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I
MR. AND MRS. EDWARD ROBERTS; THE CHARWOMAN

Mrs. Roberts ,
with many proofs of an afternoon's shopping in her hands and arms, appears at the door of the ladies' room, opening from the public hall, and studies the interior with a searching gaze, which develops a few suburban shoppers scattered over the settees, with their bags and packages, and two or three old ladies in the rocking-chairs. The Charwoman is going about with a Saturday afternoon pail and mop, and profiting by the disoccupation of the place in the hour between the departures of two great expresses, to wipe up the floor. She passes near the door where Mrs. Roberts is standing, and Mrs. Roberts appeals to her in the anxiety which her failure to detect the object of her search has awakened:

Note: Contains 28 words in 2 sentences using 130 chars.

The Charwoman :

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 4 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 33 words in 3 sentences using 160 chars.

The Charwoman :

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 106 chars.

Mrs. Roberts ,
bending to the right and to the left, and then, by standing on tiptoe, catching sight of a hat round a pillar:

Note: Contains 54 words in 8 sentences using 250 chars.

Roberts ,
looking up with a dazed air from the magazine in his hand:

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 30 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 13 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 505 words in 16 sentences using 2427 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 33 words in 4 sentences using 141 chars.

Mrs. Roberts ,
with rapturous admiration of him:

Note: Contains 371 words in 16 sentences using 1825 chars.

The Coloured Man ,
who cries the trains, walking halfway into the room and then out:

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 208 chars.

Mrs. Roberts ,
in extreme agitation:

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 40 chars.

Roberts ,
jumping to his feet and dropping all her packages:

Note: Contains 29 words in 3 sentences using 126 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 170 words in 7 sentences using 794 chars.

Roberts ,
picking up and dropping the multitudinous packages, and finally sitting down with them all in his lap, very red and heated:

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 53 words in 4 sentences using 257 chars.

Roberts ,
at whom she glances with misgiving as she runs out, holding the parcels on his knees with both elbows and one hand, and contriving with the help of his chin to get his magazine open again:

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 27 chars.

II
ROBERTS AND WILLIS CAMPBELL

Campbell :

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

Roberts ,
looking up:

Note: Contains 8 words in 4 sentences using 44 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 45 words in 6 sentences using 227 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 75 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 138 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 86 words in 4 sentences using 392 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 17 words in 4 sentences using 86 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 52 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 92 chars.

Roberts ,
with some alarm:

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 44 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 37 words in 3 sentences using 177 chars.

Roberts ,
staring at him in consternation:

Note: Contains 11 words in 3 sentences using 45 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 14 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 30 words in 1 sentence using 149 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 14 words in 3 sentences using 64 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 20 words in 2 sentences using 84 chars.

Campbell ,
laughing:

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 46 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 31 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 46 words in 6 sentences using 225 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 36 words in 4 sentences using 181 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 31 words in 4 sentences using 130 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 22 words in 2 sentences using 115 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 77 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 151 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 39 words in 6 sentences using 207 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 19 words in 2 sentences using 103 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 39 words in 3 sentences using 200 chars.

Roberts ,
ruefully:

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 62 words in 5 sentences using 306 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 8 words in 2 sentences using 42 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 85 words in 7 sentences using 402 chars.

Roberts ,
looking over at the woman in the corner, with growing conviction:

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 35 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 39 words in 2 sentences using 188 chars.

Roberts ,
getting to his feet:

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 72 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 116 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 23 words in 3 sentences using 106 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 19 words in 4 sentences using 88 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 24 words in 1 sentence using 108 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 99 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 81 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 56 chars.

The Coloured Man ,
who calls the trains, coming and going as before:

Note: Contains 21 words in 4 sentences using 155 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 96 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 26 chars.

Campbell ,
looking up from his magazine, in affected surprise:

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 65 chars.

Roberts ,
gloomily:

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 41 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 63 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 74 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 9 words in 2 sentences using 58 chars.

Roberts ,
in great distress:

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 76 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 124 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 34 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 67 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 40 words in 1 sentence using 174 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 43 words in 6 sentences using 200 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 25 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 41 words in 3 sentences using 191 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 142 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 95 words in 6 sentences using 446 chars.

