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...eems to pause and purr with curious satisfaction. But in a few minutes—the clock on the turret of the Co-operative Whole- sale Society’s Shops gives t... ... Annie herself. The time for soft romance is in the morning, between ten o’clock and one, when things are rather slack: that is, except market-day and... .... ‘Why, no,’ said Mrs. Wernham, peering into the distance at the tall, dim clock. ‘No, Madam—we can give it another quarter or twenty minutes yet, goo... ...sented this much ef- fort. The evening passed slowly. Isabel looked at the clock. ‘I say,’ she said. ‘It’s nearly ten o’clock. Where can Maurice be? I... ...ve than might be imagined. Suddenly, on Saturday afternoon, at about two o’clock, Joe received a bolt from the blue—a telegram: ‘Meet me Belbury Stati... ...k the train into town. They would have to walk home. They had tea at six o’clock, and lounged about till half past seven. The circus was in a meadow n... ... he knew, fatally, that she had. When they came out it was nearly eleven o’clock; a lovely night, with a moon and tall, dark, noble trees: a magnifice... ...o escape. In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below... ...s was done, and preparations were going on for the arrival, when, at ten o’clock in the morning the young man suddenly turned up, quite unexpectedly. ...

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...et to herself. North Dormer is at all times an empty place, and at three o’clock on a June afternoon its few able-bodied men are off in the fields or ... ...what time wasn’t I there yesterday, I’d like to know?” “Round about four o’clock.” Charity was silent. She had been so steeped in the dreamy remembran... ... deserted her post as soon as he had left the library. “Who came at four o’clock?” “Miss Hatchard did.” 20 Summer “Miss Hatchard? Why, she ain’t ever... ...break her heart if she missed it. He consulted a time-table, found a ten o’clock train and reassured her. “The moon rises so late that it will be dark... ...oat, laden to the taffrail, was puffing away on her last trip. XI AT TWO O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING the freckled boy from Creston stopped his sleepy horse... ...3 Edith Wharton flies buzzed stiflingly against the bluish panes. At one o’clock V erena hobbled up to see if she were not coming down to dinner; but ... ...e paused a minute to say that if it suited her they would take the three o’clock train back to North Dormer; then he took his hat and coat from the ra...

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...r husband. “Oh! Charles is out shooting. I have not seen him since seven o’clock. He would go, though I told him how ill I was. He said he should not ... ...door suspended everything. “A knock at the door! and so late! It was ten o’clock. Could it be Mr Elliot? They knew he was to dine in Lansdown Crescent... ... suffered in witnessing it. He staid an hour with them. The elegant little clock on the mantel-piece had struck “eleven with its silver sounds,” and t...

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...f the pastry, having eaten two dozen and three of them myself since five o’clock.” “I am in the habit,” replied the Prince, “of looking not so much to... ...owing paragraph marked:- “Melancholy Accident. – This morning, about two o’clock, Mr. Bartholomew Malthus, of 16 Chepstow Place, Westbourne Grove, on ... ...g American to be present in a certain part of the Bullier Ball at eleven o’clock that night. Curiosity and timidity fought a long battle in his heart;... ...bian Nights “But it may have been written by her maid,” he imag- ined. The clock was only a few minutes from the hour, and this immediate proximity se... ...de him to advance, prevented him from definitely running away. At last the clock indi- cated ten minutes past the hour. Y oung Scuddamore’s spirit beg... ...in explanations and apologies; in the middle of these she looked up at the clock and clapped her hands together with a suppressed scream. “Heavens!” s... ...or?” replied the Doctor. “No. When this sort of 44 Robert Louis Stevenson clock has run down, it is no more to me than an ingenious piece of mechanis... ...sealed envelope. Silas tore it open, and found inside the words: “Twelve o’clock.” He was punctual to the hour; the trunk was carried be- fore him by ... ...rmed Mr. Vandeleur that his cab was at the door. Mr. Rolles glanced at the clock, and saw that he also must be moving; and the coincidence struck him ...

