in the\nsunshine which seemed to draw forth all the vagaries and weariness of\nsleep from the mind and body. Hans Grumbach shook himself gratefully. He\nwas standing on the curb in f... |
2,534 | 14598_chapter_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ani gets what's happening: Selia is in the palace... in her dress... living her life. She's annoyed, but Ani also knows she won't be taken seriously if she strolls up claiming to be the princess--plus Selia has the gift of people-speaking, so she'd easily be able to convince the king she's the real princess. Ugh. Ani n... | [
"Grumbach was very fond of music, and in America there were never any\nbands except at political meetings or at the head of processions; and\nthat wasn't the sort of music he preferred. There was nothing at the\nOpera, so he decided to spend the earlier part of the evening in the\npublic gardens. He was lonely; he ... |
2,535 | 14598_chapter_8 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next morning, Ani wakes up to the sound of her neighbors talking. She gets dressed quickly and heads toward the mess hall, where three dozen other workers are helping themselves to heaping amounts of food. She's not really sure what all the fuss is about since they're eating greasy eggs, lumps of beans with mutton ... | [
"The ambassador from Jugendheit, Baron von Steinbock, was not popular in\nDreiberg, at least not among the people, who still held to the grand\nduke's idea that the kingdom had been behind the abduction of the\nPrincess Hildegarde. The citizens scowled at his carriage, they scowled\nat the mention of his name, they... |
2,536 | 14598_chapter_9 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ani tries to learn the language of the geese, but all the honks, prattles, and hisses aren't something she's used to, and they nip at her legs a lot too. Autumn arrives and Ani does the same thing every day: gets dressed, looks after the geese, and spends time with the other workers. Conrad doesn't talk much, but when ... | [
"Gretchen was always up when the morning was rosy, when the trees were\nstill dark and motionless, and the beads of dew white and frostlike. For\nwhat is better than to meet the day as it comes over the mountains, and\nsilence breaks here and there, in the houses and streets, in the fields\nand the vineyards? Let o... |
2,537 | 14598_chapter_10 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. It's pouring the next day when Ani wakes up, and continues all day. She's not sure what time it is, so she gets dressed and makes her way to the food hall. There, people are gathered, snacking, chatting, and playing cards. Tomorrow is market day, which means she's been in Ba... | [
"The grand duke stamped back and forth with a rumble as of distant\nthunder. He would search the very deeps of this matter. He was of a\npatient mold, but this was the final straw. He would have his revenge if\nit upset the whole continent. They would play with him, eh? Well, they\nhad loosed the lion this time. He... |
2,538 | 14598_chapter_11 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Market day is here at last. It's Ani's first chance in the month she's been in Bayern to finally go look for Falada since she hasn't had a day off until now. Needless to say, she's eager to search for her beloved horse. Ani makes her way to the stables and searches every stall for Falada. While she's looking, she hears... | [
"Hermann Breunner lived in the granite lodge, just within the eastern\ngates of the royal gardens. He was a widower and shared the ample lodge\nwith the undergardeners and their families. He lived with them, but\nsignally apart. They gave him as much respect as if he had been the duke\nhimself. He was a lonely, tac... |
2,539 | 14598_chapter_12 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | A couple days later, Geric comes to the pasture where Ani hangs out with the geese. He asks her name and chats her up a little. It turns out the other day when it was raining, Geric brought her flowers--too bad she wasn't out there since it was, um, raining and all. As Geric and Ani talk , little Jok runs around honkin... | [
"Gretchen, troubled in heart and mind over the strange event of the\nnight, walked slowly home, her head inclined, her arms swinging\nlistlessly at her side. A spy, this man to whom she had joyously given\nthe flower of her heart and soul? There was some mistake; there must be\nsome mistake. She shivered; for the w... |
2,540 | 14598_chapter_13 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next day, at Ani and Geric's usual hangout, the guard seems a little down, but when Ani asks him about it, he brushes it off. Ani changes the subject to the princess's stallion , and Geric tells her that he's not doing so hot and it looks like he might be killed soon. It's up to the princess of course, but she's on... | [
"Colonel Von Wallenstein curled his mustaches. It was a happy thought\nthat had taken him into the Adlergasse. This Gretchen had been haunting\nhis dreams, and here she was, coming into his very arms, as it were. The\nsidewalk was narrow. Gretchen, casually noting that an officer stood in\nthe way, sensibly veered ... |
