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34146	3	three o'clock	true	112	114	That was eighteen-pence clean thrown awa ' ; and only left ye wi ' three-and-sax-pence . Poor soul ! what did ye do ? '' `` Beginning to reflect in the morning , '' said the other , `` that three-and-sixpence was not an inexhaustible sum , I agreed to pass over the very useful ceremony of a breakfast ; and , strolling ...
34146	0	midnight	true	77	78	They were a mingling of the ludicrous and the wretched . Yet , to give you but one or two instances out of many : -- One cold and weary night , sleep came upon me like death itself . I was wandering along Thames Street , and came to Billingsgate . Porters and oyster-sellers were lounging about the market , some sitting...
34146	3	the hour of three	true	101	105	I raised my hand , and I am thankful that his table , which was a fixture , was between him and the river . I rushed through the crowd ; and whether the blow which I had lent the fishmonger operated upon their courage and humanity , I can not tell , but they made way for me . I had not , however , proceeded far , when ...
34146	2	two o'clock	true	67	69	So , say the word -- will ye go wi ' me , or will ye not ? '' `` I will -- yes , yes , I will ! '' answered Mr Musgrave , eagerly . `` Well , well , '' said Peter , `` there need be no more about it , then -- say that I meet you at this house to-morrow at two o'clock . '' `` Agreed , '' replied the other . `` But , '' ...
34146	2	about two o'clock	true	52	55	`` Next forenoon we passed in a state of great anxiety . Captain H -- had spent a sleepless night , and still paced the room in violent emotion , or sank exhausted into his seat . I could not leave him , for the sake of humanity . At length , about two o'clock , Mr H -- came himself to visit his nephew . I can not desc...
34146	12	noon	true	84	85	My heart seemed to take little interest in what my lips were uttering . All appeared as if I had been suddenly thrown to the bottom of a mine in utter darkness . Then , again , the glowing sun , that the day before seemed stationary in the heavens , so slow had appeared his progress , now seemed to whirl with fearful v...
34146	12	noon	true	104	105	I was , involuntarily on my part , made his confidant . He told me that he had not as yet declared his passion to Helen , and feared to do so , lest he should be rejected by her , as there was a young Portuguese noble very marked in his attentions . Jocularly , I began to laugh him out of his fears , and urged a bold a...
34145	0	midnight	true	36	37	Speak , Mary , love ! let me again hear your voice thrilling like music through my breast ! O Jack ! I am now like one who has been run down in a squall at midnight , and ere he is aware that the waters have covered over him , finds himself aloft , listening to the harps of the happy . ' '' ` I do n't know what this is...
34145	12	About twelve o'clock	true	277	280	The struggling energies of conscience loaded with crime , have been witnessed by philosophers who have denied the existence of the moral sense as an original power ; but of what avail is their scepticism , when they are bound to admit that this great sanction of God 's law is incident to all mankind -- having been foun...
34145	3	about three o'clock	true	56	59	You know , master , what awaited us next morning . I had been marching , on the day of our arrival , for twelve hours , under a very hot sun , and was fatigued enough to sleep soundly . But the dead might have awakened next morning . The enemy broke in upon us about three o'clock . It was pitch dark . I had been dreami...
34145	8	About eight o'clock	true	43	46	But , remember , no tricks , Tom ! If we engage in the work , we must go share and share alike in the booty . ' ` To be sure , ' said Tom ; and so the conversation closed . About eight o'clock , or so , master , I stepped out to the door . The night was dark and boisterous as ever , and there had come on a heavy rain ....
34145	11	About 11 o'clock	true	114	117	But , when I hinted that I was in possession of such information as might lead to the accomplishment of their object , they took at once at the bait , and agreed that , not only they , but their wives and families , should be supplied from my stores . Fancy waistcoats , watch-chains , twelve-bladed knives , razors , sn...
34145	1	about one o'clock in the morning	true	94	100	All confirmed drunkards have in their drunkenness some ruling principle , which ; however far gone they may be , regulates their wayward movements . The writer 's habit was to sit when he thought he could not stand -- one which many sober men might do well to adopt . The weaver 's , again , was to _ walk _ when he wish...
34145	12	noon	true	114	115	But , leaving the freebooter and his son on the turret of their fastness , we shall also , for a few moments , leave Dumfriesshire , and carrying back our narrative for some weeks , introduce the reader to the ancient town of Berwick-upon-Tweed . On Wednesday , the 8th of April , 1603 , every soul in the good town of B...
