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...he state of my health was never so unsatisfac- tory as it was about five o’clock this morning.” “I am very sorry to hear that,” I said, “and I recom- ... ...e had a lovely time.” “We must not linger,” said her mother; “it is five o’clock. We are to dine, you know, with Madame Galopin.” “I had quite forgott... ... sound. To a real American girl her liberty is a very vulgarly-ticking old clock.” “Ah, you mean, then,” said the poor girl, “that my mother has ruine...

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... rose up sighing and departed in the darkness. About half past nine or ten o’clock he came along the deserted street to where the Adored Unknown lived... ...atience. When it seemed to him that it must be nearly daylight, he heard the clock strike ten! This was despair. He would have tossed and fidgeted, as... ...carcely preceptible noises began to emphasize themselves. The ticking of the clock began to bring itself into notice. Old beams began to crack mysteri... ...me had ceased and eternity begun; he began to doze, in spite of himself; the clock chimed eleven, but he did not hear it. And then there came, minglin... ...izen had come upon Potter washing himself in the “branch” about one or two o’clock in the morning, and that Potter had at once sneaked off — suspiciou... ... they discovered the danger in time, and made shift to avert it. About two o’clock in the morning the raft grounded on the bar two hundred yards above... ...eculiar sound in the distance, just as one sometimes is of the ticking of a clock which he takes no distinct note of. But now this mysterious sound b... ...e woods, following the shore, with streaming garments. Shortly before ten o’clock he came out into an open place opposite the village, and saw the fe... ... No signal came that night. Morning came, eventually, and by ten or eleven o’clock a giddy and rollicking company were gathered at Judge Thatcher’s, a...

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...ity. “He’s really very ill.” “Very ill! Why when I last saw him, at four o’clock, he was in fairly good form.” “There has been a change for the worse,... ...found his fever high and his symptoms very grave. The Doctor came at ten o’clock, and I went to bed after hearing from Mark that he saw no present cau... ...escue him—to prevent him from ever being touched. He had a crisis at two o’clock in the morning. I know that from the nurse, who had left her then, bu...

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...ke of a common table in the morning was a family trait with both. At ten o’clock the secretary arrived, and they were shut up together. At the luncheo... ... her of a milliner’s 87 George Meredith appointment, positive for three o’clock; and she had written it in her head ‘p.m., four o’clock,’ and she had... ...rd took seat at table, telling the footman to lay ‘that parcel’ beside the clock on the mantelpiece. Aminta and Mrs. Lawrence gave out a little cry of... ... plates. His look deferred to their good pleasure, like the dead hand of a clock under key; and Weyburn placed the missive before him, seeing by the s... ...don’t like those Louis Quinze cabinets; and that modern French mantelpiece clock is hideous. You seem to furnish in downright contempt of the women yo... ... honour of our name and blood.’ ‘They are to be at my house-door at four o’clock this after- noon.’ ‘They’ll not stir.’ ‘Then I go down to order your ... ...t was football between them. It went on through the afternoon up to five o’clock. No impression was betrayed by Lady Charlotte. She congratulated her ... ...sion with his unreasonable sister until the next day at half-past twelve o’clock. Lady Charlotte nod- ded to the appointment. She would have congratul... ...er did with his horsemen. The subject was interesting; but Weyburn saw the clock at past the half after ten. He gave a slight sign of restiveness, and...

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... tumultuous times were ample justification for these precautions. As six o’clock was striking from the great tower of the Ab- bey Saint-Martin, the lo... ...eking means to get from his prison to the ho- tel de Poitiers. About ten o’clock Cornelius and his sister, convinced that their new inmate was sleepin... ...aiting his dinner, a repast which was taken in those days between eleven o’clock and mid-day, Louis XI., returning from a short promenade, sat down in... ... to Plessis, and would sup on the mor- row with Cornelius. Towards eight o’clock that evening, as the king was sup- ping with his physician, Cornelius...

