"Clock in" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... left-hand side of the street, a long, low house in a bare garden. In answer to the loud summons, a red-faced little man opened the door and let out into the night a smell of bloaters and tea—the smell that pervades all Farlingford at six o'clock in ...
— The Last Hope • Henry Seton Merriman
... were all feeling good and anxious for another real hike. We were all three dressed in our Sunday clothes, and I was the proud possessor of a new spring suit and a pair of low shoes. It was about three o'clock in the afternoon when we started up the track from Manitou; by five o'clock we reached the Half-Way House, and much to our surprise found the keeper there. We had encountered very little or no snow that far on the track, and, as the days were getting longer, we knew we had two good hours ...
— Buffalo Roost • F. H. Cheley
... free ourselves by force, or die in the attempt, when a rumour spread that a courier from Santa Anna had arrived during the night. This inspired us with fresh hopes, and we trusted that the hour of our deliverance at last approached. At eight o'clock in the morning an officer entered our place of confinement, carrying Santa Anna's order in his hand, of the contents of which, however, he told us nothing, except that we were immediately to march away from ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 • Various
... cottage at that unseemly hour was evidently in earnest, and the door groaned under the vigorous assaults he made upon it. Of course I could not be uncertain in regard to the errand of the midnight visitor—for such the striking of the clock in the hall below now assured me he was. "The tug of war" was at hand, and I was to be called upon at once to "face ...
— Seek and Find - or The Adventures of a Smart Boy • Oliver Optic
... no wonder. Imagine, doctor, she did not go to sleep until three o'clock in this morning. We were greatly disturbed ...
— The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts • Honore De Balzac
|
