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Suppose she lost her new job after a week or two? Oh, rubbish.... Rot! Time enough for the gripes when she got the sack! She could hear no sound at all from the room above. Was Toby not home yet? He used to get home about ten minutes past six, as a rule. It was now a quarter-past. If she did not hear him she would go and meet May, and then call in to tell Mrs.
I afterwards heard that Bjaaland and Hassel had constructed this ingenious bath. I now went back to the house, and saw how they all almost made use of the vapour-bath. By a quarter-past five all the bathing was concluded, and everyone put on his furs; it was evident that they were going out. I followed the first man who left the hut; he was provided with a lantern, and indeed it was wanted.
But as it was of importance, specially in the outset of the business, to keep up the spirit of enterprise for landing on all practicable occasions, the writer, after consulting with the landing-master, ordered the bell to be rung for embarking, and at half-past eleven the boats reached the rock, and left it again at a quarter-past twelve, without, however, being able to do much work, as the smith could not be set to work from the smallness of the ebb and the strong breach of sea, which lashed with great force among the bars of the forge.
Of that there's no doubt. And the woman assured them that Stella Croyle was dead. This was at a quarter-past twelve." There was a movement of horror about the table, and then, with dry lips, Millie Splay whispered: "Stella!" "Yes. It must have been," answered Hillyard. "Oh, she had thought out her plan to its last detail. She knew the letter might not be enough.
As it touched the quarter-past one, Miss Gwilt stepped noiselessly into the corridor. "Let yourself out," she whispered through the grating, "and follow me." She returned to the stairs by which she had just descended, pushed the door to softly after Mr. Bashwood had followed her and led the way up to the landing of the second floor.
At a quarter-past one they were all riding away towards the Forest, and presently the serious business began. Vixen and her father were riding side by side. "You are so pale, papa. Is your head bad again to-day?" "Yes, my dear. I'm afraid I've started a chronic headache. But the fresh air will blow it away presently, I daresay. You're not looking over-well yourself, Vixen.
By half-past six Eliza had cut some mutton sandwiches and placed them in a basket with a bottle of milk the milkman having obliged with a specially early call by appointment. A brief journey by train, and by a quarter-past seven we were at Danstow for our day off in the country. Danstow is a picturesque little village, and looked beautiful in the hot sunlight.
There I squatted down and awaited developments. "The blind was not down in your room, and I could see Miss Harrison sitting there reading by the table. It was quarter-past ten when she closed her book, fastened the shutters, and retired. "I heard her shut the door, and felt quite sure that she had turned the key in the lock." "The key!" ejaculated Phelps.
That ammunition mule has always a good deal to bear, but now the burden put on him officially is almost too heavy for any four-legged thing. LADYSMITH, November 2, 1899. "Long Tom" opened fire at a quarter-past six from Pepworth Hill, and was replied to by the Naval Brigade.
And I went on wondering, and watching the moons. Then the stairs clock struck a quarter-past eleven, and I thought "Oh, Grace!
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