2,541 | 14598_chapter_14 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Winter's finally here, and Ideca announces that the princess's guards are looking for a second yellow girl. Wait, what? It turns out they lost one of their companions when travelling to Bayern and want to find her right away--now that the word's out, everyone will be looking for a... | [
"The watch, slipping from the clock-mender's hand, spun like a coin on\nthe counter, while the clock-mender himself, his eyes bulging, his jaw\ndangling, it might be said, staggered back upon his stool.",
"\"So this is the end?\" he said in a kind of mutter.",
"\"The end of what?\" demanded the owner of the wat... |
2,542 | 14598_chapter_15 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | When she's not tending to her geese, Ani hangs out by the fire with the other workers, roasting nuts and cheese and playing games together. For the first time Ani feels like a family with these people, laughing and swapping stories together. On her walk back to her room, Ani sees Falada and hears a whisper of his last ... | [
"Herbeck dropped his quill, and there was a dream in his eyes. His desk\nwas littered with papers, well covered with ink; flowing sentences, and\ninnumerable figures. He was the watch-dog of the duchy. Never a bill\nfrom the Reichstag that did not pass under his cold eye before it went\nto the duke for his signatur... |
2,543 | 14598_chapter_16 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Another couple weeks pass, and Ani tends to her geese. One day, the wind tells her five men on horses are coming toward her--Ani knows something's not right, especially when she hears the geese say danger. The men arrive and try to steal the geese, but Ani tells him these are the King's geese, so they're gonna need to ... | [
"It was dawn when they began to pull up the road to Dreiberg. The return\nhad been leisurely despite Carmichael's impatience. In the military\nfield the troops were breaking camp for their departure to the various\nposts throughout the duchy. Only the officers, who were to attend the\ncourt ball that evening, and t... |
2,544 | 14598_chapter_17 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | For three days, Ani walks in the forest; for four nights, she sleeps on the ground--girl just keeps walking, until she makes it to Gilsa's cottage. This time, she remembers to tell Gilsa she's going to faint before she does. When Ani wakes up, Gilsa tells her that she's been sleeping for a couple days, but she's out of... | [
"The ducal vineyards covered some forty acres of rich hillside. All day\nlong the sun beat squarely upon the clustering fruit. A low rambling\nbuilding of stone covered the presses and bottling departments, and was\nwithin comparatively easy distance of the city. During the vintage\nseveral hundred men and women fo... |
2,545 | 14598_chapter_18 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It's finally time for Ani, Finn, and Talone to leave, and Gilsa hugs them good-bye. When they reach the city, Ani takes Talone to where she stayed as a goose girl, and once there, she discovers that Enna has already filled the rest of the gang in on the deets. Ani's a princess, and the crown-stealing imposter in the pa... | [
"Two days later, in the afternoon.",
"\"Grumbach,\" said Carmichael, \"what the deuce were you looking at the\nother night, with those opera-glasses?\"",
"\"At the ball?\" Grumbach pressed down the ash in his pipe and brushed his\nthumb on his sleeve. \"I was looking into the past.\"",
"\"With a pair of opera... |
2,546 | 14598_chapter_19 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Next stop? The stables. Talone and Ani persuade the stable-master to give them some horses to ride on their journey. As luck would have it, many of the horses are already gone with the king and his men, so Ani gets stuck with the bay that Geric had trouble with on the first day. The stable-master doesn't think it's a g... | [
"The office of the American consulate in the Adlergasse ran from the\nfront to the rear of the building. Carmichael's desk overlooked the\nstreet. But whenever a flying dream came to him he was wont to take his\npipe to the chair by the rear window, whence he could view the lofty\ncrests of the Jugendheit mountains... |
2,547 | 14598_chapter_20 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ani and posse ride quickly for a day, hoping to get to the king in time. When Ani starts to feel a little uncertain of herself, Talone reminds her of Falada's last words to her: Princess. Once they arrive, Ani announces herself as Princess Napralina-Victery Talianna Isilee, a.k.a. her younger sister--she figures she's ... | [
"The vintner slowly lowered the pistol till it touched the table; then he\nreleased it.",
"\"That is better, your Majesty.\"",
"\"Why do you call me that?\"",
"\"Certainly I do not utter it as a compliment,\" retorted Carmichael\ndryly.",
"\"You speak positively.\"",
"\"With absolute authority on the subj... |
2,548 | 14598_chapter_21 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Once all the Bayern peeps are gone, Selia and Ungolad celebrate their success. Their story worked. Phew. Selia tells Ani she's been waiting to rub her position in the real princess's face this whole time. It's such a thrill for Ani to see her--a lady in waiting--being a better princess than she ever was. Burn. Ani asks... | [