34145	4	four o'clock	true	124	126	She it was who brought Mr. Andrew Micklewhame the pint of porter and the biscuit . `` I suppose , my dear ! '' said Andrew -- -LRB- he had been a gay deceiver in his youth , and , ever since that period , the phrase , `` my dear ! '' had stuck to him , and always when speaking to a female did he use it -RRB- -- `` I su...
34145	2	two o'clock in the morning	true	60	65	Who her husband had been ? whether she had money ? what was her situation in life ? were what Andrew tried long and earnestly to discover , but in vain -- the Widow Brown seemed wrapped in mystery ; and , from that hour , when he imprinted a kiss upon her lips , under a lamp-post , at two o'clock in the morning , in Br...
34145	9	nine o'clock	true	63	65	that infernal fellow must have carried them off ! '' muttered Andrew . `` Na , na , '' said Kirsty ; `` it 's no the infernal gentleman ava , man . I wadna be the least surprised but it 's that auld punchy buddy that sleepit in this room last nicht , and ran awa this morning , wi ' the nine o'clock omnibush , without p...
34145	1	nearly one o'clock	true	194	197	By this time they had returned to the well , where they resumed their water vessels and hurried home , some to report the strange adventure the deacon had encountered the night before , and the deaconess to tell her better half of the delusion he had been under . Before breakfast time , the story was in every one 's mo...
34145	0	midnight	true	167	168	The reward hath not perished , and shall not be taken away , though now God calls upon me to leave you . '' He then requested his father to read to him the latter part of the 15th chapter of 1st Corinthians , which he did with a composed and steady voice , amid the silent tears of his children , and the frequent sobs o...
34144	0	midnight	true	132	133	But my thoughts were of other matters . Catherine sat beside me , arranging Easter gifts for the poor ; and I , though awkwardly , attempted to assist her . Twilight was drawing on , and the day was stormy for the season , for the snow fell , and the wind whirled round the drift in fantastic columns ; but with us , the...
34144	0	midnight	true	44	45	` Means ! Catherine ! ' returned I -- ` are ye not to be another 's ? Would that I had died before I had looked upon thy face , and my soul was lighted with a fleeting joy , only that the midnight of misery might sit down on it for ever ! ' ` Oh , speak not thus ! ' she cried , and her gentle form shook as a blighted l...
34144	11	About eleven o'clock	true	88	91	The Maiden was finished soon after , and the guidman of Cairnkibbie retired with his guidwife to rest , and in their waking moments to wonder at the strange events of the day . The fears of evil , resulting from his own conduct , had in a great measure ceased ; but , alas ! they ceased only to be revived in the morning...
34144	10	about ten o'clock	true	62	65	said my cousin , Nelly Laurie , a girl of eighteen , to me , when my years could be reckoned by the number of the muses . `` What ! what is it ! '' I exclaimed ; and my attention was directed towards a moss , or morass , through which our footpath lay , on our way home , about ten o'clock of a dark , damp , and cloudy ...
34144	0	midnight	true	85	86	Disease may relax the body and enervate the whole frame ; but thou art the disease of the soul , the fever of the brain . Misfortunes may be borne -- pain must be endured till it is cured -- but superstition such as _ this _ , is neither endurable nor curable . I am not yet completely cured of it , now that I have ente...
34144	1	one o'clock	true	164	166	But I was not in love with Alice Lorimer . True , she preferred my company to that of any other person , save her dearly-beloved father ; true , she sat on my knee , as she did on that of her parent , unconscious of any different feeling in the two positions ; but we never talked of love ; I would as soon have thought ...
34144	0	Midnight	true	105	106	Her heart grew lighter as her story was told , and they sat by the window together watching one party after another return from the fair . But Willie was not amongst them ; and as it began to wax late , and acquaintances passed , Menie ran to inquire of them if they had seen anything of Willie ; and they shook their he...
34144	0	midnight	true	31	32	We were left unguarded . ` Let us fly , ' said he ; but I was unable to follow him . He took me upon his shoulders . It was midnight . He bore me to the woods . For five days he carried me along , or supported me on his arm , till we were within sight of the British lines . There a party of native horsemen came upon us...