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...cially had generally despatched a good deal of business before the eight o’clock breakfast. At nine they went to church, Mr. Devereux having restored ... ...y were presently joined by Emily. Lily remained in her own room till one o’clock, when she joined the others in the schoolroom, and they read aloud so... ...f obedience, never ventured to touch one of her tempters till after five o’clock, but, as she was a very rapid reader, she generally contrived to devo... ... seized within a sudden historical fever. She could hardly wait till one o’clock, before she settled herself at the schoolroom table with her work, an... ...rithmetic?’ asked he. ‘No,’ said Phyllis, ‘only I had not done it by one o’clock to-day, and Lily said I must finish after learning my lessons for to-... ...ing, you would know what misery is. Then before she has half finished, the clock strikes one, it is time to read, and the lessons are put off till the... ... Claude set out as soon as breakfast was over, and came back about three o’clock; Claude was tired with the heat, and betook himself to the sofa, wher... ...dingly sorry he had taken so much trouble. They came home at about seven o’clock. Jane met them in the hall, full of her own and Lady Rotherwood’s won... ...ianne, ‘it was twenty minutes to ten, I know, for I had just looked at the clock.’ ‘That clock is always too fast,’ said Lily. The next Sunday was ver...

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... obey him, ‘you shall all go off to Cocksmoor to-morrow morning at seven o’clock.’ ‘You forget that we two have had it,’ said Mary. ‘Which of you?’ ‘A... ...is—her first moral sentiment—discovered that it was broad daylight. What o’clock it was she could not guess. Averil was sound asleep, breathing deeply... ...thank you. I am so glad to try to do anything for you.’ ‘Thank you. What o’clock is it, please? Ah, then I ought to take that draught! I forgot it in ... ...dent, provident Polly! But,’ added Harry, recalled to a sense of time by a clock striking eleven, ‘I came to bring you something, Mary. You shall have... ...ention, ‘if you will let us go to Laburnum Grove by 113 Yo n g e twelve o’clock to-morrow, Mis. Pugh will show us her book of the pretty devices of l... ...ed, the young geologists talked, named, and sorted the specimens, till the clock striking the half-hour, warned the Mays that they must return; and Le... ...ra appeared to be the great gateway, and the turret above it, containing a clock, the hands of which pointed to 3.40. Aubrey had rather it had been fo... ...he left hand as you go in at the front door, but—’ and he looked up at the clock, ‘maybe, you would not mind waiting a bit till it strikes four. I don... ...was left to his own devices, and the hum and clatter of the mill, till the clock had struck four; and beginning to think that Hardy had forgotten him,...

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...and Juries and that, and once col- lared a young man with the drawing-room clock under his coat, and once on the parapets with his own hands and blank... ...ot a shade better, through his straying out at five years old and eleven o’clock in the forenoon and never heard of by word or sign or deed till half-...

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.... 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,... ...after a week s sickness at Marli, which will happen on the 29th, about six o clock in the evening. It seems to be an effect of the gout in his stomach...

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...nded with less trepidation. He did not reach Guildford until nearly four o’clock, and then he was so much exhausted that he decided to put up there fo... ...te unintentionally he stumbled upon these two people. It was about seven o’clock. He stopped outside a linen draper’s and peered over the goods in the... ... and pressing her hand to her brow. “Think! Look here, Jessie. It is ten o’clock. Shall we call a truce until one?” She hesitated, demanded a definiti... ...verturned machine. He whipped out his watch and saw that it was past two o’clock. “Lord love us, fancy that!—But the tracks’ll be all right,” said Mr.... ...past Goodwood station and Lavant, and approached Chichester towards four o’clock. And then came a terrible thing. In places the road became hard, in p... ...e inquiries at the Black Swan, the Crown, and the Red Lion Hotel. At six o’clock in the evening, he was walking downcast, intent, as one who had dropp... ...But things must be brought to an issue forthwith. 67 H G Wells By eight o’clock in the evening, in a little dining-room in the Vicuna Hotel, Bognor, ... ...nd from that, the financial problem suddenly rose upon him. He heard two o’clock strike, and three. It is odd how unhappy some of us are at times, whe...

