In the evening I called to see the mother; she was lying on a miserable couch in a low lodging-house in the Quebec suburbs, yet she had about her the air of a lady, and on her finger glittered a ring set with brilliants.
Several fire engines were throwing strong streams of water on the burning mass, but, the evening being windy, the fire swept all before it, and soon reduced several buildings to ashes.
One evening when Quintin called, as usual, to take his enamorata for a walk, she said she would prefer to stay at home, as she was quite fatigued with the day's work.
When the fashionable Mrs. Wilkie returned to her abode late in the evening she found the door closed on her, repeated pulls at the door-bell eliciting no response.
Late in the evening the same day the New York train arrived rather late, but with it Captain Fairfield's wife.
After tea she asked for theevening paper, and hastily scanned its columns, when her eye fell on some item of interest, and she became deadly pale.
One evening Lulu made her appearance at our house, in Montreal, accompanied by Mr. Hill, her husband.
In theevening the two lovers dined together and went to the theater, leaving it arm in arm, without caring for the opinion of the public, which the writers of gossip for the newspapers had left in no doubt on the nature of their relations.
At the end of the evening when she had retired to rest, she slipped into the large bed with a sort of indefinable pleasure after linking the name of the prince with that of God in her prayers.
Pierre Olsdorf and Vera met again in the evening at dinner, and the meal was almost a merry one.
That evening he told Vera that at last he was free, and a smile of ineffable joy played about her lips; but when he added that they must go back to Russia, the poor child's happiness changed to despair.
This necklet of pearls was the prince's first gift; these diamonds were in her ears that evening at the opera when her appearance there for the first time had caused such surprise.
When she was seen at the opera this evening a murmur of admiration ran through the house.
Every evening they would dine together, and when they did not remain at the hotel they would go to the theater.
The conduct of the prince was most strange of an evening when they came in from a stroll on the boulevards.
That evening when these faithful friends called, they were told that the mistress of the house was unwell and was lying down.
It was soon impossible to have any doubt of her relations with the handsome foreigner, for one evening her mother caught them almost in each other's arms in the great alley of Pampeln, which had been the scene of the declaration of their love.
Nevertheless, she slept that evening with her accustomed calm, and her last nights of maidenhood were troubled by none of the dreams that haunt the purest on the eve of the most important act of life.
One can hardly appreciate this scene without having passed an evening amid its light-hearted crowds.
The tourist in Paris rarely fails to spend at least oneevening in the Jardin Mabille; that is the male tourist, who is curious to behold life in all its phrases, and whom the fame of the garden attracts as the candle draws the moth.
Then, as if by magic, the huge waves lessen in their angry murmurs, the surface becomes quiet and calm; evening creeps on, and the glow from a descending sun illuminates the scene.
As evening steals upon us, the scene grows indescribably lovely, for the sun in his descent illumines the whole landscape with vivid gleams of many colors.
At the evening meal of the day before Easter the lenten fast is partly broken by eating fish and boiled eggs, but no meat.
The priests and the family of the godfather spend the evening in the child's home.
The same symbolic "Washing of Feet" was carried out on the evening of Maundy Thursday in much the same fashion as it is carried out in the home-land.
The night was dark, and, though the bowman of the Evening Star did not see it, another boat had reached the same lock from the opposite direction.
When supper was over the boys took a walk, and then, returning to their humble room, spent the evening in preparing their next morning's lessons.
This thought put fresh courage into the boy, and he straightway inquired for the Evening Star, which was the name of the boat commanded by his cousin.
Of course there was no more trouble, but the bowman, and the others connected with the Evening Star, were angry.
Little did he dream in the days when, as a boy, he guided the Evening Star, that fifteen years hence, an officer holding an important command he would use the knowledge then acquired to save a famishing army.
The moon is rising, and casts its soft, subdued light upon the dark hills and the slender trees, in the silvery leaves of which the evening wind is playing.
Grey-green dusk rests upon the earth; the shadows of evening drive away the last rays of the sun.
It was not long before evening drew on for the painter, and Death, the mighty reaper, laid him low.
Of an evening the whole family sat together round the lamp, his mother sewing, his father reading the paper, his grandfather with the great cat on his lap, and Jules working.
How many have been painted in the last forty years in which people are returning from their work of an evening across the country!
In "The Walk to Emmaus" the ground-tone is given by a grave evening landscape.
