... when I had been given such wonderful presents), I was awakened at seven o’clock in the morning by Karl Ivanitch slapping the wall close to my head wi... ...ed himself for an injury dealt him. By this time it was a quarter to one o’clock, but Karl Ivanitch never thought of releasing us, He merely set us a ... ...ollowing letter: “Petrovskoe, 12th April. “Only this moment (i.e. at ten o’clock in the evening) have I received your dear letter of the 3rd of April,... ...m-chair, and let my knitting slip from my hands. Sud- denly, towards one o’clock in the morning, I heard her say- ing something; whereupon I opened my... ...d awoke with my tears dried and my 90 Childhood nerves restored. At ten o’clock we were summoned to at- tend the pre-funeral requiem. The room was fu...

...nitch On the 12th of August, 18-- (just three days after my tenth birthday, when I had been given such wonderful presents), I was awakened at seven o?clock in the morning by Karl Ivanitch slapping the wall close to my head with a fly-flap made of sugar paper and a stick. He did this so roughly that he hit the image of my patron saint suspended to the oaken back of my bed, ...

...ort. “Oh,” said Monte Cristo, “I allow of no excuse. On Saturday, at six o’clock. I shall be expecting you, and if you fail to come, I shall think — f... ..., the servants passed with curiosity, and Bertuccio with terror. At five o’clock precisely, the count arrived before the house at Auteuil, fol- lowed ... ...ence exercised by this man over all who surrounded him. At precisely six o’clock the clatter of horses’ hoofs was heard at the entrance door; it was o... ...risto silenced him. “Benedetto?” he muttered; “fatality!” “Half-past six o’clock has just struck, M. Bertuccio,” said the count severely; “I ordered d... ...at he should be informed as soon as Madame Danglars appeared; but at two o’clock she had not returned. He then called for his horses, drove to the Cha... ..., and inscribed his name to speak against the budget. From twelve to two o’clock Danglars had remained in his study, unsealing his dispatches, and bec... ...Danglars in her morning excursion. We have said that at half-past twelve o’clock Madame Danglars had ordered her horses, and had left home in the carr... ... Auteuil. “No one had entered the house since I had left it. It was five o’clock in the afternoon; I ascended into the red room, and waited for night.... ...rn give him that card and this sealed paper. Will he be at home at eight o’clock this evening?” “Doubtless, unless he is at work, which is the same as...

...A messenger from the Lord Stanley. [Enter HASTINGS .] HASTINGS: What is’t o’clock? Messenger: Upon the stroke of four. HASTINGS: Cannot thy master ... ...rs and well learned bishops. BUCKINGHAM: I go: and towards three or four o’clock Look for the news that the Guildhall affords. [Exit BUCKINGHAM.] GL... ... saw Richmond. BUCKINGHAM: My Lord! KING RICHARD III : Ay, what’s o’clock? BUCKINGHAM: I am thus bold to put your grace in mind Of what you ... ...you promised me. KING RICHARD III : Well, but what’s o’clock? BUCKINGHAM: Upon the stroke of ten. KING RICHARD III : ... ...I, NORFOLK, RATCLIFF, CATESBY, and others .] KING RICHARD III : What is’t o’clock? CATESBY: It’s supper time, my lord; It’s nine o’... ...ur purpose. ’ KING RICHARD III : He was in the right; and so indeed it is. [Clock striketh .] Ten the clock there. Give me a calendar. Who saw the su...

...t post-of- fice. All letters from thence must be in the post before five o’clock, at which time they were to be sent in to Elbury. The post-master at ... ... very bad night, Miss Jane,’ said his sister; ‘no sleep at all since two o’clock, and he is so low to-day, that I don’t know what to do with him.’ Alf... ...id to himself that he would let her alone, at least till the next time the clock struck. It would be three o’clock next time. Oh dear, 15 Yo n g e wo... ...ic- tures, that he must have had a short sleep which had made him miss the clock, and he felt a good deal injured thereby. However, Mrs. King was too ... ...rk, among their fragrant provender, as much as the human kind. When five o’clock struck, Harold gave no signs of quitting the scene of action; and Mrs... ...rolled on, one after the other, and Alfred had just been in a pet with the clock for striking four when he wanted it to be five, when the sky grew dar... ...reckoned much on the relief this was to give, and watched the ticks of the clock for the time for Harold to set off. ‘Make haste,’ were the last words... ...to Dick, and swal- lowed the rest to keep out the cold. Just then the town clock struck six, and frightened him. He had been there three-quarters of a... ...ke up for it towards the poor friendless boy. It was really nearly eight o’clock, and Paul’s work had been neglected, which was enough to cause disple...

