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...or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Master Humphrey’s Clock by Charles Dickens , the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...ania State University is an equal opportunity University. Master Humphrey’s Clock By Charles Dickens CHAPTER I—MASTER HUMPHREY, FROM HIS CLOCK SIDE I... ...n them the rustling of silk brocade, and the light step of Master Humphrey’s Clock — Dickens 3 some lovely girl, than to recognise in their altered ... ...nd so pass on. In a little time, those whom I had thus ac Master Humphrey’s Clock — Dickens 4 costed would make a point of coming to their doors an... ... by any jest upon my crooked figure. As a child I was mel Master Humphrey’s Clock — Dickens 5 ancholy and timid, but that was because the gentle co... ...oke upon me for the first time, and I knew, while watching Master Humphrey’s Clock — Dickens 6 my awkward and ungainly sports, how keenly she had fe... ... a little money could replace at will. Chief and first among all these is my Clock,—my old, cheerful, companionable Clock. How can I ever convey to ot... ...I ever convey to others an idea of the comfort and consolation that this old Clock has been for years to me! It is associated with my earliest recolle... ... broken the oppressive silence, and seemed to give me assurance that the old clock was still a faithful watcher at my chamber door! My easy chair, my ...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. It had just struck nine from the cuckoo clock that hung over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, when Victorine brought in the halved watermelon and set it in front of Mr. Bessemer?s plate. Then she went down to the front door for the damp, twisted roll of the Sund...

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...lix by Frank Norris 1899 Chapter I IT HAD JUST STRUCK NINE from the cuckoo clock that hung over the mantelpiece in the dining-room, when Victorine bro... ...elf-centred old man, with but two hobbies—homoeopathy and the mechanism of clocks. But he had a strange way of talking to himself in a low voice, keep... ...is own doings and actions; as, for in- stance, upon this occasion: “Nine o’clock—the clock’s a little fast. I think I’ll wind my watch. No, I’ve forgo... ...inally broke the crystal of his watch as he was resetting it by the cuckoo clock. “Hello!” he exclaimed suddenly, “where did you get that clock? Where... ... exclaimed suddenly, “where did you get that clock? Where did you get that clock? That’s new to me. Where did that come from?” “That cuckoo clock?” in... ... in this room at least twice a week for the last year and a half, and that clock, and no other, has always hung there.” But already Condy had forgotte... ...lways hung there.” But already Condy had forgotten or lost interest in the clock. “Is that so? is that so?” he murmured absent- mindedly, seating hims... ... mindedly, seating himself at the table. Mr. Bessemer was murmuring: “That clock’s a little fast. I can not make that clock keep time. Victorine has l... ...o bisque figures of an Italian fisher boy and girl kept com- pany with the clock, a huge timepiece, set in a red plush palette, that never was known t...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. ?THERE, I?ve done every bit I can do! I?m going to see what o?clock it is.? ?I heard it strike eleven just now.? ?Sylvia, you?ll tip up! What a tremendous stretch!? ?Wha-ooh! Oh dear! We sha?n?t get one moment before dinner! Oh, horrible! oh, horrible! most horrible!? ?Sylvia, you know ...

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... I CHAPTER I “THERE, I’ve done every bit I can do! I’m going to see what o’clock it is.” “I heard it strike eleven just now.” “Sylvia, you’ll tip up! ... ...ier, and she moved as though wearied out for the whole day by the time the clock struck nine, and released them; whilst her pupil, who never was cross... ...luncheon was a great infliction, because all the time from that to three o’clock was her own. It was a poor remnant of the entire afternoons which she... ...or those of colonists cutting down trees and making the butter. At three o’clock the carriage came to the door; and on Mon- days and Thursdays took La... ...e light nights of summer always dimin- ished her alarms; and she heard the clocks strike, and the bell ring for prayers, the doors open and shut, all ... ...had come round with Adelaide to carry off Kate, and meet the rest at ten o’clock. Lady de la Poer would have written, but it had only boon settled tha... ...r infect Adelaide. They intended to have gone into the gardens till four o’clock, when the fountains were to play; but as they moved towards the great... ...ust as a knock came to the door, and the maid announced that it was five o’clock, and Miss’s things were quite ready; and in return she was thanked, a... ...in, she was still two miles from St. James’s; and it was half-past three o’clock, so that she began to feel that she had run away without her dinner, ...

