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...Excerpt: Towards three o?clock in the afternoon of one October day in the year 1844, a man of sixty or thereabouts, whom anybody might have credited with more than his actual age, was walking along the Boulevard des Italians with his head bent down, ...

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...sin Pons by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage TOWARDS THREE O’CLOCK in the afternoon of one October day in the year 1844, a man of sixty ... ... the Paris cab- horse; rising every morning, summer and winter, at seven o’clock, and setting out after breakfast to give music lessons in the boardin... ...mbitious effort. Pons, as a rule, only went to his theatre towards eight o’clock, when the piece in favor came on, and overtures and accompaniments ne... ...levard du Temple; how he had come thither he could not tell. It was five o’clock, and, strange to say, he had com- pletely lost his appetite. 40 Cous... ...ry, was amazed beyond ex- pression to see Pons, good man, return at five o’clock in the evening. Such a thing had never happened before; and not only ... ...hat Schmucke had always thought fit to call on these great ladies at ten o’clock in the morning!)—still, his pension was paid quarterly through the me... ...even times since the friends had lived together, Pons had exchanged a good clock for a better one, till at last he possessed a time- piece in Boule’s ... ... Schmucke never could see the slightest difference between the magnificent clock in Boule’s first manner and its six predecessors; but, for Pons’ sake... ...hed the London doctor who is said to have invented it. It was nearly ten o’clock before they rose from table. The amount of wine, German and French, c...

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...ast asleep in the very comfortless chair in which he was seated. At four o’clock on the next morning we started on our journey. 11 Anthony Trollope “... ...healthiest and wealthiest and wisest of all men and women. Three or four o’clock seems to them quite a natural hour for commencing the day’s work. Why... ...encing the day’s work. Why we should have started from Chiavenna at four o’clock in order that we might be kept waiting for the boat an hour and a hal... ...my door, but I was luxuriating in a washing-tub, making up for that four-o’clock start from Chiavenna. I assured them, however, that the box was not t... ... me to lie in bed on the follow- ing morning. I did lie in bed till nine o’clock, and then found the Greenes at breakfast. “Let us go and look at the ... ...ring the walk, and when we reached the hotel at seven or half-past seven o’clock, I merely remarked that I would go in and wish her father and mother ...

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...e, And, looking on it with lack lustre eye, Says very wisely, ‘It is ten o’clock: Thus we may see,’ quoth he, ‘how the world wags: ’Tis but an hour ag... ...? ORLANDO: Very well: what would you? ROSALIND: I pray you, what is’t o’clock? ORLANDO: You should ask me what time o’ day: there’s no clock in th... ...te and groaning every hour would detect the lazy foot of Time as well as a clock. ORLANDO: And why not the swift foot of Time? had not that been as ... ...lack thee two hours. ORLANDO: I must attend the duke at dinner: by two o’clock I will be with thee again. ROSALIND: Ay, go your ways, go your ways;... ...ongue of yours won me: ’tis but one cast away, and so, come, death! Two o’clock is your hour? ORLANDO: Ay, sweet Rosalind. ROSALIND: By my troth, a... ...ter ROSALIND and CELIA.] ROSALIND: How say you now? Is it not past two o’clock? and here much Orlando! CELIA: I warrant you, with pure love and tr...

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...r. Consequently— BLAYNE. Consequently, we are sitting here till past one o’clock, talking scandal like a set of Station cats. Anthony, it’s all your f... ... a little calendar and put it in my card-case, and every time the twelve o’clock gun went off I scratched out a square and said: “That brings me neare... ...l—eight weeks! And—where’s your friend? (Smokes disconsolately till church clock strikes three.) CAPT. M. Up with you! Get into your kit. CAPT. C. Alr... ...And she grows red as a rose, who was so pale; And ‘Are you sure the church-clock goes?’ says she.” (Pettishly.) I knew I couldn’t take the last note. ...

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...that some change would take place in the atmosphere and weather. About two o’clock the mist cleared away, and we beheld, stretched out in every direct... ...y sleepless and aching eyes the church of Ingolstadt, its white steeple and clock, which indicated the sixth hour. The porter opened the gates of the... ...er 8 Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Chapter 8 W e passed a few sad hours until eleven o’clock, when the trial was to commence. My father and the rest of the fami... ...nfused and unintelli gible answer. She returned to the house about eight o’clock, and when one inquired where she had passed the night, she replied ... ...age situated at about a league from Geneva. On her re turn, at about nine o’clock, she met a man who asked her if she had seen anything of the child... ...s particularly agreeable to me. The shutting of the gates regularly at ten o’clock and the impossibility of re maining on the lake after that hour h... ...ght before with his son and brother in law, Daniel Nugent, when, about ten o’clock, they observed a strong northerly blast rising, and they accordingl... ...ever. Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Chapter 23 I t was eight o’clock when we landed; we walked for a short time on the shore, enjoying t...

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...he sage was very frequently consulted, To the last moment, when the palace clock struck eight, Lady Bothwell earnestly watched her sister, in hopes th...