Roberts ,
desperately:

Note: Contains 20 words in 4 sentences using 100 chars.

III
THE MCILHENYS, ROBERTS, AND CAMPBELL

McIlheny :

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 61 chars.

Mrs. McIlheny ,
indicating Campbell, absorbed in his magazine:

Note: Contains 17 words in 1 sentence using 71 chars.

McIlheny ,
after a swift glance at Campbell's proportions and self-possession:

Note: Contains 55 words in 3 sentences using 253 chars.

Roberts ,
in extreme embarrassment:

Note: Contains 26 words in 2 sentences using 136 chars.

McIlheny :

Note: Contains 17 words in 3 sentences using 87 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 59 words in 6 sentences using 301 chars.

McIlheny :

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 67 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 32 words in 1 sentence using 142 chars.

McIlheny :

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 151 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 59 words in 2 sentences using 283 chars.

McIlheny ,
with signs of an amicable interest:

Note: Contains 21 words in 1 sentence using 95 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

McIlheny ,
smiling:

Note: Contains 14 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars.

Mrs. McIlheny ,
grinning:

Note: Contains 11 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars.

McIlheny :

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 33 chars.

Campbell ,
interposing:

Note: Contains 55 words in 4 sentences using 247 chars.

McIlheny :

Note: Contains 35 words in 3 sentences using 137 chars.

Mrs. McIlheny ,
laughing:

Note: Contains 15 words in 2 sentences using 63 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 90 words in 7 sentences using 415 chars.

The Coloured Man ,
who calls the trains, coming and going:

Note: Contains 16 words in 3 sentences using 103 chars.

Mrs. McIlheny :

Note: Contains 6 words in 2 sentences using 30 chars.

McIlheny :

Note: Contains 74 words in 5 sentences using 345 chars.

IV
ROBERTS AND CAMPBELL

Campbell :

Note: Contains 33 words in 4 sentences using 180 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 142 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 102 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 18 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 43 words in 2 sentences using 204 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 14 words in 2 sentences using 60 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 165 words in 13 sentences using 768 chars.

Roberts ,
pessimistically:

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 48 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 215 words in 13 sentences using 1084 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 40 words in 5 sentences using 217 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 21 words in 5 sentences using 138 chars.

McIlheny :

Note: Contains 65 words in 8 sentences using 314 chars.

Roberts ,
in spite of Campbell's dumb-show inciting him to fiction:

Note: Contains 22 words in 3 sentences using 109 chars.

McIlheny ,
following him and Willis into the corner:

Note: Contains 84 words in 6 sentences using 383 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 24 words in 1 sentence using 120 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 68 words in 4 sentences using 349 chars.

McIlheny :

Note: Contains 34 words in 5 sentences using 148 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 67 words in 4 sentences using 325 chars.

McIlheny ,
with conviction:

Note: Contains 27 words in 2 sentences using 123 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

McIlheny :

Note: Contains 38 words in 4 sentences using 161 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 20 words in 3 sentences using 95 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 82 words in 8 sentences using 390 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 39 words in 2 sentences using 204 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 124 words in 12 sentences using 621 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 28 words in 5 sentences using 134 chars.

Campbell ,
cheerily, to the approaching McIlheny:

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars.

McIlheny ,
darkly:

Note: Contains 44 words in 4 sentences using 212 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 31 words in 3 sentences using 157 chars.

McIlheny :

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

Roberts ,
basely truckling to him:

Note: Contains 6 words in 1 sentence using 38 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 17 words in 2 sentences using 90 chars.

McIlheny :

Note: Contains 48 words in 6 sentences using 225 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 15 words in 4 sentences using 71 chars.

Roberts ,
taking out his handkerchief and wiping his forehead:

Note: Contains 10 words in 2 sentences using 45 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 67 words in 7 sentences using 334 chars.

Roberts ,
in despair:

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 64 words in 4 sentences using 320 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 37 words in 5 sentences using 162 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 35 words in 3 sentences using 150 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 37 words in 4 sentences using 178 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 103 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 24 words in 2 sentences using 113 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 61 words in 4 sentences using 293 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 26 words in 4 sentences using 150 chars.