34144	8	about eight o'clock	true	125	128	Her name was the _ Queen Charlotte _ ; she mounted twenty-two guns ; her captain was called by the seamen the Gallipot Captain , as he had formerly been doctor on board the same vessel , and , her captain having died in her last voyage , he was now the commander , in consequence of having brought her home . I went on b...
34144	11	About eleven o'clock	true	160	163	`` In the morning all was again bustle , preparing for a sumptuous dinner for the king , in which there behoved not to be forgot a huge plum-pudding , and a roast pig , two dishes upon which depend the good or ill humour of his Majesty ; and the larger the fragments are , the better is his humour , as all that is not c...
8487	12	noon	true	94	95	The locomobile kept this name forever after in Meyerhofer 's house . Next morning the noise began afresh . The ten hired workmen stood in the yard and did not know what to do . Meyerhofer wanted to have the engine heated , but Lob Levy , who had passed the night in a shed in order to be at hand the first thing in the m...
8487	12	The midday sun	true	48	51	Just as the carriage had started , Paul was attacked by the two Erdmanns , who thrashed him a little . `` You ought to be ashamed , two against one , '' he said , and they let him go . He went home very contentedly . The midday sun glittered on the open heath , and in misty distance the carriage rolled before him ; it ...
8487	12	midday	true	75	76	He also looked back anxiously from time to time , to see whether the two Erdmanns were lurking anywhere with their mocking remarks . But when they went through the open fields it was quite natural that they should walk side by side . It was a sunny forenoon in June . The white sand on the road glittered ; round about g...
8487	8	eight o’clock	true	110	112	He took both Paul 's hands in his , and made him a long speech as to how he must learn to look out for what was great in human life , and to emulate him , his father , who , though always pursued by misfortune and plundered by the wickedness of men , had never allowed himself to be discouraged from aspiring to the star...
8487	12	noon	true	56	57	How is your dear mamma ? '' Paul gave her a grateful glance . He felt he could speak to-day of all that was in his heart ; then it suddenly occurred to him that the pause for breakfast was long over , and that the servant was waiting for him with the horses . By noon he must finish , for after dinner the cart was to dr...
8487	12	About twelve o’clock	true	75	78	`` I shall leave the book here , '' she called after him ; `` fetch it when you have finished . '' The servant smiled knowingly when he saw him come , and Paul hardly dared to raise his eyes to him . Each time when he passed at his work the place where she was resting in the wood she raised herself up a little and wave...
8487	0	nearly midnight	true	102	104	`` Your eyes sparkle so suspiciously . '' He laughed loudly and ran away ; but when at supper she still looked at him -- inquiringly and sadly -- he was sorry that he had not given her his confidence , and went after her and confessed all that had happened to him . Then her haggard face suddenly lit up as by a ray of s...
8487	0	midnight	true	57	58	They had asked permission to visit the vicar 's daughter Hedwig , their playmate , who was an unpretending , quiet girl , in whose company he gladly trusted them . Now he thought he would wait till they had all come home . The moonlight drew him out onto the heath . It lay there in midnight silence ; only in the heathe...
8487	0	midnight	true	75	76	He turned quickly round and saw another shadowy couple , who seemed to sink into the ground behind a bush . `` The whole heath seems alive to-day , '' he murmured , and added , smiling , `` of course , it is mid summer night . '' Soon after him the twins came home with wild hair and flushed faces . They declared the vi...
8487	20	eight o’clock in the evening	true	48	53	`` Do you remember whether in any way you had anything to do with fire , matches , or such things ? '' `` Oh no , I am much too careful for that . '' `` When were you last in the barn ? '' `` At eight o'clock in the evening . '' `` What were you doing there ? '' `` I made my usual evening round before I locked the gate...
8487	0	midnight	true	66	67	She has had to get up hungry from the table of life , just as I said . '' He wondered that the pain he felt was not so great as he had fancied it would be . Only the confused thoughts about all sorts of stupid things flitting through his head like bats at dusk showed him the state of his mind . It struck midnight ; the...
8487	11	eleven o’clock	true	53	55	`` Just give me the tap , '' Max answered ; `` I am an expert . The beer in the casks will be just as fresh to-morrow as it is to-day . '' And when Paul had done his bidding , he turned his back on him and went away . At eleven o'clock the candles round the coffin were blown out -- every one retired to rest . Paul foun...
