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Give up fine feelings, Jim. You don't know what trouble is yet." And so he went souse into the water. And after the bathe all came up and dressed; white trowsers and brilliant ties being the order of the day. Then we all, from the bachelor side of the house, assembled in the verandah, for the ceremony was not to be performed till eight, and it was not more than halfpast seven.
I had expected to be out for the evening, and had given the maids permission to go out together. It was about halfpast eight when I left the apartment. I had only gone a few blocks when I returned for something I had forgotten. I was in my bedroom when I heard the hall door open stealthily. I switched off the bedroom light instantly, and slipped into the clothes closet, leaving the door just ajar.
Kilda Road on Friday morning about halfpast one o'clock, when he was hailed by a gentleman in a light coat, who stepped into the cab and told him to drive to Powlett Street, in East Melbourne. He did so, and, after paying him, the gentleman got out at the corner of Wellington Parade and Powlett Street and walked slowly up Powlett Street, while the cab drove back to town.
Jimmie Dale closed the door, moved toward the window, drew the portieres aside, released the window catch, silently raised the window itself it was only a drop a few feet to the yard! And then Jimmie Dale sat down at the desk. A clock somewhere in the house struck a single note that would be halfpast one. Time passed slowly, interminably. The clock struck again two o'clock.
The climate of these picturesque islands does not favour conducting long conversations with one's oldest friends on an iron seat in the park. Halfpast eleven a.m. is not early in the day for a woman who gets up before six. The bodies and minds of these women belong to God and to themselves.
So some time between seven o'clock and halfpast eleven, Mr. Magpie got into the courtyard, put a jimmy at work on the bathroom window beyond the bedroom there, got busy more likely to be nearer eleven than seven he would have been back before now, otherwise, eh?" Meighan seemed to be communing with himself, rather than talking to Kenleigh.
But he almost immediately came back, and poked in his head with, "Is you go by de diligence?" "Yes, you stupid." In the morning one of our party was called at halfpast three, and saved the rest of us from a like fate; and we were not aroused at all, but woke early enough to get down and find the diligence nearly ready, and no breakfast, but "the man who spoke English" as lively as ever.
It was quite dark now, and Jimmie Dale leaned forward a little to catch the words. Both men were speaking in guarded undertones. "About six o'clock," Kenleigh answered. "I came straight from the office. I put the bonds in that safe there, and I should say it was a quarter to seven by the time I had dressed and gone out again." "And, say, halfpast eleven when you got back.
The rebel attack was made shortly after noon, and was repulsed by General Emory. This done, Sheridan again set to work to getting his line completely restored, while General Merritt charged and drove off an exposed battery of the Confederates. By halfpast three Sheridan was ready to attack.
Yes, I think he had to get up at halfpast 11 P.M. in order to be sure to be perfect with his history lesson by noon. With results as follows from a Calcutta school examination: "Q. Who was Cardinal Wolsey? No. 45 of his publication he charged the King of uttering a lie from the throne. He was arrested and cast into prison; and after releasing went to France.
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