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...say which of them began it; but, I say the kettle did. I ought to know, I hope! The kettle began it, full five minutes by the little waxy faced Dutch clock in the corner, before the Cricket uttered a chirp....

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...hope! The kettle began it, full five minutes by the little waxy faced Dutch clock in the corner, before the Cricket uttered a chirp. As if the clock ... ...d fell, flashing and gleaming on the little Haymaker at the top of the Dutch clock, until one might have thought he stood stock still before the Moor... ...asms, two to the second, all right and regular. But, his sufferings when the clock was going to strike, were frightful to behold; and, when a Cuckoo ... ...n. Nor was he startled without reason; for these rattling, bony skeletons of clocks are very disconcerting in their opera tion, and I wonder very muc... ...g for their own lower selves; and they might know better than to leave their clocks so very lank The Cricket on the Hearth Charles Dickens 4 and u... ...bject to that — lighted a candle, glanced at the Haymaker on the top of the clock, who was getting in a pretty average crop of minutes; and looked o... ... The bright fire, blazing up again, acknowledged it! The little Mower on the clock, in his unheeded work, ac knowledged it! The Carrier, in his smoot... ... And as he soberly and thoughtfully puffed at his old pipe, and as the Dutch clock ticked, and as the red fire gleamed, and as the Cricket chirped; th... ... any combination of cir cumstances. CHAPTER III Chirp the Third The Dutch clock in the corner struck Ten, when the Car rier sat down by his firesi...

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...Excerpt: It was nine o?clock. The little town of Vauchamp, dark and silent, had just retired to bed amid a chilly No vember rain. In the Rue des Recollets, one of the narrowest and most deserted streets of the district of Saint- Jean, a single wind...

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... Zola CAPTAIN BURLE by Emile Zola CHAPTER I THE SWINDLE I T WA S NINE O’CLOCK. The little town of V auchamp, dark and silent, had just retired to b... ...nce: “Petticoat Burle is done for; he’s a buried man!” It was nearly ten o’clock when Major Laguitte furiously flung the door of the cafe open. For a ... ...iddle class household gathered in concord around their fireside. At nine o’clock Burle woke up, yawned and announced that he was going off to bed; he ... ...up to her room; she was, indeed, a regular hen, snor ing the round of the clock without waking. “No need to disturb anybody,” said Laguitte on the la... ...rough the darkness to the Rue des Recollets, which he reached about nine o’clock. The street door was still unlocked, and on going up he stood panting... ...ned her. “Where is Burle?” he asked. “Oh, he has been snoring since nine o’clock. Would you like to knock at his door?” “No, no, I only wanted to have...

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...Excerpt: IN 1828, at about one o?clock one morning, two persons came out of a large house in the Rue du Faubourg Saint- Honore, near the Elysee-Bourbon. One was the famous doctor, Horace Bianchon; the other was one of the most elegant men in Paris, the Baron...

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...sle of Bourbon, by the grateful writer. De Balzac. IN 1828, at about one o’clock one morning, two persons came out of a large house in the Rue du Faub... ...rument which applies the Code to individual cases with the indifference of clockwork. Hence, nature, having bestowed on M. Popinot a not too pleasing ... ...unhappy wretches swarmed in the early morning, would be deserted by nine o’clock, and as gloomy and squalid as ever. Bianchon put his horse to a trot ... ...f the fire, his hat between his knees, stared at the gilt chandeliers, the clock, and the curiosities with which the chimney-shelf was covered, the ve... ...ounted for: he had started from the gilt elephant sup- porting the chimney-clock, examining all this luxury, and had ended by reading this woman’s sou... ...l send to Ma- dame Jeanrenaud to call on me in my private office at four o’clock, to make her explain the facts which concern her, for she is compromi... ...he Mar- quis’ new form of insanity. When Popinot arrived at about twelve o’clock, accompanied by his clerk, the portress, when asked for M. d’Espard, ... ...olving front, an ordinary office table, and on the chimney- shelf, a dingy clock and two old candlesticks. The old man led the way for Popinot and his...