...d that the sun had been a little too much for me. It was close upon five o’clock of a cloudy April afternoon, and the sun had been hidden all day. I s... ... found nothing. On the 15th of May, I left Heatherlegh’s house at eleven o’clock in the morning; and the instinct of the bachelor drove me to the Club... ...e laughing coolies on the Mall below. I lunched at the Club, and at four o’clock wandered aimlessly down the Mall in the vague hope of meeting Kitty. ... ... and Other Ghost Stories pletely. My long fast—it was now close upon ten o’clock, and I had eaten nothing since tiffin on the previous day— combined w... ...ng themselves without even throwing a glance in my direction. About four o’clock, as far as I could judge Gunga Dass rose and dived into his lair for ... ...y night. It was weary work waiting throughout the after- noon. About ten o’clock, as far as I could judge, when the Moon had just risen above the lip ... ...s no special reason beyond the heat and worry to make tension, but, as the clock-hands crept up to three o’clock and the machines spun their fly-wheel... ... “There is no use your waiting,” said Dravot, politely. “It’s about four o’clock now. We’ll go before six o’clock if you want to sleep, and we won’t s... ...venture. Don’t set the office on fire,” I said, “and go away before nine o’clock.” I left them still poring over the maps and making notes on the back...

...k ing great sorrow. And so he rode till evensong time. And then he heard a clock smite; and then he was ware of an house closed well with walls and de...

... moon last night. [She sighs.] L L L L LUIGI UIGI UIGI UIGI UIGI. At ten o’clock, Were I by a certain gate, would you be there? What say you? L L L L ... ...e tell you She loves you still, although you have been parted Since four o’clock. MAR MAR MAR MAR MAR. [Happily.] Did she say that? BEA BEA BEA BEA BE...

... How goes the night, boy? FLEANCE: The moon is down; I have not heard the clock. BANQUO: And she goes down at twelve. FLEANCE: ... ...the heavens, as troubled with man’s act, Threaten his bloody stage: by the clock, ’tis day, And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp: Is’t nig...

...On the 10th a great battle will be fought, which will begin at four of the clock in the afternoon, and last till nine at night with great obstinacy, b... ...r a week’s sickness at Marli, which will hap pen on the 29th, about six o’clock in the evening. It seems to be an effect of the gout in his stomach, ... ... jack would not be left alone; But up against the steeple reared, Became a clock, and still adhered; And still its love to household cares By a shrill...

...erks, and wounded either other. But Sir Gawaine from it passed nine of the clock waxed ever stronger and stronger, for then it came to the hour of noo...

...ful nipping cold: So cares and joys abound, as seasons fleet. Sirs, what’s o’clock? Servants: Ten, my lord. GLOUCESTER: Ten is t...

...reads in the Parliamentary Debates of this Wednesday evening ‘past seven o’clock,’ the scene with the military fugitives from Longwi. Wayworn, dusty, ... ...after his kind. Huge Placards are getting plastered to the walls; at two o’clock the stormbell shall be sounded, the alarm-cannon fired; all Paris sha... ...talics. (Biographie des Ministres (Bruxelles, 1826), p. 96.) At two of the clock, Beaurepaire, as we saw, has shot himself at Verdun; and over Europe,... ... a Day black in the Annals of Men.— The tocsin is pealing its loudest, the clocks inaudibly striking Three, when poor Abbe Sicard, with some thirty ot... ...hrough above the hundred-and-first, for want of a better. ‘Towards seven o’clock’ (Sunday night, at the Abbaye; for Jourgniac goes by dates): ‘We saw ... ... themselves. They were all butchered there, as we shortly gathered. ‘Ten o’clock: The Abbe Lenfant and the Abbe de Chapt- Rastignac appeared in the pu... ...ical of these Pamphlets; and stands testing by documents: ‘Towards seven o’clock, ’ on Sunday night, ‘prisoners were called frequently, and they did n... ...rt, ’ and also ‘on religion. ’ Finally, however, between seven and eight o’clock in the morning, enter four men with bludgeons and sabres!—’to one of ... ...sion made. Till an hour after sunset, the few remaining 55 Thomas Carlyle Clocks of the District striking Seven; at this late time of day Brunswick t...