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...at the dear part ner of his sorrows died in his arms last night at nine o’clock! I despatched a trusty messenger to comfort the bereaved mourner and ... ...were a new idea. We have a faint remembrance of an unearthly collection of clocks, purporting to be the work of Parisian and Genevese artists—chiefly ... ...ting to be the work of Parisian and Genevese artists—chiefly bilious faced clocks, supported on sickly white crutches, with their pendulums dangling l... ...e to walk down either of its three well paved main streets, towards five o’clock in the afternoon, when delicate odours of cookery fill the air, and i... ...rs both in bathing life and in private life, his little boats that rock by clockwork, and his other ornamental posses sions. 44 Reprinted Pieces The... ... of the main line Pavilionstone Station (not a junction then), at eleven o’clock on a dark winter’s night, in a roaring wind; and in the howl ing wil... ...my most promising attitude, and dipped my pen in the ink, when I found the clock upon the pier—a red faced clock with a white rim—importuning me in a ... ...t up with watering place time as a sufficiently accurate article. The pier clock, however, persisting, I felt it necessary to lay down my pen, compare... ... off where it happened, along with a friend of mine, which his name is Mr. Clocker. Mr. Clocker is a grocer over yon der.’ (From the direction in whi...

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...th, quiet sea, I made such sail that I believe by the next day, at three o’clock in the afternoon, when I first made the land, I could not be less tha... ...ours, if it did not rain; then employed myself to work till about eleven o’clock; then eat what I had to live on; and from twelve to two I lay down to... ...ndles; so that as soon as ever it was dark, which was generally by seven o’clock, I was obliged to go to bed. I remembered the lump of beeswax with wh... ...p, and waked no more till, by the sun, it must necessarily be near three o’clock in the afternoon the next day – nay , to this hour I am partly of opi... ...the island, though not making such fresh way as I did before. About four o’clock in the evening, being then within a league of the island, I found the... ...said above, not to have made any attempt till it was dark; but about two o’clock, being the heat of the day , I found that they were all gone straggli... ...ry glad to hear, having sat watching upon the shore for it till near two o’clock in the morning. Having thus heard the signal plainly, I laid me down;...

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... of dinner forsooth, and remains locked up for a couple of hours. At two o’clock afternoon (I was over a tan- kard), out comes the little she-devil, h... ...e ebon countenance of the latter; and the air grew colder; and about two o’clock the moon appeared, a dismal pale-faced rake, walking solitary through... ...of his nose, a vile plot was laid against him; and when about seven of the clock he woke, he found, on sitting up in his bed, three gentlemen on each ... ...as garnished with a tremendous number of oaths); and he was, about eight o’clock, carried up to the house of Squire Ballance, the neighbouring justice... ... way, and the rope stretches tight, the poor wretch before St. Sepulchre’s clock dies. Only with us, clear-sighted mortals as we are, we can’t see the... ...ndship and table: all returned, smiling and rosy, at about half-past ten o’clock, from a walk which they had taken to Bayswater. Many thousands of peo... ...y, and just cutting off Holofernes’s head, stood an enormous ominous black clock, the spoil of some other usurious transaction. Some chairs, and a dis... ...t the bed of the feverish sleeper. It was just upon six, and presently the clock began to utter those dismal grinding sounds, which issue from clocks ... ...no danger for him to apprehend. He entered the house about dusk, at five o’clock. Mrs. Hayes was absent with Mr. Billings; only Mr. W ood was smoking,...

