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The evening's discourse was given in the English language, but it was no more enlightening to Edwin than the afternoon's sermon had been; still, by his expression of reverence and awe the congregation was not aware of this fact. At the close of the service Edwin was surprized to see that the entire congregation arose and remained standing as he had done in the afternoon.
"Well, my dear," she began, eagerly, as the door closed, "when are you going to announce it?" Christian sat down on her bed. She was looking very tired. "Never, I think!" Without paying attention to Judith's exclamation she took a newspaper out of the pocket of her top-coat, and handed it to her sister. "This is this evening's paper. I got it at the Junction. Read that."
When he had opened the door into the street the two friends stood silent a moment in the outer portico, suddenly conscious, after the seclusion of the great house and their evening's talk, of the city life beyond, hilarious, disordered, without subtlety in desire and regret, rich in the common passions of humanity.
Our tastes naturally differed on many points, but in one thing we all agreed: we always closed our entertainment with this Chopin trio. It was the climax of the evening's enjoyment.
Their evening had been magically beautiful, and even Addie, roused from her habitual inexpressiveness, had quivered into a momentary semblance of life. "I never I never " she gasped out helplessly when they had regained their hotel bedroom, and sat staring back entranced at the evening's evocations.
Miss Stratton had occasion to go upstairs for something, and glancing out of the front hall window, she saw the twisted roll of that evening's paper lying on a projection of the roof. "He threw the paper on the roof!" exclaimed Miss Stratton, "and he didn't come in to tell me!"
Which is why that evening's train carried Marley, with a police badge and the little flat volume bound in imitation leather in his pocket, out to some substation commander along the line for the corporal in charge to break in and hammer down into that finished product, a Zone Policeman. Incidentally Marley also illustrated some months later one of the special ways of getting off the force.
Bear-meat and venison enough for a winter's supply were hanging from the limbs. The swearing of Turner, a man of immense frame and muscular power, during our evening's conversation, was almost terrific. I had heard mountain swearing before, but his went far beyond all former examples. He could do all the swearing for our army in Mexico, and then have a surplus.
A heliogram came from Buller to say all was going well, and in this evening's Orders we were officially informed that relief is "within measurable distance." I don't know about time, but in space that measurable distance is hardly more than fifteen miles. From Observation Hill I again watched the British shells breaking over the ridge above the ford.
The evening's post brought him a letter from Philip, appointing an interview at Bayswater, at three o'clock on the following day the day after Valentine's return from Ullerton. He was ushered into Mr. Sheldon's study, where he found that gentleman awaiting him, grave and meditative of mood, but friendly, and indeed cordial, in his manner to the returning traveller.
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