"Carmichael tramped about his room, restless, uneasy, starting at sounds. Half a dozen times his cigar had gone out, and burned matches lay\nscattered on the floor. He was waiting for Grumbach and his confreres. Now he looked out of a window, now he spun the leaves of a book, now he\nsat down, got up, and tramped a... |
2,549 | 14598_chapter_22 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The fight is over, and the king tells Geric to stand up. He has just had his first kill, and this means he gets his javelin--he's now a man. In all the commotion, Selia slipped away through the secret door. The king orders: find the girl; secure the perimeter; and toss the girl in the barrel of nails and parade her aro... | [
"A LITTLE FINGER",
"The king of Jugendheit, Prince Ludwig, and the chancellor sat in the form of a triangle. Herbeck was making a pyramid of his finger-tips, sometimes touching his chin with his thumbs. His face was cheerful. His royal highness, still in the guise of a mountaineer, sat stiffly in his chair, the e... |
2,550 | 9182_chapters_1-3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Volume One begins rather cryptically. The reader meets a first-person narrator, but practically nothing about the person telling the story is imparted. Everything must be drawn from context. Lucy Snowe, we learn, is a twelve- or thirteen-year-old girl whose godmother has a "handsome house in the clean and ancient town ... | [
"CHAPTER I.",
"BRETTON.",
"My godmother lived in a handsome house in the clean and ancient town of\nBretton. Her husband's family had been residents there for generations,\nand bore, indeed, the name of their birthplace--Bretton of Bretton:\nwhether by coincidence, or because some remote ancestor had been a\npe... |
2,551 | 9182_chapter_iv | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | "Miss Marchmont," takes an abrupt leap forward in time. There is a strange monologue at the beginning of the chapter, alluding to the literary convention that heroines in novels live happy childhoods, or at least have long stretches of protected and easy domesticity. But in the most general of terms-without naming any ... | [
"CHAPTER IV.",
"MISS MARCHMONT.",
"On quitting Bretton, which I did a few weeks after Paulina's\ndeparture--little thinking then I was never again to visit it; never\nmore to tread its calm old streets--I betook myself home, having been\nabsent six months. It will be conjectured that I was of course glad to\nre... |
2,552 | 9182_chapter_vi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | "London," finds Lucy strangely elated. In the morning, she walks about London and takes in the city, finding it exciting and exhilarating. She returns to her inn. The waiter, who remembers Lucy's uncles when they stayed there in past days, advises her how to go abroad. Lucy has made the decision all of a sudden, perhap... | [
"CHAPTER V.",
"TURNING A NEW LEAF.",
"My mistress being dead, and I once more alone, I had to look out for a\nnew place. About this time I might be a little--a very little--shaken\nin nerves. I grant I was not looking well, but, on the contrary, thin,\nhaggard, and hollow-eyed; like a sitter-up at night, like a... |
2,553 | 9182_chapters_7-9 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | "Villette," finds Lucy in her hotel in Boue-Marine, utterly unsure of what to do next. She remembers the conversation she had with Ginevra Fanshawe aboard The Vivid. Ginevra had told Lucy that Madame Beck, the proprietress of the school that Ginevra attends in the town of Villette, wants to hire an English governess. O... | [
"CHAPTER VII.",
"VILLETTE.",
"I awoke next morning with courage revived and spirits refreshed:\nphysical debility no longer enervated my judgment; my mind felt prompt\nand clear.",
"Just as I finished dressing, a tap came to the door: I said, \"Come in,\"\nexpecting the chambermaid, whereas a rough man walked... |
2,554 | 9182_chapters_10-13 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The tenth chapter, "Dr. John," begins with a discussion of Madame Beck's character. She is described by Lucy as passionless and particularly without a love for her own children. She is kind and looks out for their welfare, but she seems to have no personal attachment to them. She does not give them the kind of attentio... | [
"CHAPTER X.",
"DR JOHN.",
"Madame Beck was a most consistent character; forbearing with all the\nworld, and tender to no part of it. Her own children drew her into no\ndeviation from the even tenor of her stoic calm. She was solicitous\nabout her family, vigilant for their interests and physical well-being;\nbu... |
2,555 | 9182_chapters_14-16 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Chapter XIV is eventful: a secret love is revealed, and M. Paul Emanuel's character is explored. Each summer, the pensionnat has a fete in honor of Madame Beck. The parents and families of the students are invited, as well as some single young men from good families. The day is filled with excitement. The highlight of ... | [
"CHAPTER XIV.",
"THE FETE.",