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...ow in everything, whether in rising, going to bed, or eating: seven of the clock in the morning is early for me, and where I rule, I never dine before...

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... as will presently be seen, against the poor, patient inventor. By seven o’clock next morning, Boniface Cointet was tak- ing a walk by the mill stream... ...“as soon as the bill is returned to M. Metivier, we may be easy.” At two o’clock the next day, Victor-Ange-Hermenegilde Doublon, bailiff, made protest... ...-Ange-Hermenegilde Doublon, bailiff, made protest for non-payment at two o’clock, a time when the Place du Murier is full of people; so that though Do... ...cien to Eve. “Paris, August 29th. “MY DEAR SISTER,—Two days ago, at five o’clock in the morning, one of God’s noblest creatures breathed her last in m... ... Eve went home in despair over her useless effort. That evening at seven o’clock, Doublon came with the notifica- tion of imprisonment for debt. The p... ...is sub- lime charity forgave him. Kolb and David reached Marsac at eight o’clock, and suddenly came in upon the old man as he was finishing his dinner... ..., and a trifle too green, I am afraid.” T wo hours later, towards eleven o’clock that night, David and Kolb took up their quarters in a little out-hou... ...ple of logs for mallets. The fire blazed up, the water boiled. About two o’clock in the morning, Kolb heard a sound which David was too busy to notice... ...urself the trouble of coming down again. Kolb will mount guard.” At four o’clock in the morning David came out of the dis- tillery; he had been carefu...

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...ter, a Page with a torch before him, met by LOVELL .] GARDINER: It’s one o’clock, boy, is’t not? Boy: It hath struck...

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... AN EPISODE UNDER THE TERROR ON THE 22ND OF JANUARY, 1793, towards eight o’clock in the evening, an old lady came down the steep street that comes to ... ... could still keep her in sight. He might have been her very shadow. Nine o’clock struck as the silent man and woman passed again by the Church of Sain...

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...y that the day’s papers could be expected on board somewhere about three o’clock in the afternoon. ‘ And then,’ said the Hon. Melville, nodding genera... ...in effecting, she ordered that the pint of Madeira should stand from six o’clock in the evening till seven—a small monument of confidence in him who w... ...hief again, feverishly. The world was severe with this old gentleman. ‘Ah! clock wrong now!’ He leaned back like a man who can no longer carry his bur... ... rying ahead like that? T ell me !’ Rather at a loss, Jonathan scanned the clock seriously, and observed that it was not quite a minute too fast. The ... ... too fast. The old gentleman pulled out his watch. He grunted that a lying clock was hateful to him; subsequently sinking into con- templation of his ... ..., gentlemen. I shall be in this house, and am to be found here, till ten o’clock to-mor- row morning. Sir,’ he addressed the chairman, ‘I must apolo- ... ...m some- what; for he remained in a state of composure eight minutes by the clock. And mark how little things hang together. Another word from the land... ...oxes to be packed and everything got ready to depart by half-past eleven o’clock, when the fly would call for them and convey them to Fallow field in ...

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...horsehair-covered chairs, a table cov- ered with a green cloth, a trumpery clock between a couple of candle sconces, growing tarnished under glass sha... ..., he has a fancy; and be- cause he is sixty-nine, he is as methodical as a clock face. Every day at five o’clock the old gentleman goes to dine with h... ...ne with her in the Rue de la Victoire. (I am sorry for her.) Then at six o’clock, he comes here, reads steadily at the papers for four hours, and goes... ... here, reads steadily at the papers for four hours, and goes back at ten o’clock. Daddy Croizeau says that he knows M. Denisart’s motives, and approve... ... am Mme. Croizeau, I shall have four hours to myself between six and ten o’clock.’ “Maxime looked through the directory, and found the fol- lowing rea... ...ssels carpets, a mediaeval bedstead worth three thou- sand francs, a Boule clock, candelabra in the four corners of the dining-room, silk curtains, on...

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...end before the magis- trates at Silverbridge in Thursday next, at twelve o’clock. You will do that?’ ‘Do it! You mean, I suppose, to say that I must g... ...th Miss Prettyman, and was shown into the elder sister’s room, at eleven o’clock on the Tuesday morning. The elder Miss Prettyman never came into the ... ...high tone and the subsequent fall. On the Thursday morning, at about ten o’clock, a fly stopped at the gate at Hogglestock Parsonage, and out of it ca... ...news along the actual telegraph, and yet Mrs Proudie knew it before four o’clock. But she did not know it quite accurately. ‘Bishop,’ she said, standi... ... muddy, wa- tery, ugly, disordered brick-field. It was now just past six o’clock, and the men would be rising, as in midwinter they commenced their wo... ...on than you can to now? If I were you, I’d be at Allington before twelve o’clock tomorrow—I would indeed. What does it matter about the trumpery chequ... ...n this 143 Anthony Trollope occasion very angry. Why had not his twelve o’clock letters been sent up to him to the West End? Why not? Mr Eames knew a... ... DOWN AT ALLINGTON It was Christmas-time down at Allington, and at three o’clock on Christmas Eve, just as the darkness of the early winter evening wa... ... not quite impossible, Mr Robarts. I trust I shall get as far before two o’clock; but to do so I must be on my road.’ Then he showed signs of a desire...

