1 Digging began usually at six o'clock and extended indefinitely into the dusk or moonlight.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 6 The Convert: L 2 She went to his house after dusk, and stood by the gate, but could not summon courage to go in.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 2 Maiden No More: XIV 3 Clare, restless, went out into the dusk when evening drew on, she who had won him having retired to her chamber.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 4 The Consequence: XXV 4 The lane was long and unvaried, and, owing to the rapid shortening of the days, dusk came upon her before she was aware.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 5 The Woman Pays: XLI 5 In the dusk she had not noticed it before, and would hardly have noticed it now but for an odd fancy that the effigy moved.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 6 The Convert: LII 6 He left the house again in the course of an hour, coming home at dusk, and occupying himself through the evening with his papers.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 5 The Woman Pays: XXXVI 7 In the afternoon and evening the proceedings of the morning were continued, Tess staying on till dusk with the body of harvesters.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 2 Maiden No More: XIV 8 She did not discover the coincidence of the market with the fair till she had reached the place, by which time it was close upon dusk.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: X 9 At dusk Clare purchased food as usual, and their night march began, the boundary between Upper and Mid-Wessex being crossed about eight o'clock.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 7 Fulfilment: LVIII 10 It was dusk when she drew near to Flintcomb-Ash, and in the lane at the entrance to the hamlet she approached a girl and her lover without their observing her.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 6 The Convert: XLV 11 The light which still shone was derived mainly from a large hole in the western bank of cloud; it was like a piece of day left behind by accident, dusk having closed in elsewhere.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 3 The Rally: XIX 12 Her misgiving was such that at dusk, when the milking was over, she walked in the garden alone, to continue her regrets that she had disclosed to him her discovery of his considerateness.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 3 The Rally: XIX 13 She remained with her comrades till dusk, and participated with a certain zest in the dancing; though, being heart-whole as yet, she enjoyed treading a measure purely for its own sake; little divining when she saw "the soft torments, the bitter sweets, the pleasing pains, and the agreeable distresses" of those girls who had been wooed and won, what she herself was capable of in that kind.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles By Thomas HardyContextHighlight In PART 1 The Maiden: III