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1  Rachael shook her head in silence.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
2  Very few whispers broke the mournful silence.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI
3  And now I shall keep silence, for I want thee to sleep.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII
4  The basket packed in silence, they brought her bonnet to her, and smoothed her disordered hair, and put it on.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V
5  They walked back together to the corner of the street where Rachael lived, and as they drew nearer and nearer to it, silence crept upon them.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
6  That could hardly be, she knew, until an hour past midnight; but in the country silence, which did anything but calm the trouble of her thoughts, time lagged wearily.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
7  Mr. Bounderby, who had been in danger of bursting in silence, interposed here with a project for postponing the family dinner till half-past six, and taking Mr. James Harthouse in the meantime on a round of visits to the voting and interesting notabilities of Coketown and its vicinity.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II