"As soon as Georgette was well, Madame sent her away into the country. I\nwas sorry; I loved the child, and her loss made me poorer than before. But I must not complain. I lived in a house full of robust life; I\nmight have had companions, and I chose solitude. Each of the teachers\... |
2,556 | 9182_chapters_17-19 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Chapter XVII's title, "La Terrasse" , is the name of Dr. John's and Mrs. Bretton's small country chateau. The circumstances of Lucy's rescue are told in this chapter. After her collapse on the steps of a large building in the Basse-Ville , Pere Silas, Lucy's confessor, finds her. The kind old priest sees Dr. John ridin... | [
"CHAPTER XVII.",
"LA TERRASSE.",
"These struggles with the natural character, the strong native bent of\nthe heart, may seem futile and fruitless, but in the end they do good. They tend, however slightly, to give the actions, the conduct, that\nturn which Reason approves, and which Feeling, perhaps, too often\n... |
2,557 | 9182_chapter_xx | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Chapter XX's "Concert" is a royalty-attended gala musical event, presided over by M. Paul's half-brother, M. Josef Emanuel. M. Josef is the premier music teacher in Villette, and various professional artists and the best pupils from the Conservatoire will perform. For this event Dr. John has procured tickets for himsel... | [
"CHAPTER XX.",
"THE CONCERT.",
"One morning, Mrs. Bretton, coming promptly into my room, desired me to\nopen my drawers and show her my dresses; which I did, without a word.",
"\"That will do,\" said she, when she had turned them over. \"You must have\na new one.\"",
"She went out. She returned presently wi... |
2,558 | 9182_chapter_xxi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Chapter XXI concerns the time after Lucy returns back to Madame Beck's. She is sad to leave the Brettons, and they are sad to see her leave, trying to delay her departure. They leave each other on very good terms, and Dr. Bretton promises that he will write and that his mother will come to visit. Lucy, awake in the dor... | [
"CHAPTER XXI.",
"REACTION.",
"Yet three days, and then I must go back to the _pensionnat_. I almost\nnumbered the moments of these days upon the clock; fain would I have\nretarded their flight; but they glided by while I watched them: they\nwere already gone while I yet feared their departure.",
"\"Lucy will ... |
2,559 | 9182_chapters_23-25 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | At the beginning of Volume Two, Lucy is taken to the theatre by Dr. John in the place of his mother, who has been detained at home by an arrival. When Lucy goes to find her dun-mist-colored dress in the wardrobe, she finds that someone has taken it out and moved it to the haunted attic. Her desire to go with Dr. John m... | [
"CHAPTER XXIII.",
"VASHTI.",
"To wonder sadly, did I say? No: a new influence began to act upon my\nlife, and sadness, for a certain space, was held at bay. Conceive a\ndell, deep-hollowed in forest secresy; it lies in dimness and mist: its\nturf is dank, its herbage pale and humid. A storm or an axe makes a\nw... |
2,560 | 9182_chapters_26-28 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The twenty-sixth chapter, "A Burial," refers to the entombment of an inanimate object rather than a human being. Lucy enters a somewhat happier phase of her life now; she is often asked to the Brettons' and to the de Bassompierres'. At this time Lucy finds that her five letters from Dr. John have gone missing from her ... | [
"CHAPTER XXVI.",
"A BURIAL.",
"From this date my life did not want variety; I went out a good deal,\nwith the entire consent of Madame Beck, who perfectly approved the\ngrade of my acquaintance. That worthy directress had never from the\nfirst treated me otherwise than with respect; and when she found that I\nw... |
2,561 | 9182_chapters_29-32 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The only other person honored with a fete at Madame Beck's is M. Paul. Lucy has been making a watchguard for him, which M. Paul probably assumed she was making for Dr. John. Everyone else gives M. Paul flowers, since he is not materialistic and prefers tokens or sincere gifts rather than the lavish but empty "subscript... | [
"CHAPTER XXIX.",
"MONSIEUR'S FETE.",
"I was up the next morning an hour before daybreak, and finished my\nguard, kneeling on the dormitory floor beside the centre stand, for the\nbenefit of such expiring glimmer as the night-lamp afforded in its last\nwatch.",
"All my materials--my whole stock of beads and si... |
2,562 | 9182_chapters_33-35 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Chapter XXXIII's "Promise" is for M. Paul to take the students and teachers for breakfast in the country. Lucy, who like everyone has dressed up, worries that M. Paul will chide her for wearing her pink dress, and she avoids the professor. He sees through her ruse and teases her again with that word from the night at t... | [
"CHAPTER XXXIII.",
"M. PAUL KEEPS HIS PROMISE.",
"On the first of May, we had all--i.e. the twenty boarders and the four\nteachers--notice to rise at five o'clock of the morning, to be dressed\nand ready by six, to put ourselves under the command of M. le\nProfesseur Emanuel, who was to head our march forth fro... |