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... till his setting, on gay and happy faces. Here and there, so early as six o’clock, a young man and woman in their best attire, may be seen hurrying a... ...rest, and all poor men from any recreation: out laws a milkman after nine o’clock in the morning, and makes eating houses lawful for only two hours i...

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... unfolding leaves of a copper-beech were blood-red. Punctually at eleven o’clock, the carriages began to arrive. There was a stir in the crowd at the ... ...a restaurant car, we can have some tea.’ The two men looked at the station clock, having nothing further to say. ‘What were you reading in the paper?’... ...s possessed to do, no matter what it was. Birkin rose. It was nearly one o’clock. ‘I’m going to bed,’ he said. ‘Gerald, I’ll ring you up in the mornin... ...ow them into the library, and tell them they shouldn’t come after eleven o’clock in the morning.’ ‘Why do you get up from dinner?—send them off,’ his ... ...ave. ‘Y ou needn’t go yet, need you?’ said Gerald, glancing quickly at the clock.’ It is early yet. I’ll walk down with you when you go. Sit down, don... ...ense and vivid consciousness, an exhausting superconsciousness. The church clock struck the hours, it seemed to her, in quick succession. She heard th... ... time was drawing near when she could wake him. It was like a release. The clock had struck four, outside in the night. Thank God the night had passed... ...art leapt with relief—yes, there was the slow, strong stroke of the church clock—at last, after this night of eter- nity. She waited to catch each slo... ...ice. She quivered. It was an intoler- able oppression to her. ‘Past five o’clock,’ she said. But he only closed his arms round her again. Her heart cr...

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...ud’s, never known to fail before, and the circumstance occurred at seven o’clock.* I could continue, almost ad infinitum, an account of the wars which... ...tism: I simply mean that my advice to the General, at a quarter-past two o’clock in the afternoon of that day, won this great triumph for the British ... ... have the honour to inform you that I arrived before this place at eight o’clock p.m. with ten thousand cavalry under my orders. I have burned, since ... ...e. Meat there is none—of drink there is a tolerable quantity; and at one o’clock punctually, a glass of wine and one olive shall be served out to each... ... meet like a man the com- ing catastrophe. 70 Major Gahagan * * * THREE O’CLOCK CAME: the sun was at this time making his ap- pearance in the heavens...

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... down from its hook the coat in which he had left Miss Viner’s letter. The clock marked the third quarter after midnight, and he knew it would make no... ...ss. The other was a deaf widower with three grown-up daughters, who kept a clock-shop in Bayswater!—Besides,” she rambled on, “I’m not so sure that I ... ...ent to the win- dow. Through the rain he could just discover the face of a clock in a tall building beyond the railway roofs. He pulled out his watch,... ...it all: the grimy carpet and wallpaper, the black marble mantel-piece, the clock with a gilt allegory under a dusty bell, the high-bol- stered brown-c... ...emselves. He roamed the country- side till long after dark, and the stable-clock of Givre was striking seven as he walked up the avenue to the court. ... ...the three roamed the woods and fields till the distant chime of the stable-clock made them turn back for luncheon. Effie, who was attended by a shaggy... ... what you think of her.” When they entered the house the hands of the hall clock stood within a few minutes of the luncheon hour. Anna led Effie off t... ...s taint that embittered all his thoughts; the hand of the slender-columned clock on the 102 The Reef mantel-piece had spanned a half-hour before sham... ...ow’s approval of his marriage? A knock on the door made Anna glance at the clock. “There’s Nurse to carry you off.” “It’s Sophy’s knock,” the little g...

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... zeal. Let us leave him there for the present. 38 Mark Twain VIII The question of the Seal bout five o’clock Henry VIII. awoke out of an un... ... with hunger and fatigue. He had been on his feet a good part of a day and a night (for it was now two or three o’clock in the morning), and had eaten... ...s man entered into a house in the hamlet of Islington where one lay sick—three witnesses say it was at ten of the clock in the morning, and two say it... ... us speed—my impatience will not brook fur- ther delay.” All possible hurry was made; still, it was after three o’clock before the village was reached... ...nded at it too. The whole journey was made without an adventure of importance. But it ended with one. About ten o’clock on the night of the 19th of Fe... ... XXXII Coronation Day et us go backward a few hours, and place our selves in Westminster Abbey, at four o’clock in the morning of this memorab... ...e coronation of a King. Yes, London and Westminster have been astir ever since the warning guns boomed at three o’clock, and already crowds of untitle... ... 174 Mark Twain ing are distinct now, but soft and dreamy, for the sun is lightly veiled with clouds. At seven o’clock the first break in the drowsy ... ... the present; it would be time enough to enlarge it when this first stage should be accomplished. Toward eleven o’clock he approached the palace; and ...