Far into the distance the field stretches away, and the heavy tread of the horses mingles in the stillness of evening with the murmur of the stream which flows round the grassy ridge, making its soft complaint.
The rays of the evening sun play upon their clothes; the night falls, and a profound silence rests upon the landscape.
Then comes Naples, with its glory of flowers and its moods of evening glowing in deep ruby.
So he stood one evening two paces in front of his little house, in the garden, amid a flaming sea of flowers scarlet like poppies.
He would enjoy this one more evening of pleasure, this night of joy; drain it to the dregs.
In the evening he sought diversion at the gaming-table, and fortune favored him here as it had done in Venice.
Then, with short, light steps, she went back to the table, and as she resumed her seat the bell forevening prayers was heard outside.
Go you, and knock this evening at his door, saying that 'you are come, he knows for what.
But, alas, she was as little able as on the preceding evening to understand him, and was turning away in vexation, when she thought she saw a piece of gold glittering on the ground.
This is indeed only too true; for even to this day can be heard from the depths of the ravine the melancholy wailing of these wretched souls at evening hour.
On the evening before our departure we were present at a ball which was given at the royal palace by the French inhabitants of Tahiti.
Towards evening we reached the position of the Montague Bank, which is indicated on the chart as a bank about three miles long, and in one part covered by only thirty-six fathoms of water.
In the evening of this day (24th October) we sailed from St. Vincent.
On the evening of the 25th an unusually dense patch was sighted, and mistaken for a reef, being reported as such by the look-out man aloft.
Later in the evening we reached our former anchorage in Tilly Bay, where we came to an anchor for the night.
On the evening of our arrival, we were most hospitably entertained at Government House, where we had also the pleasure of meeting all the rank and fashion of this part of the colony.
The anchorage at Somerset being of bad repute on account of the strong currents which sweep through it, we steamed on to the northern extremity of Albany Island, where at about 4 o'clock in the evening we dropped our anchor in six fathoms.
As we were sitting at dinner on the evening of the 3rd of May, the officer of the watch reported that the ship was moving through patches of light-coloured stuff resembling shoal water.
Towards evening we struck soundings in thirty-five fathoms, over the Hotspur Bank.
Our halting-place for this evening was at Isthmus Bay, where we anchored about six p.
On the evening of the 29th of May we anchored off Flinders Island, in latitude 14 deg.
Later in the evening we anchored in Playa Parda Cove, a beautiful little land-locked basin, and most of us landed at once, to spend the last few remaining hours of daylight.
Good eveningto you, Praskovia Ivanovna,' he said in the same sing-song.
Good evening to you, Onisim Sergeitch,' she said in a peculiar chant.
Five days after his conversation with Onisim, Pyetushkov set off in the evening to the baker's shop.
The same evening in a little room, beside a bed covered with a striped eider-down, Onisim was sitting at a clumsy little table, facing Vassilissa.
Late in the evening Ardalion came to me and announced that to his annoyance he could not find the old woman.
But I tell you what: you come in the eveningto Sokolniki.
In fact, towards evening I was so exhausted that on reaching the posting-station I decided to spend the night at the inn.
In the evening Pyetushkov returned home, and began rummaging in his boxes.
Come in the evening; in the evening we are always at home .
It was a summer-like evening, doors and windows were open, and one after another of the neighbors had dropped in, until Charlotte was reminded of the evening a year ago when the shop was under discussion.
Does it not seem strange when you look back to that evening when we first thought of the shop, that it has really been tried and proved a success?
She had in truth been strongly attracted to Miss Pennington that evening at Miss Wilbur's, and had a secret desire to see more of her.
What possessed me to mention it, I don't know, but I did, one evening when Caroline and Virginia were here.
Afterward he could look back on that evening and feel that out of his grief he had won a friend who might never have been his under other circumstances.
Later it appeared that unsuspected difficulties lurked in the seemingly simple matter of an evening call.
Yes, that very evening I told him I was certain my Miss Carpenter was lovelier than his.
It was one evening when Cousin Frank and I were sitting on the sand in the moonlight.
The girl hesitated over the invitation, saying she did not often go anywhere; but Norah's friendly manner won the day, and promptly at half past six on Friday evening Susanna ushered her into the shop.
One evening in May an unexpected visitor appeared in the shop.
Sometimes she would forget her lesson in the interest of recalling her evening visit there.