2,563 | 9182_chapter_xxxvi | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Chapter XXXVI, it is clear that Lucy and M. Paul have become close friends. Lucy is aware of his Catholicism, however, and she is apprehensive that the difference in their religions will keep them apart. As is his custom, M. Paul leaves improving reading material in Lucy's desk. One day Lucy finds there a pamphlet on C... | [
"CHAPTER XXXVI.",
"THE APPLE OF DISCORD.",
"Besides Fifine Beck's mother, another power had a word to say to M.\nPaul and me, before that covenant of friendship could be ratified. We\nwere under the surveillance of a sleepless eye: Rome watched jealously\nher son through that mystic lattice at which I had knelt... |
2,564 | 9182_chapter_xxxvii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | "Sunshine," the engagement of Polly and Graham is made known. Paulina, always thinking of others, is afraid to tell her father because he doubtless will be sad to lose her. Dr. John has become a better person for being in love with Paulina since he desires so much to please her--and she only desires good things. Paulin... | [
"CHAPTER XXXVII.",
"SUNSHINE.",
"It was very well for Paulina to decline further correspondence with\nGraham till her father had sanctioned the intercourse. But Dr. Bretton\ncould not live within a league of the Hotel Crecy, and not contrive to\nvisit there often. Both lovers meant at first, I believe, to be\nd... |
2,565 | 9182_chapter_xxxviii | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lucy is surprised to learn that M. Paul is leaving Europe for Guadalupe--lessons will be suspended until a new professor can be found. While outwardly composed, she is very sad and puzzled. M. Paul and Lucy had discussed Lucy's dream to open a small school one day. Since the pair had come to an understanding about each... | [
"CHAPTER XXXVIII.",
"CLOUD.",
"But it is not so for all. What then? His will be done, as done it\nsurely will be, whether we humble ourselves to resignation or not. The\nimpulse of creation forwards it; the strength of powers, seen and\nunseen, has its fulfilment in charge. Proof of a life to come must be\ngive... |
2,566 | 9182_chapters_39-41 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Lucy watches Pere Silas, Madame Beck, and Madame Walravens for a while. The school gossip was that these three had hatched the plan to get M. Paul to leave for Guadalupe. Madame Walravens has had a dowry estate in the West Indies that was not profitable during her financial troubles. It has been cleared of debt and is ... | [
"CHAPTER XXXIX.",
"OLD AND NEW ACQUAINTANCE.",
"Fascinated as by a basilisk with three heads, I could not leave this\nclique; the ground near them seemed to hold my feet. The canopy of\nentwined trees held out shadow, the night whispered a pledge of\nprotection, and an officious lamp flashed just one beam to sh... |
2,567 | 83_chapter_1 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | During the Civil War, an organization called the Gun Club forms with the purpose of perfecting "the science of gunnery" . Although the club has made tons of advancements in cannon technology , they've had plenty of mishaps, too--most notably the hundreds of people killed during a faulty demonstration by a club member n... | [
"During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was\nestablished in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland.\nIt is well known with what energy the taste for military matters\nbecame developed among that nation of ship-owners, shopkeepers,\nand mechanics. Simple tradesmen jumped their counters ... |
2,568 | 83_chapter_2 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The public is swept up into the frenzy over news of this announcement. In fact, Gun Club HQ is filled to the brim with spectators. Barbicane sits at the head of the hall. He's a solid dude--calm, hardworking, and adventurous--and after the room quiets, he begins his speech. He starts by agreeing with his compatriots th... | [
"On the 5th of October, at eight p.m., a dense crowd pressed\ntoward the saloons of the Gun Club at No. 21 Union Square.\nAll the members of the association resident in Baltimore attended\nthe invitation of their president. As regards the corresponding\nmembers, notices were delivered by hundreds throughout the st... |
2,569 | 83_chapter_3 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The whole townof Baltimore loses its collective mind that night. The Gun Club hosts a procession with Barbicane at the head, erupting in "shout and bravoes" . The fervor isn't just contained to Baltimore, however--the whole country responds to the announcement by throwing a giant rager. | [
"It is impossible to describe the effect produced by the last\nwords of the honorable president-- the cries, the shouts, the\nsuccession of roars, hurrahs, and all the varied vociferations\nwhich the American language is capable of supplying. It was a\nscene of indescribable confusion and uproar. They shouted, th... |