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...ye, 11 -- 10: For shame deny that thou bear?st loue to any, 12 -- 11: As fast as thou shalt wane so fast thou grow?st, 13 -- 12: When I doe count the clock that tels the time, 14 -- 13: O that you were your selfe, but loue you are, 15 -- 14: Not from the stars do I my iudgement plucke, 16 -- 15: When I consider euery thing that growes, 17 -- 16: But wherefore do not you a ...

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...wane so fast thou grow’st . . . . . . . . . . 14 12: When I doe count the clock that tels the time . . . . . . . . . . . 15 13: O that you were your... ...t wane so fast thou grow’st Shakespeare: Sonnets 12: When I doe count the clock that tels the time When I doe count the clock that tels the time, An... ...d to braue him, when he takes thee hence. - 14 - 12: When I doe count the clock that tels the time Shakespeare: Sonnets 13: O that you were your sel... ...re I chide the world without end houre, Whilst I (my soueraine) watch the clock for you, Nor thinke the bitternesse of absence sowre, When you haue...

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... own over and above; a good deal confined, by his infirmities, to his fireside and delighted to be found there any afternoon in the year, from five o?clock on, by such visitors as Brooksmith allowed to come up....

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...e and delighted to be found there any after- noon in the year, from five o’clock on, by such visitors as Brooksmith allowed to come up. Brooksmith was... ... and impayable, as improbable, as impossible, as delightful at the eight o’clock dinner—she appeared to keep these immense hours—as she had overwhelmi... ...d to keep these immense hours—as she had overwhelmingly been at the five o’clock tea. She was in the most natural way in the world one of the oddest a... ...eathing and visibly flushing, marking strange hours in the tall ma- hogany clocks that were never wound up and that yet audibly ticked on. All the ele... ... my asking you if you’ll kindly go now?” she went on after a glance at the clock. “I’m expecting a friend, whom I must see alone, on a matter of great... ... Work me in.” On her sharply presenting her back he stared a little at the clock. “If I come at seven may I stay to dinner?” It brought her round agai...

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...ing that will happen in my last moments. Just a month from this day, on September 20, 1850, I shall be sitting in this chair, in this study, at ten o?clock at night, longing to die, weary of incessant insight and foresight, without delusions and without hope. Just as I am watching a tongue of blue flame rising in the fire, and my lamp is burning low, the horrible contracti...

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...tember 20, 1850, I shall be sitting in this chair, in this study, at ten o’clock at night, longing to die, weary of incessant insight and foresight, w...

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...er the quarrel, Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky--Stiva, as he was called in the fashionable world--woke up at his usual hour, that is, at eight o?clock in the morning, not in his wife?s bedroom, but on the leather-covered sofa in his study. He turned over his stout, well-cared-for person on the springy sofa, as though he would sink into a long sleep again; he vigorousl...