Roberts ,
miserably:

Note: Contains 8 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 31 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 71 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 24 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 46 words in 5 sentences using 231 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 67 chars.

The Coloured Man ,
who calls the trains:

Note: Contains 22 words in 5 sentences using 156 chars.

V
MRS. ROBERTS, MRS. CAMPBELL, ROBERTS, AND CAMPBELL; THEN THE COOK AND MCILHENY

Mrs. Roberts ,
rushing in and looking about in a flutter, till she discovers her husband:

Note: Contains 416 words in 17 sentences using 1974 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 19 words in 3 sentences using 83 chars.

Mrs. Campbell :

Note: Contains 40 words in 6 sentences using 203 chars.

Mrs. Roberts ,
to her husband:

Note: Contains 12 words in 1 sentence using 47 chars.

Roberts ,
desperately:

Note: Contains 18 words in 3 sentences using 78 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 43 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 32 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 12 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 5 words in 3 sentences using 27 chars.

Mrs. Roberts ,
imploringly:

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 26 chars.

Mrs. Campbell ,
threateningly:

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 39 chars.

Mrs. Roberts ,
with the calm of despair:

Note: Contains 81 words in 7 sentences using 366 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 62 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 20 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 13 words in 2 sentences using 55 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 75 words in 7 sentences using 345 chars.

Campbell ,
laughing:

Note: Contains 10 words in 3 sentences using 43 chars.

Mrs. Campbell :

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 69 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 16 words in 4 sentences using 74 chars.

Mrs. Campbell ,
seizing him by the arm:

Note: Contains 10 words in 1 sentence using 49 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars.

Roberts ,
wildly:

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 15 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 5 words in 1 sentence using 27 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 5 words in 2 sentences using 32 chars.

Campbell ,
struggling to recover himself:

Note: Contains 9 words in 1 sentence using 46 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 48 words in 3 sentences using 213 chars.

Mrs. Campbell :

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 87 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 16 words in 1 sentence using 79 chars.

Both Ladies :

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 5 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 32 words in 2 sentences using 155 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 31 words in 1 sentence using 130 chars.

Mrs. Campbell :

Note: Contains 11 words in 2 sentences using 48 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 7 words in 1 sentence using 34 chars.

Campbell ,
sobered:

Note: Contains 3 words in 1 sentence using 11 chars.

Both Ladies :

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 88 words in 2 sentences using 447 chars.

Both Ladies :

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 3 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 4 words in 1 sentence using 21 chars.

Mrs. Campbell :

Note: Contains 13 words in 3 sentences using 67 chars.

Campbell :

Note: Contains 36 words in 4 sentences using 182 chars.

Mrs. Campbell :

Note: Contains 26 words in 3 sentences using 142 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 28 words in 3 sentences using 123 chars.

Mrs. Campbell :

Note: Contains 18 words in 2 sentences using 89 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 33 words in 2 sentences using 164 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 2 words in 1 sentence using 10 chars.

Roberts :

Note: Contains 45 words in 2 sentences using 227 chars.

Both Ladies :

Note: Contains 1 word in 1 sentence using 7 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 23 words in 1 sentence using 111 chars.

Mrs. Campbell :

Note: Contains 15 words in 3 sentences using 81 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 7 words in 2 sentences using 38 chars.

The Cook :

Note: Contains 57 words in 4 sentences using 277 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 30 words in 3 sentences using 129 chars.

Campbell ,
bitterly:

Note: Contains 28 words in 4 sentences using 143 chars.

McIlheny :

Note: Contains 93 words in 8 sentences using 447 chars.

The Cook ,
bursting upon him from behind Roberts, who eagerly gives place to her:

Note: Contains 136 words in 7 sentences using 616 chars.

Mclheny :

Note: Contains 67 words in 3 sentences using 307 chars.

The Coloured Man
who calls the trains:

Note: Contains 23 words in 5 sentences using 155 chars.

Mrs. Roberts :

Note: Contains 14 words in 4 sentences using 80 chars.

McIlheny ,
looking thoughtfully after them:

Note: Contains 13 words in 1 sentence using 57 chars.

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