...e, that the old lady always produced at dinner, and with the tray at ten o’clock, and which I dared not refuse; though upon my word and honour it made... ...urself what you please with it.” With this the old lady bade me adieu. The clock was striking twelve as I walked down the village, for the story of Mu... ... quick that, if the thing had been possible, I should have overtaken ten o’clock that had passed by me two hours ago, when I was listening to Mrs. H.’... ...r’s. And if any of you gents like a glass of punch this evening at eight o’clock, Bob Swinney’s your man, and nothing to pay. If Mr. Brough would do m... ... One day Gus Hoskins and I asked leave from Roundhand to be off at three o’clock, as we had particular business at the West End. He knew it was about ... ... her carriage, and asked me if I would accept it; and positively, at two o’clock in the morning, there was I, after setting the ladies and my Lord dow... ...the best sermon. On week-days Mrs. Titmarsh would take a walk about five o’clock in the evening on the left-hand side of Lamb’s Conduit Street (as you... ...ng that worthy gent,—he was drinking warm brandy-and- water, Sam, at two o’clock in the day, or at least the room smelt very strongly of that beverage... ... man, it is to think that his children and widow will receive, at eleven o’clock next Saturday, 5,000£. from my friend Mr. Titmarsh, who is now head c...

...ance; which wave or flap, with such thankfulness as needs. Towards three o’clock, the sun beams out again: the remaining evolutions can be transacted ... ...rrects the proofs; ‘sets out on foot from Auxonne, every morning at four o’clock, for Dole: after looking over the proofs, he par- takes of an extreme... ...his hand, adaman- tine resolution clouding his brows: for two hours by the clocks of Metz. Moody-silent stands Salm, with occasional clangour; but doe... ... as promised, he rolls his drums, and again takes the road. Towards four o’clock, the terror-struck Towns- men may see him face to face. His cannons r... ..., in this point of Space where thou now standest, in this moment which thy clock measures. Or apart from all Transcendentalism, is it not a plain trut... ...ng, like ‘ignes fatui in foul weather, which lead no whither. About ‘ten o’clock at night,’ the Heredi- tary Representative, in partie quarree, with t... ...ocession of a league in length, under the level sun-rays, for it is five o’clock, moves and marches: with its sable plumes; itself in a religious sile... ...g at Saint- Cloud; the King’s Dinner not far from ready there. About one o’clock, the Royal Carriage, with its eight royal blacks, shoots stately into... ...V olume Two three-quarters; ‘seven quarters of an hour, ’ by the Tuileries Clock! Desperate Lafayette will open a passage, were it by the cannon’s mou...

...ver, and my godmother and I were sitting at the table before the fire. The clock ticked, the fire clicked; not another sound had been heard in the roo... ...ide. I was reading aloud, and she was listening. I had come down at nine o’clock as I always did to read the Bible to her, and was reading from St. Jo... ... than Greenleaf. There was a time for everything all round the dial of the clock, and ev erything was done at its appointed moment. We were twelve bo... ... capacity. We have arrngd for your being forded, carriage free, pr eight o’clock coach from Reading, on Monday morning next, to White Horse Cellar, Pi... ...ings, that I felt quite ashamed to have thought so little about it. “Six o’clock!” said Mrs. Jellyby. “And our dinner hour is nominally (for we dine a... ... that they made me laugh in the most ridiculous manner. Soon after seven o’clock we went down to dinner, care fully, by Mrs. Jellyby’s advice, for th... ...er mouth. She mentioned, as she passed us, that she had been to see what o’clock it was. But before we met the cook, we met Richard, who was dancing u... ...fast relapsing into the inky condition in which we had found her. At one o’clock an open carriage arrived for us, and a cart for our luggage. Mrs. Jel... ...ether. It was late before we separated, for when Ada was going at eleven o’clock, Mr. Skimpole went to the piano and rattled hilariously that the best...

...out a kind of sallow warmth in her skin, and although it was nearly four o’clock in the after- noon, her sleeves were tucked up, as if for some domest... ...hree. Mrs. Larkins had to sit down in the windsor chair by the grandfather clock (which was dark with dirt and not going) to laugh at her ease at his ... ... “They’ll have to do without you,” said Mr. Polly, sticking to his guns. A clock in the town began striking. 85 H G Wells “Lor’!” said Miriam, “we sh... ... watchmaker, left things to his wife while he went about the world winding clocks, but Mr. Polly had none of these arts, and wouldn’t, in spite of Mir... ...was the good of going through it now again? It was over and done with. The clock in the back parlour pinged the half hour. “Time!” said Mr. Polly, and... ... Man. There’s no going back to it.” III III III III III IT WAS ABOUT TWO O’CLOCK in the afternoon one hot day in high May when Mr. Polly, unhurrying a... ...or credit, and three very bright red-cheeked wax apples and a round-shaped clock. But these were the mere background to the really pleasant thing in t... ...k, whitewashing gen- erally, plumbing and engineering, repairing locks and clocks, waiting and tapster’s work generally , beating carpets and mats, cl... .... Punting he found was difficult, but not im- possible, and towards four o’clock he succeeded in convey- ing a second passenger across the sundering f...