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...lled in the fashionable world—woke up at his usual hour, that is, at eight o’clock in the morning, not in his wife’s bedroom, but on the leather cover... ... was Friday, and in the dining room the German watchmaker was winding up the clock. Stepan Arkadyevitch remembered his joke about this punctual, bald ... ...go.” And his eyes were laughing during the reading of the report. Till two o’clock there would go on without a break, and at two o’clock there would b... ...ad been told he might find Kitty. Part I — Chapter 9 27 Chapter 9 A T FOUR o’clock, conscious of his throbbing heart, Levin stepped out of a hired sle... ...ouched the pillow, fell into a sound sleep. Chapter 17 N EXT day at eleven o’clock in the morning Vronsky drove to the station of the Petersburg railw... ... is to be here from Petersburg today.” “I was looking out for you till two o’clock last night. Where did you go after the Shtcherbatskys’?” “Home,” an... ...ugh, having been forgiven, he had forgotten his offense. At half past nine o’clock a particularly joyful and pleasant family conversa tion over the t... ...w you by Seryozha,” she added, with a mother’s smile of pride. Towards ten o’clock, when she usually said good night to her son, and often before goin... ...him, and so understand him,” Levin resolved to himself, as, towards eleven o’clock, he reached the hotel of which he had the address. “At the top, 12 ...

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...Excerpt: Towards the middle of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o?clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-entered the city by the bridge, ...

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...ual opportunity university. 3 Dumas Ten Years Later by Alexandre Dumas [Pere] The Vicomte de Bragelonne. V olume I. CHAPTER 1 The Letter. TOWARDS THE... ...tments, where his valet changed his dress, and as Madame had not yet sent orders respecting breakfast, Monsieur stretched himself upon a chaise longue... ...nd conduct her from the salon to the refectory. This formality being accomplished with great ceremony, the husband and wife breakfasted, and then sepa... ...or a lover. That is the cause of this embarrassment; that is the cause of this hesitation; that is the cause of this order — ‘Mon- sieur the lieutenan... ...an two hours, possessed by the sleeplessness of love, opened his shutters himself, and cast an inquiring look into the courts of the sleeping palace. ... ... on the other side of the carriage, saw and heard all without being observed. The king offered his arm to Mademoiselle de Mancini, and made a sign to ... ... man unloosed from the tightest bounds, and said in a low voice: “Now, then, my officer, I hope that it is over.” The king summoned his gentleman. “Pl... ...“Ah, but we have monsieur le surintendant,” said he. “And you laugh at the king, then?” Bazin made no reply; his smile was sufficiently eloquent. “My ... ...usand livres down, and deposited the three thousand with a Bur- gomaster, after which he brought on board without their being seen, the ten men who fo...

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...oyment, and gave them, more especially, excellent dinners. T oward seven o’clock on this memorable evening, her guests were all assembled in a wide ci... ...Brigitte, “he must be toil- ing along the roads on foot.” “There’s eight o’clock striking now,” cried the countess, in terror. She dared not stay away... ...I had questioned him and demanded to see his papers.” At that instant, the clocks of Carentan struck half-past nine; the lanterns were lighted in Mada... ... the Revo- lution, “but do not keep him under your roof later than seven o’clock in the morning. To-morrow, at eight, I shall be at your door with a d...

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... his body straight, his head erect; he was steadily watching a complicated clock which indicated the hours, the minutes, the seconds, the days, the mo... ...ommunication with the lower stories; while on the mantel stood an electric clock, precisely like that in Mr. Fogg’s bedchamber, both beating the same ... ...’ll do,” said Passepartout to himself. He suddenly observed, hung over the clock, a card which, upon inspection, proved to be a programme of the daily... ...had not gone so smoothly. The package of notes not being found when five o’clock sounded from the ponderous clock in the “drawing office,” the amount ... ...nditions so 16 Around the World in 80 Days difficult to their friend. The clock struck seven, and the party offered to suspend the game so that Mr. F... ... true that he was going away, this so domestic person hitherto! By eight o’clock Passepartout had packed the modest car- pet-bag, containing the wardr... ... any price. The commissioner of police was sitting in his office at nine o’clock one evening, when the following telegraphic dispatch was put into his... ...t hun- dred tons burden, and five hundred horse-power, was due at eleven o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 9th of October, at Suez. The Mongolia plied re... ...s now half-past ten. “The steamer doesn’t come!” he exclaimed, as the port clock struck. “She can’t be far off now,” returned his companion. “How long...

