Sentence:  In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never <WSD>read</WSD> me any of his manuscripts, [...], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To speak aloud words or other information that is written. "Often construed with a "to" phrase or an indirect object."