As she dressed for the evening an idea occurred to her.
It was the evening for Aunt Caroline's Antiquarian Society, and Aunt Virginia could be easily eluded.
That evening towards dusk, two ruddy-faced coastguards left a somewhat dilapidated car in charge of a local youth.
He made me think of a magnificent mummy "come alive," and dressed in modernevening clothes.
He finished the evening in the Blue Lion, where he had one bar almost to himself, and, avoiding his wife's reproachful glance when he arrived home, procured some warm water and began to bathe his honourable scars.
Elk Street thrilled to the fact that Mr. Billing had broken out again, and spoke darkly of what the evening might bring forth.
He pulled up suddenly one evening as he saw his tenacious friend, accompanied by a lady-member, some little distance ahead.
From six o'clock in theevening to six o'clock next morning I'm my own master.
Mr. Mott spent the evening by himself, and retiring to bed at ten-thirty was awakened by a persistent knocking at the front door at half-past one.
The evening was a trifle chilly for June, but I've been used to roughing it all my life, especially when I was afloat, and I went into the office and began to take my clothes off.
A beautiful summer evening it was, and I was sitting by the gate smoking a pipe till it should be time to light up, when I noticed a woman who 'ad just passed turn back and stand staring at me.
Melbourne's all right, but I thought I'd come home for the evening of my life.
I was so tired that I slept nearly all day arter I 'ad got 'ome, and I 'ad no sooner got back to the wharf in the evening than I see that the landlord 'ad been busy.
I've got to see a Labour-leader this afternoon, and two reporters, and this evening there's the meeting.
When I got to the wharf that evening it seemed like a diff'rent place, and I was whistling and smiling over my work quite in my old way, when the young policeman passed.
He spent theevening at the Charlton Arms, and, returning late, went slowly and heavily up to bed.
He came home one evening somewhat dejected, brightening up as he stood in the passage and inhaled the ravishing odours from the kitchen.
It was a copy of a London evening paper, containing a somewhat sensational account of Lali's accident.
They felt it was a matter they ought to be able to decide for themselves, but still it was the last evening of Lali's stay in town, and they did not care to take any risk.
The evening itself was not so hot as common, and there was an extra array of distinguished guests.
If they did tell her, and Frank happened not to arrive, it might unnerve her so as to make her appearance in the evening doubtful.
Marion dated her own happiness from the time when Lali met her accident, for in the evening of that disastrous day she issued to Captain Hume Vidall a commission which he could never--wished never--to resign.
As the evening wore on, the probability of Frank's appearance seemed less; and the Armours began to breathe more freely.
One wintryevening in March, 1889, Mr. Judge attended a meeting of the New York Anthropological Society, and told the audience all about the spectral gentleman, Koot Hoomi.
The funeral was a very simple one, not more than twenty persons being present, all of whom were in full evening dress.
And now as to the rest of the phenomena witnessed that evening in C--'s room.
He gives evening materializing seances of the cabinet type three times a week at his rooms.
On a rainy autumn evening Into desert places went a maid; And the secret fruit of unhappy love In her trembling hands she held.
On the very evening when the Sultan arrived at Scutari, one of the Kapudan Pasha's gardeners came to him with the joyful intelligence that Belgrade, Naples, Morea, and Kermanjasahan would blossom on the morrow.
The imposing shape of the City of the Seven Hills loomed forth like a majestic picture in the evening light.
On the evening before, it is announced by the blowing of horns that the morrow will be the Feast of Halwet.
Towards evening the banner was hoisted on to the second gate beneath which were the dormitories of the high officers of state.
A contrary wind was blowing across the Bosphorus, so that it was not until towards the evening that the Sultan arrived at Scutari, and disembarked there at his seaside palace with his viziers, his princes, the Chief Mufti, and Ispirizade.
Every evening she returns mournfully to her little dwelling, and whenever she sits down to supper she places opposite to her a platter and a mug--and so she waits for him who comes not.
If by evening thou dost not show thyself in the camp, then so sure as God is one, the host will not remain in Scutari but will come to Stambul.
That same evening Halil sent back Sulali with the message that the Chief Mufti might go free.
Every evening spread the table for me, for thou knowest not when I may arrive.
On the evening of the expected day, two hussars rode up to the ferry from the opposite side.
I did not forget my evening tryst, and found the old man in the porch.