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...olous man, is subject in the midst of the most uproarious festivities. The clock on the Elysee-Bour- bon had just struck midnight. Seated in a window ... ... the South?” “Yes. And then?” “Why, I will come to your house about nine o’clock to- morrow evening, and elucidate this mystery for you.” “No,” she re... ...alous. “Until to-morrow,” she said to me, as she left the ball about two o’clock in the morning. “I won’t go,” I thought. “I give up. Y ou are a thous... ..., and be on the Rue du Corso, in front of the Hotel d’Espagne, about ten o’clock to-night.’ “‘I will be there,’ he replied, putting two louis in the d... ...eive how men could resist them. Tightly fitting white stockings with green clocks, short skirts, and the pointed, high-heeled slippers of Louis XV.’s ...

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...g what he had for dinner. He had mutton for dinner, at one 12 Thackeray o’clock, after which “he had to come to business.” And then came the point. W... ...ight keeps watch here and there, in what may be a sick chamber or two. The clock tolls sweetly in the silent air. Here is night and rest. An awful sen... ... I say, will have taken down all that holly stuff and non- sense about the clocks, lamps, and looking-glasses, the dear boys will be back at school, f... ...ers midnight and sets the pudding a-boiling, which is to feast us at six o’clock. I often think with gratitude of the famous Mr Nelson Lee — the autho... ...aret — oh, jolly! How cold it is!” says Bob; I pass on. “It’s only three o’clock,” says Bob. “No, only three,” I say meekly. “We dine at seven,” sighs...

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...ien to engage the room immediately over- head. Lucien slept on till four o’clock in the afternoon, when he was awakened by Mme. de Bargeton’s servant,... ...n our inner history, and Mme. de Bargeton had been reflecting. About two o’clock that afternoon, Sixte du Chatelet made his appearance in the Rue de l... ...for she had kept her journey a profound secret, as she thought. At three o’clock the visitor was admitted. “I have risked a reprimand from headquarter... ...telet was so abrupt that it could not fail to strike Louise. Towards six o’clock that evening, when dinner was over, Mme. de Bargeton beckoned Lucien ... ...eration on a short visit to Paris—showy and uncomfortable. It was eleven o’clock when Lucien returned to his inn, having seen noth- ing as yet of Pari... ...le to send them to his address, and inquired for a hairdresser. At seven o’clock that evening he called a cab and drove away to the Opera, curled like... ...ed early. The next day was Sunday. He went to Louise’s lodging at eleven o’clock. Louise had not yet risen. At two o’clock he returned once more. “Mad... ...ords, he went to Hurbain’s to dine for two francs. Next morning, at nine o’clock, he went to the Rue Neuve- de-Luxembourg to upbraid Louise for her ba... ...he stayed outside in the street, watching the house till noon. At twelve o’clock Chatelet came out, looked at Lucien out of the corner of his eye, and...

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...d pause in the grand symphony of Parisian uproar, which occurs about one o’clock in the morning, the wife of Mon- sieur Cesar Birotteau, a perfumer es... ...e can’t froth up his religion. Poor dear cat! he creeps to Mass at eight o’clock as slyly as if he were going to a bad house. He fears God for God’s s... ...ding merchants of Paris. To improve his knowledge, he rose daily at five o’clock, and read law-reports and books treating of commercial litigation. Hi... ...o take or leave. This morning I shall draw the deeds. Y ou have till one o’clock to make up your mind. Adieu; I am just on my way to read over the rou... ...ur premises. If you like, we will go and see Monsieur Molineux at eleven o’clock.” “My dear Monsieur Birotteau,” said the umbrella-man, “I have not as... ...It will be money well laid out. Give me the premises to-morrow at twelve o’clock, and have your workmen on the spot.” “How much it will cost, at a rou... ...and are always to be found on the terrace of the Place Louis XV . at two o’clock on the days of the fireworks, with a roll in their pockets so that th... ...f soiling herself by contact with them. The chimney-piece was adorned by a clock with two columns, between which was a dial-case that served as a pede... ...owered the stern and monumental character which paint- ers, sculptors, and clock-makers exaggerate. Of medium height, Pillerault was more thick-set th...

