although we didn't expect the attack before dawn, the long cloudy night, filled with the sounds of the industrious insects, seemed endless.

He was disturbed by what had happened on the dive and by what he remembered of a conversation he had had the night before with the German, who had come out of the head while he was fixing himself a drink in the galley.

The fumes of progress are in his nose and the bright steel of industry towers before his eyes, but his heart is away in Yoknapatawpha County with razorback hogs and night riders.

The night before, they had telephoned the Andrus maid, Selena Masters, and she had arrived early, bursting her vigorous presence into the silent house with an assurance that amused McFeeley and confounded Moll.

But after the doctor's return that night Alex could see, from the high window in his own room, the now familiar figure crouched on a truly impressive heap of towels, apparently giving its egg-hatching powers one final chance before it was replaced in its office by a sure-enough hen.

He found them near the carcass of a zebra that had been killed the night before, and he circled once, nose to the ground, hair shooting up along his back, as it did when he was after lion or bear, and then he lifted his head and bayed, and the pack joined in, all heads high, and Jones knew it was a hot trail.

At Osaka, Mr. Yoneda had to leave us to get the train to his home, but Mr. Nishima and I had an hour and a half before train time to see Osaka at night.

Shayne turned the handle and jerked the door open before either of the men were quite aware of his presence in the night.

The doorman began to nod his head automatically, then remembered who Gilborn was, what had happened to him the night before.

`` I'll collar Tim before night ''.

The next day, Sunday, the hangover reminded Haney where he had been the night before.

He ran his string of successful conversions this season to 13 straight before one went astray last Saturday night in the 41-8 slaughter of Washington State.

Then, when the case went to the jury, the judge excused one of the jurors, saying the juror had told him he had been accosted by masked men at his motel the night before the trial opened.

The Moiseyev Dance Company dropped in at Madison Square Garden last night for the first of four farewell performances before it brings its long American tour to a close.

Everything was as I had left it the night before last -- her portfolio and bag for town, her lingerie and dress and shoes laid out only her mink coat was missing.

It happened two weeks ago, the night before his father left on a business trip to South America.

She'd been out with Pete the night before and her gay chatter about their date lightened my mood a little.

She had heard about it the night before at her hotel.

That night, after leaving Charlotte's apartment, Richard walked about for a time before returning to his room.

When the solution finally came to him, one night while he was in bed, he was so shaken by its simplicity that he could only wonder why it had not occurred to him before.

When Amphitryon finally returned to Thebes, Alcmene told him that he had come the night before and slept with her ; he learned from Tiresias what Zeus had done.

At his and Lincoln's inaugural ceremony on March 4, 1865, Johnson, who had been drinking with John W. Forney that morning, as well as the night before, gave a rambling speech and appeared intoxicated to many.

If a flame is held before the lips while these words are spoken, it flickers more during aspirated nitrate than during unaspirated night rate.

Examples of prayer which are unique to Luke include Jesus's prayers at the time of his baptism (), his praying all night before choosing the twelve (), and praying for the transfiguration ().

The night before he is to return from leave, he stays up with her, exchanging small expressions of love and concern for each other.

degli Antoni, Doughty, Boston-based upright bass player Sebastian Steinberg, and Israeli drummer Yuval Gabay ( a collaborator with Zorn, and David Linton ) played their first gig, as " M. Doughty's Soul Coughing ", at the Knitting Factory on June 15, 1992, a late-Monday night slot that Doughty cadged from his boss because nobody else wanted it.

The gig was a failure ; the band were almost refused entry, Bob Stinson was thrown out as soon as he walked in the door, and the Replacements were the last of five bands, which meant they played in the early morning on a Monday night.

Squeeze re-formed to play a one night charity gig in 1985, with all five members from the 1980 Argybargy period — Difford, Tilbrook, Holland, Lavis, and Bentley.

But based on first-hand recounts of Sancious, the ' shuffle ' occurred when the band's rented truck broke down late one night after a gig in New York City.

The night before their recording session, the band played a 90-minute version of the song during a gig at a local teen club.

After a gig at the Winchester Cathedral, a night club in Redwood City, CA, CBS Records executive David Kapralik signed the group to CBS ' Epic Records label.

Despite the gig initially being billed as a one night only reformation, when questioned on German radio station MotorFM in early February, Anderson refused to confirm that the band would not continue.

Queralt and his record shop boss and future Ride manager Dave Newton had started a live music night in Oxford called Local Support, and it was due to a cancellation by another band that Ride got their first proper gig at one of these nights.

While on tour in Barcelona in May 2000, Oasis were forced to cancel a gig when drummer Alan White's arm seized up, and the band spent the night drinking instead.

He returned to stand-up in 2009 with a show called Sit Down, Pedal, Pedal, Stop and Stand Up whose unique feature was that he cycled 1, 563 miles from the southernmost point of Great Britain to the easternmost to the westernmost and then to the northernmost with a gig following each night.

While on tour in Barcelona in 2000, Oasis were forced to cancel a gig when Alan White's arm seized up, and the band spent the night drinking instead.

We had a gig that night and needed a name.

The album is dedicated to Nectar Rorris, the proprietor of Nectar's in Burlington, Vermont, where Phish played their first bar gig followed by a series of monthly three night stands, saying that the experience " taught us how to play ".

During a gig one night the band found themselves two members short and in an attempt to calm an anxious crowd Brendan was thrust upon the stage to humour them.

On Halloween night 1986, Jason played his last gig with Flotsam and Jetsam.

In August 2008, 95-5 The Beat again pulled a personality from across the street at WHTA, tapping overnight jock and mixer Mami Chula to fill the Night Show position that had been vacant since former night host Austin left in November 2007 for a gig in Indianapolis.

His stage show Vic Reeves Big Night Out began life as a regular Thursday night gig at Goldsmith ’ s Tavern, New Cross ( now the New Cross House ).

On Monday, December 29, 2003, her band played its final concert at Birdland in New York City, where it had enjoyed a regular Monday night gig for more than seven years.

This was a ' secret ' gig and not promoted beforehand ; however, blackboards outside the pub announced " Kula Shaker tonight " on the night of the show.

Mason performed their first gig on 2 June 2007 at the " Burn down the Disco " night at The Arches in Barnsley, supported by popular local band MUNICH, and also headlined a local mini music festival at Darton, Barnsley a month later.

After some persistence, Tony landed the gig there and every other Saturday night he would play the main floor along with his residency at the ' Nightingale '.

However, on 3 December 2005, they were forced to postpone a winter tour, after Grant picked up bleeds on his vocal cords the night before during a gig in Brighton, causing the show to be abandoned and later rescheduled along with the rest of the outstanding dates.

On the TV, he learns about the name and location of the first evil: David Crane, a rock star, who is housed in a hotel for a gig later that night.

# Martin starts his night cleaning job as the band gets ready for their first gig at the Garry Owen Hotel where they perform Too Hot To Move.