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..., and swinging to and fro the largest fan he had ever beheld. It was ten o’clock. He had dined with his aunt, had been sitting with her since dinner, ... ... 22 Daisy Miller night in the public parlor. He wasn’t in bed at twelve o’clock: I know that.” “It was half-past twelve,” declared Mrs. Miller with m... ...d better find out what time it is,” interposed her mother. “It is eleven o’clock, madam,” said a voice, with a for- eign accent, out of the neighborin... ...enio,” said Daisy, “I am going out in a boat!” Eugenio bowed. “At eleven o’clock, mademoiselle?” “I am going with Mr. Winterbourne—this very minute.” ... ...ncing all the evening with the same partners; receiving visits at eleven o’clock at night. Her mother goes away when visitors come.” “But her brother,... ...omes, I shall not speak to her.” 45 Henry James Daisy came after eleven o’clock; but she was not, on such an occasion, a young lady to wait to be spo... ...ffuse and equalize it. When, on his return from the villa (it was eleven o’clock), Winterbourne approached the dusky circle of the Colos- seum, it rec...

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...he arts, which are much superior to common trades, such as those of making clocks and watches, contain no such mystery as to require a long course of ... ...t of our princi- pal clothiers are themselves likewise dyers. Watch-cases, clock-cases, and dial-plates for clocks and watches, have been prohibited t... ...al-plates for clocks and watches, have been prohibited to be exported. Our clock-makers and watch-makers are, it seems, un- willing that the price of ...

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...ant together, in spite of a little fencing with edge-tools, and at three o’clock the cortege of carriages started for Barchester, that of the bishop, ... ... cathedral, ’ said Harold Smith, jumping up from his chair as he heard the clock. ‘If the people have come it would not be right in me to keep them wa... ...for Mark Robarts, that he did not go to that supper party. It was eleven o’clock before they sat down and nearly two before the gentlemen were in bed.... ...Lufton on horseback, and Lucy stand- ing beside him. It was already five o’clock, and it was getting dusk; but as she approached, or rather as she cam... ...to attend at Lord Lufton’s rooms; but at last it did come, and just as the clock struck he turned out of Piccadilly into Albany. As he was going acros... ...ilding, he was greeted by a voice just behind him. ‘As punctual as the big clock on Barchester tower, ’ said Mr Sowerby. ‘See what it is to have a sum... ...ll carry me there to-morrow. Will you say that I’ll be over about twelve o’clock?’ ‘You had better say earlier, as he is always out about the parish. ... ...oodness to tell Mr Robarts that I shall be here at the school, at eleven o’clock to-morrow?’ And then he bowed, taking off his hat to them, and they d... ...e wrote a line to her daughter, and Griselda reached Mount Street at two o’clock in Lady Lufton’s carriage, which during the interview, waited for her...

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... with muffled sound of wheels, and enfolding a gigantic catarrh. At nine o’clock on such a morning, the place of business of Pubsey and Co. was not th... ...y named Wilcocks, who had stowed away gold and silver in a pickle-pot in a clock- case, a canister-full of treasure in a hole under her stairs, and a ... ...l sciences, by explaining that she had looked in at the door to see what o’clock it was. The counting-house was a wall-eyed ground floor by a dark gat... ...ewing the path with smiles, in the absence of flowers. It was almost ten o’clock when they stopped within view of Wilfer Castle; and then, the spot be... ...ion of the once popular sign of the Saracen’ s Head, with a piece of Dutch clock-work, and suggesting to an imaginative mind that from the composition... ... be engaged, is quite old enough to object to be stared at as if she was a Clock.’ ‘Audacious one!’ said Mrs Wilfer. ‘Your grandmamma, if so addressed... ...o highly salutary in connexion with the pleasures of the table. But, six o’clock in the evening finds the worthy little gentle- man getting better, an... ...ockings and pumps, for the wondering dinner at the Veneerings. And seven o’clock in the evening finds him trotting out into Duke Street, to trot to th...

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... drama, who were at present scattered through the rooms. At about eleven o’clock, just as the dancers were returning to their seats, the company had o...

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...or- dered that the Court do now adjourn until to-morrow morn- ing at ten o’clock. The Hon. Stephen T. Logan, the Hon. Norman H. Purple, the Hon. David... ...ipulate with the audi- ence to meet me here at half-past six or at seven o’clock. It is now several minutes past five, and Judge Douglas has spoken ov... ...ill take me as long as it has taken him. That will carry us beyond eight o’clock at night. Now, every one of you who can remain that long can just as ... ...dience signified their assent to the arrangement, and adjourned to seven o’clock P.M., at which time they reas- sembled, and Mr. Lincoln spoke substan...

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...d caused much temporary inflammation of the popular mind. It was near nine o’clock of a moonlight evening, when a boat crossed the ferry with a single...