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...delightful place Bath is,” said Mrs. Allen as they sat down near the great clock, after parading the room till they were tired; “and how pleasant it w... ...is now half after one; we drove out of the inn-yard at Tetbury as the town clock struck eleven; and I defy any man in England to make my horse go less... ...ly twenty-five.” “You have lost an hour,” said Morland; “it was only ten o’clock when we came from T etbury.” “T en o’clock! It was eleven, upon my so... ...st, resolving to remain in the same place and the same employment till the clock struck one; and from habi- tude very little incommoded by the remarks... ...ate in the day for them to attend her friend into the house: “Past three o’clock!” It was inconceivable, incredible, impossible! And she would neither... ..., that it did not rain, which Catherine was sure it would not. At twelve o’clock, they were to call for her in Pulteney Street; and “Remem- ber—twelve... ...ck, they were to call for her in Pulteney Street; and “Remem- ber—twelve o’clock,” was her parting speech to her new friend. Of her other, her older, ... ... if the clouds would only go off, and the sun keep out.” At about eleven o’clock, however, a few specks of small rain upon the windows caught Catherin... ...though not heavy. Catherine went 61 Jane Austen every five minutes to the clock, threatening on each return that, if it still kept on raining another...

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...r little boxed-up pulpits when the hours strike, and as promptly out again when the hour finishes. I entered an empty lec- ture-room one day just befo... ...e-room one day just before the clock struck. The place had simple, unpainted pine desks and benches for about two hundred persons. About a minute befo... ...clock struck, a hundred and fifty students swarmed in, rushed to their seats, immediately spread open their notebooks and dipped their pens in ink. Wh... ...except that the head undertakers shall ride to- gether, as is usual. The subordinates and mutes will go on foot, as is also usual. I will see you at e... ...d of the first act, and I could not trust myself to do it, for I felt that I should desert to stay out. There was another wait of half an hour toward ... ... acts but once before, and that was when the “Shaughraun” was played at Wallack’s. I was at a concert in Munich one night, the people were streaming i... ... scared, and had gone to bed with his head filled with Mark Twain 46 impending snaggings, and explosions, and conflagrations, and sudden death. About... ... Arthur’s stood in the center of the room; while the waiters were getting ready to serve Mark Twain 52 our dinner on it we all went out to see the re... ...-Age architecture. It has a massive portico and steps, before it, heavily balustraded, and adorned with life-sized rusty iron knights in complete armo...

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...beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o’clock, no man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to suc... ...s, and stamp ing their feet upon the pavement stones to warm them. The city clocks had only just gone three, but it was quite dark already — it had n... ...lve. It was past two when he went A Christmas Carol: Stave 2 18 to bed. The clock was wrong. An icicle must have got into the works. Twelve. He touch... ...ve. He touched the spring of his repeater, to correct this most preposterous clock. Its rapid little pulse beat twelve: and stopped. ‘Why, it isn’t po... ... Fezziwig alive again.’ Old Fezziwig laid down his pen, and looked up at the clock, which pointed to the hour of seven. He rubbed his hands; adjusted ... ...nk with his legs, and came upon his feet again with out a stagger. When the clock struck eleven, this domestic ball broke up. Mr and Mrs Fezziwig too... ...y core and centre of a blaze of ruddy light, which streamed upon it when the clock proclaimed the hour; and which, being only light, was more alarming... ...is own image; but another man stood in his accustomed corner, and though the clock pointed to his usual time of day for being there, he saw no likenes... ...the room; started at every sound; looked out from the window; glanced at the clock; tried, but in vain, to work with her needle; and could hardly bea...