2,570 | 83_chapter_4 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The festivities over, Barbicane hunkers down and starts planning. He starts by writing a letter to the fine folks at the Cambridge Observatory, asking if the task is even feasible. The answer, more or less, is yes. They have a few tips: He should fire the cannon from an area near the equator on exactly the "1st of Dece... | [
"Barbicane, however, lost not one moment amid all the enthusiasm\nof which he had become the object. His first care was to\nreassemble his colleagues in the board-room of the Gun Club.\nThere, after some discussion, it was agreed to consult the\nastronomers regarding the astronomical part of the enterprise.\nTheir... |
2,571 | 83_chapter_5 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Verne spends this chapter outlining everything he knows about the moon. And guess what? The bulk of his science still holds true today. He is wrong about one thing, though: The moon is not, in fact, inhabited by an alien race called the "selenites" . Go figure, right? | [
"An observer endued with an infinite range of vision, and placed\nin that unknown center around which the entire world revolves,\nmight have beheld myriads of atoms filling all space during the\nchaotic epoch of the universe. Little by little, as ages went\non, a change took place; a general law of attraction mani... |
2,572 | 83_chapter_6 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Now, even "the most illiterate Yankee" is trying to learn about the moon. Good for you, illiterate Yankees. While there's plenty of factual information making the rounds, there's no shortage of malarkey out there, too. These are some classic conspiracy theories, touching on aliens, telepathy, and supernatural disasters... | [
"The immediate result of Barbicane's proposition was to place upon\nthe orders of the day all the astronomical facts relative to the\nQueen of the Night. Everybody set to work to study assiduously.\nOne would have thought that the moon had just appeared for the\nfirst time, and that no one had ever before caught a... |
2,573 | 83_chapter_7 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This established, the creme de la creme of the Gun Club gathers to discuss the technical end of their endeavor. There are three things on the agenda: "the cannon, the projectile, and the powder" . First, they decide that the projectile should be about nine-feet wide. Additionally, they'll need to build a telescope on t... | [
"The Observatory of Cambridge in its memorable letter had treated the\nquestion from a purely astronomical point of view. The mechanical\npart still remained.",
"President Barbicane had, without loss of time, nominated a\nworking committee of the Gun Club. The duty of this committee\nwas to resolve the three gr... |
2,574 | 83_chapter_8 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The next day, the crew gathers again to discuss the cannon itself. Maston immediately suggests that the cannon be "half a mile long at least" . At least. Barbicane, on the other hand, thinks that the cannon should run about nine hundred feet. To limit resistance, he plans to forge the cannon directly into the ground. C... | [
"The resolutions passed at the last meeting produced a great\neffect out of doors. Timid people took fright at the idea of\na shot weighing 20,000 pounds being launched into space; they\nasked what cannon could ever transmit a sufficient velocity to\nsuch a mighty mass. The minutes of the second meeting were\ndes... |
2,575 | 83_chapter_9 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Next up: gunpowder. Major Elphiston explains that they'll need a whopping 1,600,000 pounds of gunpowder. That won't even fit inside the cannon, though... As usual, Barbicane comes to the rescue. He suggests using gun-cotton, a compact substance that can achieve "a velocity four time superior to that of gunpowder" . The... | [
"There remained for consideration merely the question of powders.\nThe public awaited with interest its final decision. The size\nof the projectile, the length of the cannon being settled, what\nwould be the quantity of powder necessary to produce impulsion?",
"It is generally asserted that gunpowder was invente... |
2,576 | 83_chapter_10 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It seems like every single person in the United States is head over heels for this idea. Everyone, that is, except for Captain Nicholl. Captain Nicholl is the anti-Barbicane: Instead of investing his genius into the creation of weapons, Nicholl is "a great manufacturer of iron plates" . During the Civil War, these two ... | [
"The American public took a lively interest in the smallest\ndetails of the enterprise of the Gun Club. It followed day by\nday the discussion of the committee. The most simple\npreparations for the great experiment, the questions of figures\nwhich it involved, the mechanical difficulties to be resolved--\nin one... |
2,577 | 83_chapter_11 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | All that's left is to "choose the most favourable spot for the experiment" . As previously mentioned, the shot must be fired from somewhere near the equator. There are only two states in the U.S. that fit this mold: Texas and Florida. Although Texas is a more populous state with more cities to choose from, Barbicane is... | [
