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They smashed against the shore in short, sharp volleys, the wind whipped off their tops and blew water like hail against the front of the house, the trees screamed and groaned in the wind and rain...
Hugh MacLennan, The Watch That Ends the Night, Toronto, The New American Library, 1961, p. 67.
PLACE: Quebec, Canada
TIME: 19th Century
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The conversation went round and round, rising and falling in a sequence of arias and duets.
Hugh MacLennan, The Watch That Ends the Night, Toronto, The New American Library, 1961, p. 131.
PLACE: Montreal
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The November silence was so profound that the crack or a breaking carried a mile. No weekenders had come up, there were no human voices but ours and Jerome's cottage was in the wilderness anyway.
Hugh MacLennan, The Watch That Ends the Night, Toronto, The New American Library, 1961, p. 148.
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In the uncanny stillness I heard the sound of tobacco burning in his pipe.
Hugh MacLennan, The Watch That Ends the Night, Toronto, The New American Library, 1961, p. 150.
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Jerome and the dog sprang up together at the scream of enraged fear that came from his mother. Something bumped and fell in the bedroom, there was a heave of bodies, then the crack - crack - crack of hard fists driven expertly home. This was followerd by a yelp from the man, a gasp of pain, then a crunching shock more terrible than a fist blow. Then silence.
This silence, as abrupt and profound as the end of the world was soon filled with a multitude of sweet noises. Mating frogs were singing high and happy in the night, so loud and high that the whole kitchen was filled with their joy. Then came another sound, the sobbing breath of a frightened man in agony.
Hugh MacLennan, The Watch That Ends the Night, Toronto, The New American Library, 1961, p. 168.
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