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At a quarter-past six the door opened; we believed that we were sent for to the King, but it was only the officers looking for a prayer-book for him. We did not, however, abandon the hope of seeing him, till shouts of joy from the infuriated populace told us that all was over.
He will be at Fordborough by the quarter-past nine train, and Harry will meet him and bring him over at once by ten o'clock, he says, or a few minutes later." Sissy's brows contracted for a moment: she was calculating the time. "What is it now?" she said. "Twenty minutes to eight." Fourteen hours and a half! The whole night between herself and Percival!
Honestly, I did my level best to quash the proceedings: I might as well have tried to bale out the Pacific with a pitchfork. At a quarter-past seven the Swiggarts drove into Paradise, and I wish you could have seen the Grand Secretary's face. She had no idea, naturally, that her Jasper was the artist so busily engaged in decorating the village.
Nobody else?" "No; no one else." "Was it a nice dinner?" "It was a very good dinner." "Wine?" "There were several sorts of wine." "What time was dinner?" "About a quarter-past seven." "And what time did the gentlemen rise from table?" "They didn't rise from table. When dinner was over, Mr.
The watch, therefore, is called at a quarter-past eight, or it may be one bell, which is half-past. The forenoon watch bring their clothes-bags up with them, in order that they may not be again required to leave the deck before muster.
I've asked the Bishop of Frome to lunch, and I can't turn him out at a quarter-past two, can I? What date is there free?" Together they bent over the engagement book, and after a little discussion the new date was fixed. "I'm rather keen on dates to-day," said Paul, pointing to the brass calendar. "Why?" "It's exactly five years since I entered your dear service," said Paul.
At a quarter-past six the door opened; we believed that we were sent for to the King, but it was only the officers looking for a prayer-book for him. We did not, however, abandon the hope of seeing him, till shouts of joy from the infuriated populace told us that all was over.
Dacre's regret, was postponed for half an hour, servants were sent out, and the bell was rung, but no tidings. Mr. Dacre was a little annoyed and more alarmed; he was also hungry, and at half-past seven he sat down to a solitary meal. About a quarter-past eight a figure rapped at the dining-room window: it was the young Duke.
Her eyes, which looked more sunken than usual in her head, were full of intense life, as they glanced perpetually from one man to the other with a ceaseless watchfulness. She pressed Claude to eat, even helped him herself from the dishes. The clock had just struck a quarter-past one when a buzzing sound outside indicated the presence of someone at the door of the lobby. Charmian moved uneasily.
She had planned to see Toby; but if Toby was going to be a lout she might just as well show him she didn't care. "All right," she said. "Look here, if I'm not there by half-past seven, you'll know I've been kept mother's kept me. See?" "Mother!" laughed May. "Well, I'll be there quarter-past. See! Shouldn't come any further, case old Mother Jubb's lookin' out the window.
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