"One question remained yet to be decided; it was necessary to\nchoose a favorable spot for the experiment. According to the\nadvice of the Observatory of Cambridge, the gun must be fired\nperpendicularly to the plane of the horizon, that is to say,\ntoward the zenith. Now the moon does not traverse the zenith,\ne... |
2,578 | 83_chapter_12 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | With that settled, the Gun Club turns its attention to financing. Barbicane decides to offer "subscriptions" to the public, giving people all over the world a way to support the project. They make four million dollars in the United States alone. Wait: Did Barbicane just invent Kickstarter? They make a solid amount of m... | [
"The astronomical, mechanical, and topographical difficulties\nresolved, finally came the question of finance. The sum\nrequired was far too great for any individual, or even any\nsingle State, to provide the requisite millions.",
"President Barbicane undertook, despite of the matter being a\npurely American aff... |
2,579 | 83_chapter_13 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Meanwhile, the Gun Club bros head down to Tampa for some reconnaissance, and when they arrive, they find all "3,000 inhabitants of Tampa Town" eagerly waiting for them. The following day, Barbicane, Maston, and Major Elphiston go exploring; they need to find a spot with high elevation and solid ground to build the cann... | [
"When the decision was arrived at by the Gun Club, to the\ndisparagement of Texas, every one in America, where reading is\na universal acquirement, set to work to study the geography\nof Florida. Never before had there been such a sale for works\nlike \"Bertram's Travels in Florida,\" \"Roman's Natural History of\... |
2,580 | 83_chapter_14 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Now the real work begins. Barbicane offers his workers "liberal pay and proportionate bonuses" in order to get the best of the best. As a result, Tampa's population practically doubles overnight. They work for about eight months, and by June, they've already dug the nine-hundred-feet deep hole. Excellent work, fellas. | [
"The same evening Barbicane and his companions returned to Tampa\nTown; and Murchison, the engineer, re-embarked on board the\nTampico for New Orleans. His object was to enlist an army of\nworkmen, and to collect together the greater part of the materials.\nThe members of the Gun Club remained at Tampa Town, for t... |
2,581 | 83_chapter_15 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | With the hole complete, it's now time to cast the cannon. Maston wants to hold a big public festival, but Barbicane shoots him down--he doesn't want to risk anything going wrong. When they finally start the massive furnaces required for casting, huge "artificial clouds in thick spirals" are released into the sky. | [
"During the eight months which were employed in the work of\nexcavation the preparatory works of the casting had been carried\non simultaneously with extreme rapidity. A stranger arriving at\nStones Hill would have been surprised at the spectacle offered\nto his view.",
"At 600 yards from the well, and circularl... |
2,582 | 83_chapter_16 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The cannon is finally completed in September, just months before the proposed launch date. Meanwhile, Tampa has gone through quite the transformation since the Gun Club arrived, with new roads and railways springing up all over the place. Overall, the project has resulted in an economic stimulus and "considerable incre... | [
"Had the casting succeeded? They were reduced to mere conjecture.\nThere was indeed every reason to expect success, since the mould\nhas absorbed the entire mass of the molten metal; still some\nconsiderable time must elapse before they could arrive at any\ncertainty upon the matter.",
"The patience of the membe... |
2,583 | 83_chapter_17 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | There's just two months until launch and everyone is working furiously. Out of nowhere, Barbicane receives a mysterious message from a Frenchman named Michel Ardan. Ardan says that he want to ride inside the cannonball, and is arriving in Tampa on the ship Atlanta in a few days. Plot twist, yo. | [
"The great works undertaken by the Gun Club had now virtually\ncome to an end; and two months still remained before the day for\nthe discharge of the shot to the moon. To the general impatience\nthese two months appeared as long as years! Hitherto the smallest\ndetails of the operation had been daily chronicled b... |
2,584 | 83_chapter_18 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | News of this telegram spreads immediately. Most of the Gun Club is skeptical, except for the every-effusive J.T. Maston who calls it a "magnificent idea" . The Atlanta arrives in Tampa on October twentieth, and Barbicane rushes onto the ship and introduces himself to Michel Ardan. Ardan is a charming and "adventuresome... | [
"If this astounding news, instead of flying through the electric\nwires, had simply arrived by post in the ordinary sealed envelope,\nBarbicane would not have hesitated a moment. He would have held\nhis tongue about it, both as a measure of prudence, and in order\nnot to have to reconsider his plans. This telegra... |