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...other of Ginevra were becoming impatient at her non-re- turn. “It is six o’clock, and Ginevra not yet home!” cried Bartolomeo. “She was never so late ... ...till his wife was asleep, and then going up to his garret to write. Four o’clock struck. Ginevra lay down again, and pretended to sleep. Presently Lui... ... where a glowing fire scarcely warmed the great spaces of their salon. The clock told midnight. For some time past the old couple had lost the ability...

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...oir of seraphim whence it was banished for the sin of pride. “There is the clock-tower of Alencon,” said the horseman, riding up to the carriage. “I s... ...d to this effect, the rock is capped by a Gothic church, the small spires, clock-tower, and buttresses of which make its shape almost precisely that o... ...g. Saint Anne of Auray herself appeared to me yesterday at half-past two o’clock; and she said to me these very words which I now repeat to you: ‘Are ... ...om Mademoiselle de Verneuil reassured him. “Madame,” he said, “about two o’clock he will be at my house waiting for you.” Emotion prevented Mademoisel... ...employed in spinning flax. He made a negative sign to her, and then, ten o’clock having struck from the tower of Saint-Leonard, he went to bed, mutter... ...she said, “take away those knick-knacks on the mantelpiece; leave only the clock and the two Dresden vases. I’ll fill those vases myself with the flow... ...backward, with her head on a cushion. After a long pause she looked at the clock, which then marked four in the afternoon. 256 The Chouans “My lord k... ...e in their clashing, subject a man,—love, ava- rice, and ambition. Eight o’clock struck from all the towers in the town. The moon rose late. Fog and d... ...t themselves roll down the precipice without breaking a limb.” The cracked clock of the belfry was ringing two when the commandant got back to the Pro...

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...r a short course of five. This was the second time, and it was past nine o’clock; the audience, a muster unprecedented and really encouraging, had for... ...er see her nor hear of her again: the knight’s widow (he had been mayor of Clockborough) would pass away and the heiress would return to her inheritan... ... Fund used to bring my portmanteau, so as not to have to think of eleven o’clock trains. I had a bold theory that as re- gards this temple of talk and... ...arp aims for stray sovereigns, being in view most from the tall steeple of Clockborough. His immedi- ate ambition was to occupy e lui seul the field o... ...r- nate gracefully with the posture of the hand on the heart. He talked to Clockborough in short only less beguilingly than Frank Saltram talked to hi... ...eople—he had the machinery; and the irony of Saltram’s being made showy at Clockborough came out to me when he said, as if he had no memory of our ori... ... gies between his body of doctrine and that pressed from headquarters upon Clockborough—the bottling, in a word, of the air of those lungs for conveni... ...e was not one. Lady Coxon had a fine old house, a house with “grounds,” at Clockborough, which she had let; but after she re- turned from abroad I lea... ...ave spoken of the habita- tion I had in my eye as the pleasantest thing at Clockborough. On his part, I was sure, this was the voice not of envy but o...

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...morning.” He admitted with simplicity that he was on the quay before six o’clock waiting for my ship to come in. He gave me the impression that it wou... ...ng at me with sav- age cynicism. I looked at my watch. It was past three o’clock—quite the full swing of afternoon office work in the port. He snarled... ...h the letter still in my pocket—against my heart. Collins Street at four o’clock in the afternoon is not exactly a desert solitude; but I had never fe...

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...ls are going to stay here,” said Fanny as I wished her good night at two o’clock. “And we’ll have dancing every evening as long as you remain.” 22 Th...