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...ange hubbub, con- sidering it was in so narrow a passage, till Bishopsgate clock struck eleven, and then the ghost would seem to start, and, as if he ... ... take the key with him; and the watchman by day to attend until ten of the clock at night, and the watch- man by night until six in the morning. 37 D... ...e into any tavern, ale-house, or coffee-house to drink af- ter nine of the clock in the evening, according to the ancient law and custom of this city,... ... of which by itself. As I went along Houndsditch one morning about eight o’clock there was a great noise. It is true, indeed, there was not much crowd... ...‘What is that to you? Stop the dead-cart.’ This, it seems, was about one o’clock. Soon after, as the fellow said, he stopped the dead-cart, and then k... ... avern, resolving to inquire what became of him. It was by this time one o’clock in the morning, and yet the poor gentleman was there. The truth was, ... ...y , and that these were generally women. It was one morning about eleven O’clock, I had walked out to my brother’s house in Coleman Street parish, as ... ...but an ignorant, weak, poor man, and usually walked his rounds about ten o’clock at night and went piping along from door to door, and the people usua...

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...ooth quiet Sea, I made such Sail that I believe by the next Day at Three a Clock in the Afternoon, when I first made the Land, I could not be less than... ...ours if it did not rain, then employ’d my self to work till about Eleven a Clock, then eat what I had to live on, and from Twelve to Two I lay down to... ...ndle; so that as soon as ever it was dark, which was generally by Seven a Clock, I was oblig’d to go to Bed: I remembred the Lump of Bees wax with wh... ...ep, and wak’d no more ’till by the Sun it must necessarily be near Three a Clock in the Afternoon the next Day; nay, to this Hour, I’m partly of the O... ...r the Island, tho’ not making such fresh Way as I did before. About four a Clock in the Evening, being then within about a League of the Island, I fou... ...said above, not to have made any Attempt till it was Dark: But about Two a Clock, being the Heat of the Day, I found that in short they were all gone ... ...ad to hear, having sat watching upon the Shore for it till near two of the Clock in the Morning. Having thus heard the Signal plainly, I laid me down;...

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...r happiness, like a veil, which it is useless here to raise. It was nine o’clock; the merchant and his wife were reading their evening prayers; sudden... ... thousand more on his word. He was gay as a man who swam in gold. Eleven o’clock sounded; the night was superb. Montefiore may have felt, like Diard, ...

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... with us After the tree is decorated we dress ourselves for mass. At ten o’clock we walk down the street to St. Michael’s church to attend mass. When ... ... was supposed to meet my dad at a store called Grandpa Tony’s, at twelve o’clock. I found someone sober enough to drive and talked him into driving me... ...and talked him into driving me to Grandpa Tony’s. I met my dad at twelve o’clock and he took me home. I’m not sure if he knew I was drunk because he d... ...orner near the golf course and take a look at the time. It is now twelve o’clock on the nose. I flick on the blinker, turn onto Greenfield Road and ha...

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... as soon as we got out of the creek, and arriv’d there about eight or nine o’clock on the Sunday morn ing, and landed at the Market street wharf. I h... ... breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o’clock, and another when he had done his day’s work. I thought it a detest... ...he whole street clean, and I would give her a shil ling; this was at nine o’clock; at 12 she came for the shil ling. From the slowness I saw at firs... ...ng; for, in walking thro’ the Strand and Fleet street one morning at seven o’clock, I observ’d there was not one shop open, tho’ it had been daylight ... ...ere near our port, but a thick fog hid the land from our sight. About nine o’clock the fog began to rise, and seem’d to be lifted up from the water li...

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...e of progress may be compared more justly to the hand upon the dial of the clock, which continues to advance as it indicates, than to the stationary m... ...h a priest called Gilles and a woman of the name of Isabeau. It was nine o’clock, a mighty late hour for the period, and evi- dently a fine summer’s n... ...cion it was Dom Nicolas, the Picardy monk) hurried them away. It was ten o’clock when they mounted the ladder; it was about midnight before T abary be... ...my window, as I was writing of this very line, and cried, `Past one of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy morn- ing.’” Such passages are not to be m... ...s,” says he, “I could not forbear carrying it in my hand and seeing what o’clock it was an hundred times.” T o go to Vauxhall, he says, and “to hear t...