... music-gallery, long since dismantled, and Queen Elizabeth’s Rooms, in the clock-tower, and out into the terrace, where was a fine prospect of sunset ... ...h the estate came into the present family; how the Roundheads attacked the clock-tower, which my lord’s fa- ther was slain in defending. “I was but tw... ...ross; and pretty small feet which she was fond of showing, with great gold clocks to her stockings, and white pantofles with red heels; and an odor of... ...lace was taken and stormed. The besiegers entered at the terrace under the clock-tower, slaying every man of the garrison, and at their head my lord’s... ...it seemed to him as if the day never would come. It might have been four o’clock when he heard the door of the opposite chamber, the Chaplain’s room, ... ...home. We rode on towards Newbury; we heard firing towards midday: at two o’clock a horseman comes up to us as we were giving our cattle water at an in... ...that figure, with the brocade dress and the white night-rail, and the gold-clocked red stockings, and white red-heeled shoes, sitting up in the bed, a... ...ut ill. Our messenger found the good priest already at his books at five o’clock in the morning, and he followed the man ea- gerly to the house where ...

...ys of her visit with the impatience of a man having cause to cast eye on a clock. For Duchess Susan was not very manageable now; she had fits of insur... ...ain thoughts which set her bosom heaving. There was the bed, there was the clock. She had the option of lying down and floating quietly into the day, ... ...less. The bed proposing in- nocent sleep repelled her and drove her to the clock. The clock was awful: the hand at the hour, the finger following the ... ...tions on the bed. She lay down dressed, after setting her light beside the clock, that she might see it at will, and considering it necessary for the ... ...ndressing, she rose from the bed to make sure of her reading of the guilty clock. An hour and twenty minutes! she had no more time than that: and it w... ...th- ing to do, save to sit humped in a chair, cover her face and count the clock-tickings, that said, Y es—no; do—don’t; fly— stay; fly—fly! It seemed... ... now—if only it were an hour hence; and going behind galloping horses! The clock was at the terrible moment. She hesitated inter- nally and hastened; ... ...and hastened; once her feet stuck fast, and firmly she said, ‘No’; but the clock was her lord. The clock was her lover and her lord; and obeying it, s... ... body told her that a dead human body was upon her. At a quarter to four o’clock of a midsummer morning, as Mr. Beamish relates of his last share in t...

...a glance of defiance; he listened for sounds in the air. It was now nine o’clock; the moon was beginning to 34 An Historical Mystery cast its light u... ... Laurence, after knowing them safely in bed had gone between one and two o’clock in the morning to a rendezvous with her cousins in the forest, where ... ... it were extended, in an attitude of utter wea- riness. Returning at six o’clock from the confines of Brie, having played the part of scout to the fou... ... the table where she had flung them. She looked sometimes at the old Boule clock which stood on the mantelshelf between the candelabra, perhaps to jud... ...or hunting. It is easy to imagine the deep silence which reigned at nine o’clock in the evening in the park, courtyards, and gardens of Cinq-Cygne, wh... ...ght as usual, at boston, in almost complete silence, until half-past ten o’clock, and we neither saw nor heard anything. Not a child can pass through ... ...“Ha! the sly rogue!” thought the priest. Midnight rang from the old church clock just as Corentin and the abbe re-entered the salon. The opening and s... ...f- past nine, and it was well past one when I returned.” She looked at the clock which said half-past two. “So you don’t deny that you have ridden for... ...a not uncommon trick. 88 An Historical Mystery CHAPTER IX FOILED AT SIX O’CLOCK in the morning, as day was dawning, Corentin and Peyrade returned. Ha...

...h, broke the mainspring, and hung it up beside the hearth. It was eleven o’clock in the morning. “Mlle. d’Esgrignon,” he said, “let us pray God that t... ...between 1793 and 1795; so that there were Louis Quatorze consoles, tables, clock-cases, andirons, candle-sconces and tapestry-covered chairs, which ma... ... nor yet the white silk stockings or the buckles at the knees. After six o’clock in the evening he appeared in full dress. He read no newspapers but t... ... have been read; for of all things to be taken between eleven and twelve o’clock at night, a tragedy in their opinion was the most unwholesome. They w... ...e laid out his days in busy idleness. Every day between twelve and three o’clock he was with the Duchess; afterwards he went to meet her in the Bois d... ...the official scutcheon that “a notary lives here.” It was half-past five o’clock in the afternoon, at which hour the old man usually sat digesting his... ...isier’s letter lying open on the bed. Josephin had brought it in at nine o’clock. Victurnien’s furniture had 74 The Collection of Antiquities been se... ...money, a fit dress in which to begin to play the part of Angel at eleven o’clock in the morning. Mme. de Maufrigneuse was somewhat pensive. Cares of a... ...ed so much. And boy that he was, he lost a night. The next day, at three o’clock, he was back again at the Hotel de Maufrigneuse; he had come to take ...