8487	10	ten o’clock in the morning	true	64	69	And when Paul had done his bidding , he turned his back on him and went away . At eleven o'clock the candles round the coffin were blown out -- every one retired to rest . Paul found that there was no bed left for him , and climbed into the hay-loft , where he sat upright all night buried in thought . At ten o'clock in...
8487	0	midnight	true	77	78	Oh , that will be beautiful ! Now just pay attention ; I know a beautiful verse : ``` What my love for you is , have you known ? There is on the heath a grave all alone ; In it a poor dead poet is sleeping , To whom his love has brought much weeping ; He sleeps and sleeps in his sombre grave , But sleeps not away the g...
8487	8	eight o’clock	true	47	49	I will relinquish the last remnant of pride , if only my sisters can be saved . '' He vowed it with uplifted arms , and hurried out onto the heath . For wellnigh three hours he struggled along the snowed-up roads . It might have been eight o'clock when he stopped , tired and breathless , before the gates of Lotkeim . `...
8487	6	six o’clock	true	87	89	The heath lay shrouded in a blue-gray mist , and sparkling ice-crystals were flying through the clear winter air . When he passed Helenenthal he saw two sledges moving towards the manor-house laden with fir branches . `` It seems to me they are going to have a festivity there , '' he murmured , looking after the sledge...
8487	4	about four o’clock in the morning	true	92	98	I will ! '' And in assurance thereof he shot a ball into the air , so that the echo rolled through the silence awfully and the ravens flew croaking from their nests . The nearer the hour approached at which the brothers must return home the more nervous he grew ; but his nervousness was not about the bloody deed : he t...
8487	0	midnight	true	96	97	* * * * * During the same week it began to thaw , the work went on quickly , and one Friday evening at the beginning of March `` Black Susy '' stood there , smart and shiny in her newly-mended garment . Next day the boiler was to be tried , and the wood and coal lay heaped up by the walls of the shed . Paul , unable to...
8487	1	one o’clock	true	51	53	asked Paul . `` Oh , I only meant ... coincidence -- the same day that they burned down our barn . Just tell me , Paul -- you were awake -- what hour might it have been when you saw the flames rise ? '' `` It might have been one o'clock . '' `` Well , you ought to know . Though what the business really was that took yo...
8487	1	one o’clock	true	42	44	Then suddenly it shot through his brain -- `` Why did father ask so minutely about the time years ago ? Would his revenge be executed at the same moment ? Good heavens ' then all is lost . I told him one o'clock was the hour , and it is one now . '' Mad fear seized him -- again he climbed the ladder . In the next momen...
8487	12	twelve o’clock	true	31	33	Plague you , leave me in peace ! '' he cried to the women who surrounded him . `` But think of Elsbeth , '' they called out . `` At twelve o'clock the vicar comes , and what will she look like ? '' `` That 's her lookout ! '' he shouted . `` Let her be , she knows quite well what she is doing . ''
8487	11	eleven o’clock	true	36	38	It was a sad procession . Elsbeth had Paul carried into her own bedroom , locked the door , and seated herself near the bed . Vainly the aunts implored to be let in . At eleven o'clock the doctor came , and declared himself willing to stay with his patient till next morning . He had evidently come prepared for it , for...
8487	12	noon	true	63	64	`` Thither , '' he said . `` I can not rest ere I have been there . '' `` You are right , '' she replied , and hand in hand they walked through the blooming heather , over which the wild bees were swarming , sleepily humming . When they entered the cemetery the clock at the White House was striking noon . Twelve times ...
8487	0	midnight	true	62	63	`` Thy little bird upon the sill Chirps gently towards thy bed his trill , And closes wearily his wings -- Sleep on ! `` Dear child , sleep on ; sleep on , dear child ! Beside thy bed thy mother mild Watches the hour-glass slowly turn -- Sleep on ! `` Thy mother watches -- time goes by -- The midnight hour approaches n...
4444	0	midnight	true	24	25	DIPWELL FARM IV . I HAVE A TASTE OF GRANDEUR V. I HAVE A DEAR FRIEND VI . A TALE OF A GOOSE One midnight of a winter month the sleepers in Riversley Grange were awakened by a ringing of the outer bell and blows upon the great hall - doors . Squire Beltham was master there : the other members of the household were , his...
