Evening
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On that particular evening, a gossip having taken the place of the usual game, he naively blurted out that the conversation of the former commissary of police amused him almost as much as dominoes.
On this particular evening, Grivet went and seated himself beside her, and talked for a long time, he, as usual, asking the questions and supplying the answers himself.
They must have been devoured by secret impatience all the
evening.
This, however, he would not by any means consent to, so he remained all the
evening
with his helmet on, the drollest and oddest figure that can be imagined; and while they were removing his armour, taking the baggages who were about it for ladies of high degree belonging to the castle, he said to them with great sprightliness:"Oh, never, surely, was there knightSo served by hand of dame,As served was he, Don Quixote hight,When from his town he came;With maidens waiting on himself,Princesses on his hack—or Rocinante, for that, ladies mine, is my horse's name, and Don Quixote of La Mancha is my own; for though I had no intention of declaring myself until my achievements in your service and honour had made me known, the necessity of adapting that old ballad of Lancelot to the present occasion has given you the knowledge of my name altogether prematurely.
At this moment the captive came up, having been until now otherwise engaged, and seeing that they all stood round his companion and that she made no reply to what they addressed to her, he said,"Ladies, this damsel hardly understands my language and can speak none but that of her own country, for which reason she does not and cannot answer what has been asked of her.""Nothing has been asked of her," returned Luscinda; "she has only been offered our company for this
evening
and a share of the quarters we occupy, where she shall be made as comfortable as the circumstances allow, with the good-will we are bound to show all strangers that stand in need of it, especially if it be a woman to whom the service is rendered."
To these men I said nothing more than that the next Friday in the
evening
they were to come out stealthily one by one and hang about Hadji Morato's garden, waiting for me there until I came.
Sancho passed the night in pain, for with the
evening
dews the blow of the staff made itself felt all the more.
"May I be buried with you, Sancho," said the duke, "but you know everything; I hope you will make as good a governor as your sagacity promises; and that is all I have to say; and now remember to-morrow is the day you must set out for the government of the island, and this
evening
they will provide you with the proper attire for you to wear, and all things requisite for your departure."
To carry on the joke, then, the same
evening
they despatched Sancho with a large following to the village that was to serve him for an island.
"Senora Teresa says more than she is aware of," said the page; "and now give me something to eat and let me go at once, for I mean to return this evening."
Then the pair resumed their journey, and as
evening
closed in they saw coming towards them some ten men on horseback and four or five on foot.
So the conversation came to an end, and Don Quixote dressed himself and dined with the duke and duchess, and set out the same
evening.
Evening
came, they set out from the village, and after about half a league two roads branched off, one leading to Don Quixote's village, the other the road Don Alvaro was to follow.
He begged me to express his opinion that your conduct of last
evening
was of a description which no gentleman could endure; and' (he added) 'which no one gentleman would pursue towards another.'
Mr. Winkle's astonishment was too real, and too evident, to escape the observation of Doctor Slammer's friend; he therefore proceeded--'My friend, Doctor Slammer, requested me to add, that he was firmly persuaded you were intoxicated during a portion of the evening, and possibly unconscious of the extent of the insult you were guilty of.
'Quite unnecessary,' replied Mr. Winkle; 'name them to me, and I can procure the attendance of a friend afterwards.''Shall we say--sunset this evening?' inquired the officer, in a careless tone.
'With a doctor--Doctor Slammer, of the 97th,' said Mr. Winkle, wishing to make the matter appear as solemn as possible; 'an affair with an officer, seconded by another officer, at sunset this evening, in a lonely field beyond Fort Pitt.''I will attend you,' said Mr. Snodgrass.
The state of the case having been formally explained to Mr. Snodgrass, and a case of satisfactory pistols, with the satisfactory accompaniments of powder, ball, and caps, having been hired from a manufacturer in Rochester, the two friends returned to their inn; Mr. Winkle to ruminate on the approaching struggle, and Mr. Snodgrass to arrange the weapons of war, and put them into proper order for immediate use.it was a dull and heavy
evening
when they again sallied forth on their awkward errand.
The
evening
grew more dull every moment, and a melancholy wind sounded through the deserted fields, like a distant giant whistling for his house-dog.
'The only question is, whether the gentleman, being on the ground, must not be considered, as a matter of form, to be the individual who insulted our friend, Doctor Slammer, yesterday evening, whether he is really that individual or not;' and having delivered this suggestion, with a very sage and mysterious air, the man with the camp-stool took a large pinch of snuff, and looked profoundly round, with the air of an authority in such matters.
'I trust I shall have the pleasure of seeing you and your friend at my rooms, and of spending a pleasant
evening
with you, after this awkward mistake,' said the little doctor; 'are you disengaged this evening?''We have some friends here,' replied Mr. Winkle, 'and I should not like to leave them to-night.
Finding from his incoherent wanderings that this was the case, and knowing that in all probability the fever would not grow immediately worse, I left him, promising his miserable wife that I would repeat my visit next evening, and, if necessary, sit up with the patient during the night.
It was evening, he fancied; he had a part to play that night; it was late, and he must leave home instantly.
With this exception, their good- humour was completely restored; and the
evening
concluded with the conviviality with which it had begun.
Three or four buxom girls speedily dispersed in search of the different articles in requisition, while a couple of large-headed, circular-visaged males rose from their seats in the chimney- corner (for although it was a May
evening
their attachment to the wood fire appeared as cordial as if it were Christmas), and dived into some obscure recesses, from which they speedily produced a bottle of blacking, and some half-dozen brushes.
The
evening
glided swiftly away, in these cheerful recreations; and when the substantial though homely supper had been despatched, and the little party formed a social circle round the fire, Mr. Pickwick thought he had never felt so happy in his life, and at no time so much disposed to enjoy, and make the most of, the passing moment.
'Now this,' said the hospitable host, who was sitting in great state next the old lady's arm-chair, with her hand fast clasped in his--'this is just what I like--the happiest moments of my life have been passed at this old fireside; and I am so attached to it, that I keep up a blazing fire here every evening, until it actually grows too hot to bear it.
A day passed away and his mother was not there; another flew by, and she came not near him; a third
evening
arrived, and yet he had not seen her--, and in four- and-twenty hours he was to be separated from her, perhaps for ever.
'On a fine Sunday evening, in the month of August, John Edmunds set foot in the village he had left with shame and disgrace seventeen years before.
The
evening
service was concluded and the congregation had dispersed, but it was not yet closed.
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