but

• Prep

  1. Apart from, except (for), excluding.
  2. Outside of.

• Adv
• Conj
• Noun
• Verb

kept

simple past and past participle of keep

because

• Adv

  1. For the reason (that).
  2. On account (of), for sake (of).

• Intj
• Conj
• Prep

he

• Pron

  1. A male person or animal already known or implied.
  2. They; he or she (a person whose gender is unknown or irrelevant).
  3. It; an animal whose gender is unknown.
  4. A genderless object regarded as masculine, such as certain stars or planets (e.g. Sun, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter) or certain ships.

• Det
• Noun
• Noun
• Intj

had

1. simple past and past participle of have
2. Used to form the past perfect tense, expressing an action that took place prior to a reference point that is itself in the past.
3. As past subjunctive: would have.

heard

• Verb

  simple past and past participle of hear

• Adj
• Intj

alchemist

1. One who practices alchemy.
2. One who blends material or substances in the nature or supposed nature of alchemy.

quiet

• Adj

  1. With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
  2. Having little motion or activity; calm.
  3. Not busy, of low quantity.
  4. Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
  5. Not showy; undemonstrative.
  6. Requiring little or no interaction.

• Verb
• Noun
• Intj