4444	1	A quarter to two	true	32	36	roared the squire . ` Why , what 's it o'clock ? ' Reaching a hand to the watch over his head , he caught sight of the unearthly hour . ` A quarter to two ? Gentleman downstairs ? Ca n't be that infernal apothecary who broke 's engagement to dine with me last night ? By George , if it is I 'll souse him ; I 'll drench ...
4444	2	Two o'clock in the morning	true	50	55	Gentleman downstairs ? Ca n't be that infernal apothecary who broke 's engagement to dine with me last night ? By George , if it is I 'll souse him ; I 'll drench him from head to heel as though the rascal 'd been drawn through the duck-pond . Two o'clock in the morning ? Why , the man 's drunk . Tell him I 'm a magist...
4444	0	midnight	true	24	25	and the door 's locked ? ' ` Yes , sir . ' ` Let him rot there ! ' By this time the midnight visitor 's patience had become exhausted . A renewal of his clamour for immediate attention fell on the squire 's ear , amazing him to stupefaction at such challengeing insolence . ` Hand me my breeches , ' he called to Sewis ;...
4444	0	midnight	true	40	41	They petted me tenderly . My story was extracted by alternate leading questions from the old gentleman and timely caresses from the ladies . I could tell them everything except the name of the street where I lived . My midnight excursion from the house of my grandfather excited them chiefly ; also my having a mother al...
4444	9	nine o'clock	true	169	171	Mrs. Waddy entreated him to be respectful to my father , who was , she declared , his superior , and , begging everybody 's pardon present , the superior of us all , through no sin of his own , that caused him to be so unfortunate ; and a real Christian and pattern , in spite of outsides , though as true a gentleman as...
4444	10	ten in the morning	true	89	93	This was our consolation , and the sentiment of the school . Fancy , then , our amazement to behold him laying the cane on Heriot 's shoulders as fiercely as he could , and Boddy seconding him . The scene was terrible . We were all at our desks doing evening tasks for the morrow , a great matchday at cricket , Boddy wa...
4444	3	three in the morning	true	72	76	We had lost the sound of the carriage . Heriot fell to musing . He remarked that the accident took away from Mr. Salter the responsibility of delivering him at Surrey House , but that he , Heriot , was bound , for Mr. Salter 's sake , to conduct me to the doors ; an unintelligible refinement of reasoning , to my wits ....
34149	0	midnight	true	205	206	It was thick and dark ; and there was a rustling and crackling on every side , as the dogs went bounding among the underwood -- their ears and tails erected , and opening from time to time in quick , sharp barkings , sure indications that they deemed themselves near the close of their journey . The trees began to open ...
34149	0	about midnight	true	128	130	The River , ye ken , is no mickle aboon twa hundred miles frae Racoon Settlement , and Tam M'Intyre and I , who for five years hadna seen a living creature liker a woman than an Indian squaw , resolved on going to the ball , to see the lassies . We yoked our sledges on a snell frosty morning , set out across the great ...
34149	2	about two o'clock	true	164	167	I slept soundly till morning ; and , after a breakfast of porridge -- `` Scotland 's halesome food '' -- and learning that the young and beautiful woman , the shepherd 's daughter , was to be married on Saturday eight-days , I bent my way homewards , to hear and bear merited reproof for the anxiety which my absence -LR...
34149	11	About eleven o'clock	true	81	84	There was no harm in this ; but he called again the next day , and , as I shortly after learned , every day . So , when I heard this , I thought it was right and proper that I should see him , and learn who and what he was . I accordingly stopped at home a forenoon for the express purpose , but not much , as I easily o...
34149	11	eleven o'clock	true	178	180	When he left the house , I turned to Elizabeth , and -- `` Now , Betty , hinny , '' says I , `` tak my advice , as yer faither and yer freend , and ne'er speak to that young man again , nor alloo him to keep ye company ; for , as sure as my name is Reuben , there is something essentially bad aboot him . '' She hung her...
34149	10	about ten o'clock	true	71	74	sobbed my poor bairn . Priscilla was stupified , and she repeated the word `` Away ! '' but the truth broke over me in a moment ; and I sank back into a chair , as helpless , for all the world , as a new-born infant . Rachel tried to compose herself the best way she could ; and she informed us that her sister had left ...