Good evening to you, Master Host," exclaimed the mischief-loving hussar, at the same time striking him on the shoulder as familiarly as if he had been one of his own recruits.
The mildevening breeze sighed softly through the leaves of the maize, and the crickets chirped around him.
The evening breeze whispered mournfully through the ruined walls, and strewed the faded leaves upon eleven grassy mounds!
From morning tillevening there was not wherewithal to stain my teeth; so for want of better employment, I began to look about the village.
Evening was drawing on, and a slight transparent mist had overspread the valley.
One must be introduced, and how can chairmen of the evening introduce me?
One evening when I had been sitting with her longer than usual I laid my hand firmly on her arm.
Her fear as the evening went on became contagious, and the contagion took in my breast the form of a sudden panic.
I was out in the cold while, by the evening fire, under the lamp, they followed the chase for which I myself had sounded the horn.
She, on her side, was all the eveningat the 'Gentlewomen.
The evening papers were just out with a telegram on the author of that work, who, in Rome, had been ill for some days with an attack of malarial fever.
During the last weeks, as the opportunity of reading the complete thing drew near, one's suspense was barely endurable, and I shall never forget the July evening on which I put it to rout.
On the question of what had happened the evening of her death little more passed between us; I had been overtaken by a horror of the element of evidence.
I could only however that evening declare to him that he never missed one for kindness.
Therefore very quietly, but none the less abruptly and hideously, I put it before him on a certain evening that we must reconsider our situation and recognise that it had completely altered.
He had had in his hand an evening newspaper; he tossed it down on the table.
Geoffrey Daw-ling accepted like a gentleman the event his evening paper had proclaimed; in view of which I snatched a moment to murmur him a hint to offer Mrs. Meldrum his hand.
Sprinkle the bed every evening until sprouted; too much water will cause injury.
Our fire burned warm, filling the room with a home-like glow, so with good wine and clear consciences Jerome and I drank and talked and stretched the lazy evening through.
She confessed this evening to having spoken with you once in the Chapel at Sceaux--and I, may God forgive me, doubted but she had done it to shield her sister.
The evening being far advanced I could not go that night, so contented myself with the promise I would cross the bay on the morrow.
Stratford, with something of the comely grace of Shakespeare's town in its avenues of neat homes and fine trees, gave him as warm a reception as anywhere in Canada on the evening of October 21st.
Arriving in evening dress, his youth seemed accentuated among so many shrewd fellows, who were there obviously not to take him or any one for granted.
The evening was given over to one of the most brilliant scenes of the whole tour.
The priests perform the ordinary service late in the afternoon or in the evening twilight.
When at the temple of Jagannath, he was asked to take part in the evening worship at which lights were waved before the god while flowers and incense were presented on golden salvers studded with pearls.
It was subsequently washed by the king's own hands and in the evening his Majesty, who like Akbar had a taste for religious discussion, listened to the arguments of his Chinese guest.
He caught an early train to London, and that evening he renewed his subscription to the Burglars' Club by exhibiting the Victoria Cross lately bestowed on Captain Sefton Richards by His Majesty.
That evening the meeting of the Burglars' Club was held at the house of Lord Altamont, an ex-colonel of the Welsh Guards.
Then he glanced doubtfully from the Bishop's evening dress to his own raiment.
On the evening of the 28th, Captain Prescott Cunningham renewed his subscription to the Burglars' Club; and at 9 a.
He has, no doubt, concealed the fact from you, but he was too ill to accompany me this evening to the hall of music.
If you want any further information meet me at the Blue Lion, Monument, at nine-thirty to-morrow evening without fail.
On the evening of the 8th, John Parker, a footman in the employ of Lord Denton, called by request on Mr. Rivers at his rooms in the Albany.
He was inevening dress, and temporarily, at any rate, would strike a servant as being one of the guests.
A fortnight later the disbanding of the Club was celebrated by a dinner, the guest of the evening being Mr. Marvell.
He spent the evening alone with Paley, and about eleven o'clock, with firm determination on his face, he forced the lock of the crozier case.
Therefore on land he ever afterwards wore a frock-coat, except when in evening dress or pyjamas.
The rest of theevening was spent in conversation, and in listening to coon songs witchingly sung by Miss Pilgrim to her accompaniment on a harpsichord, once the property of Mrs. Thrale of Streatham, a friend of the immortal Dr.