2,585 | 83_chapter_19 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The following day, they set up a tent outside of town to host a big public meeting. This should be fun... Ardan delivers a long, passionate speech explaining the science behind his proposed voyage and his reasons for attempting it. By the end, the crowd is eating out of the palm of his hand, "electrified" by his perfor... | [
"On the following day Barbicane, fearing that indiscreet\nquestions might be put to Michel Ardan, was desirous of reducing\nthe number of the audience to a few of the initiated, his own\ncolleagues for instance. He might as well have tried to\ncheck the Falls of Niagara! he was compelled, therefore, to\ngive up the... |
2,586 | 83_chapter_20 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | This guy in the crowd just won't shut up. He argues that "men of science" would disagree with every point that Ardan is making. They get into a heated back-and-forth that culminates with the mysterious man calling Barbicane an "ignoramus" . Barbicane confronts the dude after the meeting. In case you haven't guessed, th... | [
"As soon as the excitement had subsided, the following words were\nheard uttered in a strong and determined voice:",
"\"Now that the speaker has favored us with so much imagination,\nwould he be so good as to return to his subject, and give us a\nlittle practical view of the question?\"",
"All eyes were directe... |
2,587 | 83_chapter_21 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | That morning, Maston rushes to Ardan's room to tell him about the duel. Being a lover and not a fighter, Ardan rushes to the forest with Maston to put a stop to it. They hurry into the woods. First, they find Captain Nicholl, but he's too busy saving a poor pigeon "caught in the web" of a spider to worry about Barbican... | [
"While the contract of this duel was being discussed by the\npresident and the captain-- this dreadful, savage duel, in which\neach adversary became a man-hunter-- Michel Ardan was resting\nfrom the fatigues of his triumph. Resting is hardly an\nappropriate expression, for American beds rival marble or\ngranite ta... |
2,588 | 83_chapter_22 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | After this, Ardan becomes an even bigger celebrity than he was before. The Gun Club decides to do a little experiment--they build a hollow projectile and load it with a cat and J.T. Maston's prized squirrel. Ready. Aim. Fire. The capsule lands "into the midst of the waves" . The cat jumps out immediately--it's just a l... | [
"That same day all America heard of the affair of Captain Nicholl\nand President Barbicane, as well as its singular _denouement_.\nFrom that day forth, Michel Ardan had not one moment's rest.\nDeputations from all corners of the Union harassed him without\ncessation or intermission. He was compelled to receive the... |
2,589 | 83_chapter_23 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | Ardan suggests changing the shape of the projectile from a sphere to a conic, bullet-like shape. This new capsule arrives in mid-November. The interior is rather nice--it has light, heat, and food--and Ardan even figures out a way to produce oxygen by evaporating "Chlorate of potash" . Time for another test. J.T. Masto... | [
"On the completion of the Columbiad the public interest centered\nin the projectile itself, the vehicle which was destined to\ncarry the three hardy adventurers into space.",
"The new plans had been sent to Breadwill and Co., of Albany,\nwith the request for their speedy execution. The projectile was\nconsequent... |
2,590 | 83_chapter_24 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | The date of the launch is fast approaching, and next on the docket is building a telescope to track the progress of the capsule. They choose "the summit of Long's Peak in the Missouri territory" because of its high vantage point. The final product costs about four hundred thousand dollars and is more advanced than any ... | [
"On the 20th of October in the preceding year, after the close of\nthe subscription, the president of the Gun Club had credited the\nObservatory of Cambridge with the necessary sums for the\nconstruction of a gigantic optical instrument. This instrument\nwas designed for the purpose of rendering visible on the sur... |
2,591 | 83_chapter_25 | Write a detailed summary of the context provided. | It's now only ten days until the launch. The gun-cotton has been successfully loaded in, despite the fact that people "did not hesitate to smoke their cigars" right next to this highly explosive material. They can only bring a limited amount of food, however. To counteract this, they tell Maston to shoot capsules of fo... | [
"It was the 22nd of November; the departure was to take place in\nten days. One operation alone remained to be accomplished to\nbring all to a happy termination; an operation delicate and\nperilous, requiring infinite precautions, and against the\nsuccess of which Captain Nicholl had laid his third bet. It was,\n... |
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