34149	8	eight o'clock	true	112	114	And , in a few minutes , the topgallantyards were safely landed on deck , and secured on the booms . Hitherto the weather had been dry and fine , except during the squalls ; but , as the night closed in , a thick drizzling rain came on , which drove all the passengers below . The ship was now plunging and rolling heavi...
34149	16	About four o'clock in the afternoon	true	111	117	It was a work of considerable difficulty and no little danger to bend the cables , as the ship was plunging and rolling awfully , and every now and then taking green seas over all , and volumes of water rushed through the open hawse-hole into the lower deck . At last it _ was _ accomplished , and the men had a temporar...
34149	0	midnights	true	101	102	The gipsy chieftain had also a grim cur of the true black-faced breed , famous for collecting and driving off sheep , and therefore distinguished by his own name . In the darkest cleughs or ravines , or in the deepest snow , this faithful animal had never been known to abandon the flock commited to his care , or to fai...
34149	12	about twelve o'clock	true	131	134	Come , put up your whinger , my man , and dinna be breakin the peace o ' the meetin . ' Weel , you see , as Sir Robert was a good freend o ' mine , and had stood my part in many a strait , I did as he bade me , but wi ' a secret oath that I wad tak an opportunity after o ' clearin scores wi ' Tinlin . And , by my feth ...
34149	12	the hour of twelve	true	247	251	On taking hold of him , though she did it in the gentlest manner possible , with a view to assist him out of the bed , he screamed out that she was breaking him to fragments , with such vociferation that the neighbours flocked in , to ascertain what was the cause . She could give no proper explanation ; for , although ...
34149	0	midnight	true	89	90	Poor Mary felt the bitterness and anguish of a deserted wife ; but she upbraided him not -- she spoke not of her sorrows . Health forsook her cheeks , and gladness had fled from her spirit ; yet as she nightly sat hour after hour waiting his return , as he entered , she welcomed him with a smile , which not unfrequentl...
34149	12	twelve o'clock	true	90	92	I had almost made a fool of myself by giving a false alarm . I never was so much out of sorts in my life with real terror ; I shook like a dog in a wet sack . My station was an old building , a complete ruin , without roof , and not more than six feet of wall standing in any part of it ; so that , with a glance of my e...
34149	9	nine o'clock	true	88	90	`` Hout , na , '' said Willie , `` he kens the gate as weel 's I do mysel -- there 's nae fear o ' him ; but I 'm thinkin , maybe , his father 's waur than he expeckit , and he 'll be bidin at the Langholm a ' nicht . '' `` Puir chiel ! I did hear tell that his father was waitin on ; but I hope he 's no that far gane y...
34148	0	midnight	true	164	165	And even on the northern side of `` the river , '' and `` the ideal line by fancy drawn , '' which `` divide the sister kingdoms , '' there are thousands who welcome and forget not `` blithe Yule Day . '' Next comes the New Year -- the bottle , the hot pint , and the _ first-foot _ -- and we might notice , also , Hanse...
34148	12	the hour of twelve	true	134	138	The joiner in the next village , however , said , that `` Wi ' a ' George 's genius , he didna believe he could mak an elshin-heft , and stick him ! -- and , in his opinion , there was mair to be made by making elshin-hefts than by writing ballants ! '' As I have said , eight years had passed ; it was again the last ni...
34148	0	midnight	true	150	151	Within two days , he saw at the door of every bookseller a placard with the words -- `` Just published , A DEFENCE OF THE WAR WITH FRANCE , by the Right Hon. Lord L -- . '' George compared himself to Esau , who sold his birthright for a mess of pottage -- he had bartered his name , his fame , and the fruits of his geni...
34148	11	eleven o'clock	true	87	89	Twenty shillings will go farther in London than in any city in the world , with those who know how to spend it -- but much depends upon that . By all the by-ways he could find , George winded his way down to Rosemary Lane , where the '' _ Black and Blue Reviver _ '' worketh miracles , and where the children of Israel a...
34148	9	nine o'clock	true	155	157	He dwelt upon the effect of the scenery -- he quoted passages from his own epic -- and he spoke of the time when his fair companion was his mother 's first-foot . She informed him that she was then hastening to the death-bed of her grandfather , whom she believed to be the only relative that she had in life -- that she...
34148	12	noon	true	149	150	But the blazing peat -- `` The bleezing ingle , and the clean hearth-stane '' -- is the very soul of cheerfulness and comfort . But then peats must be prepared . They do not grow in hedges , nor vegetate in meadows . They must be cut from the black and consolidated moss ; and a peculiarly-constructed spade , with a sha...
34148	0	midnight	true	102	103	Will was an illegitimate child . His mother had kept the secret so well that he did not know his father , though he had frequently urged her to reveal to him privately all that she knew of his parentage . In conversing , too , with Nancy , his now affianced bride , he had expressed similar wishes ; whilst she , with a ...
34148	10	ten o'clock	true	102	104	`` You would not say so , my dear fellow , '' said he , `` if you knew all . I am as unlucky a dog as ever ; and you may have reason yet , before we part , to wish we had not met again . '' `` Nonsense , '' said I ; `` let us enjoy the present , at all events , whatever the future may have in store for us . Come , orde...
34148	12	About noon	true	77	79	`` I have no time to return the compliment . If I can only keep clear of you till dark , I will weather you yet . '' The poor little Dolphin glided away beautifully , and proved that she well merited her good character ; for , after some hours ' chase , the privateer had gained but little upon us ; but still there appe...
34148	12	the hour of twelve	true	146	150	Besides , when there are a number of lady 's - maids , all busily engaged in decorating a single individual , a difference of opinion relative to the various items of dress always takes place , and occasions much delay . One of them is clear that such and such a colour of riband will best suit the complexion of the wea...
34148	8	eight o'clock	true	112	114	But I thought there was something unco dry in her manner o ' saying `` maybe sae . '' However , as I couldna be fashed to call upon the minister that nicht , I took nae mair notice o ' the subject . I could hardly get a word out o ' her after this , for above an hour that I remained in her company . However , she rathe...
34148	7	about seven o'clock	true	88	91	`` Weel , '' thought I , `` that 's twa things aff my head -- Isabella will surely be pleased now -LRB- for they ca 'd her Isabella -RRB- . I 've been fortunate in meeting wi ' them baith -- in killing twa birds wi ' ae stane . '' But the appointed Wednesday nicht came , and perfectly do I recollect , that a dark , dir...
34148	12	twelve o'clock precisely	true	57	60	guid gracious ! I 'll never forget the sensation that I felt at that moment . I 'm surprised that I didna drop dead on the floor . `` Isabella , '' said I , `` are ye no perfectly aware that this is our wedding-day , and that we were to be at the manse at twelve o'clock precisely ? '' `` Ay ! '' said she , `` had ye ke...
34148	5	about five o'clock	true	143	146	Nor can there be a doubt that he was pleased -- if , indeed , it might not be said that he was delighted ; for it can not be denied that the weight of the secret he had carried about had materially interfered with his connubial happiness ; and even the light of the honeymoon had been dashed with streaks of shade , thro...
34148	4	four o'clock	true	139	141	`` Your father sat down to his writing-table , and began two letters -- one for his young wife , the other to his father -- and , while he was thus employed , I ran home , told Mary not to expect me home that night , and put on a suit of plain clothes . Before he was done , I had his sword and my own in excellent order...
34148	22	ten o'clock in the evening	true	97	102	Who now -- who will protect you when I am an outlaw ? ' `` He dashed his hands upon his forehead , and groaned . I could endure in silence no longer , and at length soothed him into something like composure . It was agreed that he should go to his father , inform him of his duel , and act by his counsel ; while I shoul...
34148	6	six o'clock	true	79	81	We parted at St Leonard 's Hill . `` In the forenoon nothing was talked of in the city but Captain Ogilvie 's duel ; and it had become a party question . The Whigs had one version of the cause of quarrel , the Tories another , I gave no ear to either ; but was rejoiced to learn that the captain was not dead , although ...
34148	10	ten o'clock	true	102	104	I told her that the captain was not yet dead , and would , I hoped , survive ; and , leaving her in charge of Mary , I hurried to ascertain what ground there was for any hope . I found that the captain was still alive , but that his death was hourly expected . `` With a sorrowful heart I hurried out by Bristo Port , af...
34148	8	eight o'clock	true	78	80	It seemed not to be very distant . Hope invigorated his weary limbs , and he dashed through the opposing wreaths as stoutly as if his toils had been only newly begun . Another blast was blown , and he continued to run upon the sound till it ceased , and it was not again repeated . He recollected that it was common for ...

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